This was a couple weeks ago. He said he wanted to try me on stimulant medication, but I needed to go get clearance from my primary care doctor because I’ve also been dealing with some tachycardia. She put me on a beta blocker, although hopefully with better time-management and more energy I’ll exercise enough to eventually come off the beta blocker. I had a follow-up this week and asked the psychiatrist if he thinks I have ADHD. He was a little reluctant to say I definitely have it, that it’s more of a clinical diagnosis and I could go do some tests with a computer or see a neuropsychiatrist for a more definitive diagnosis, but also didn’t seem to think I really needed to do that. Still need either a formal letter from my primary care doctor or possibly the visit notes would suffice if she mentioned taking stimulants so he can prescribe them, but I’m really hoping they’ll help.

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    10 months ago

    Lol nice meme. Yeah, my diagnosis involved computer tests, statements from my living parent (note that this wasn’t necessary, it was just helpful), interviewing me, and various cognitive sorts of tests. Ymmv

    Hopefully you can get everything lined up easily!