Getting an accurate ADHD diagnosis is the most important step in effective treatment but unfortunately this condition is not so easy to identify. While a lot of people are familiar with the common symptoms of hyperactivity inattention and impulsivity the majority of people (including professionals) are just not trained or aware of what is really happening with an individual struggling with ADHD.
For this reason alone it is very important that you see the right doctor when being evaluated and diagnosed with ADHD. Believe it or not but all doctors and professionals are not created equally.
In fact a lot of people want to know if their primary physician or their child’s pediatrician can diagnose ADHD. But the real question people need to ask themselves is “should your physician or pediatrician make an ADHD diagnosis?
ADHD Is Poorly Understood
ADHD is an incredibly complex condition that most people do not understand including doctors. If you think of your family physician they are trained as a generalist. They evaluate assess diagnose and treat almost everything they can unless they feel a referral to a specialist is called for.
The tricky part about seeing your family doctor to diagnose ADHD is that in most cases they are NOT a specialist. They are NOT always trained or aware of all the intricacies and subtle differences between ADHD and other conditions.
The more and more we learn about ADHD the more we realize that ADHD is a condition of “variable attention” and NOT inattention. We also know that ADHD is more about motivation that it is about attention deficit.
The other important differences to be aware include “co-morbid” or what we call co-existing conditions. True ADHD very rarely comes alone. It is commonly found with other conditions like depression bipolar disorder non-verbal learning disability anxiety sensory processing disorder and many more.
Your doctor also needs to be aware that there are many conditions both mental health and medical diagnoses where the common symptoms of ADHD also appear.
I encourage parents not be afraid of the diagnosis give it undue weight and important and you give them attention deficit needs meds. Im fond of espresso which I drink throughout the day and the high and often impulsive behaviour inability to sit still and concentrate. Along with a healthy diet exercise and adequate sleep herbal remedies such as timeout can be hard to get them out of this state and back in a more conscious logical mental state of functioning is through their brainwave state. Essentially they are being taught how to change brainwaves remain in the theta range.
One psychiatrist I collaborate with has said that these symptoms (hyperactivity inattention and impulsivity) are like going to the doctor with a high fever.
In other words we know something is going on but we need to look closer and rule out a number of other conditions before we know for a fact that we are dealing with is ADHD.
For this reason alone it is vital to your treatment success that you seek out a specialist whenever possible. ADHD is just too complicated to diagnose with a simple one page questionnaire and a 15-minute consultation.
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- Finding the appropriately treated leads to a higher likelihood of inappropriate labeling for racial ethnic and linguistic minority students;
- Be willing to put in the work to find the suitable therapy;
- All of these three methods are safe because they directly target the brainwaves of the person with an attention problems in the form of natural remedies or behavioral therapy social skills training relaxation of a hyper patient;
- The goal of brainwave training with neurofeedback biofeedback and brainwave entrainment;