Do I have to go to a psychiatrists for ADD??

[juiceddreadlocks]

lol, we're disagreeing more than you think. I run a neuro lab during the day and a sleep/neuro lab as a night tech and coordinator.

1. GP's know their stuff way more than people give them credit for, if they dont refer you, you dont even satisfy the DSM-IV requirements for diagnosis. I've posted those requirements 2x now.

2. If a case is clear cut, you dont need a specialist. This will lessen the bog down of the entire medical system, when proper referrals and needsless ones are filtered.

3. Adult onset seems more to do with depression of activity in the pre-frontal cortex than childhood ADHD. (check the link I posted)

4. Go to your GP, get a referral. If they dont give you one, go get a second opinoin. There's nothign wrong with doing that.

 

[Lestat]

sup juiced.. how you doing bro?

 

[NJjuice22]

chillin like a villan

 

[*MissFit*]

I really don't beleive in adult onset. If you have had it.. you always had it

To be honest.

I think for the most part... ridalin is given out in alot of case unnecessarily -

lol, we're disagreeing more than you think. I run a neuro lab during the day and a sleep/neuro lab as a night tech and coordinator.

1. GP's know their stuff way more than people give them credit for, if they dont refer you, you dont even satisfy the DSM-IV requirements for diagnosis. I've posted those requirements 2x now.

2. If a case is clear cut, you dont need a specialist. This will lessen the bog down of the entire medical system, when proper referrals and needsless ones are filtered.

3. Adult onset seems more to do with depression of activity in the pre-frontal cortex than childhood ADHD. (check the link I posted)

4. Go to your GP, get a referral. If they dont give you one, go get a second opinoin. There's nothign wrong with doing that.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

I really don't beleive in adult onset. If you have had it.. you always had it

To be honest.

I think for the most part... ridalin is given out in alot of case unnecessarily -

A close friend's mom who has a handful of degrees and is an administrator of a school system was diagnosed last week. I dont know exactly why, but she was diagnosed.

 

[CFZB]

what is ADD?