[chaotic13]

In my state my psychologist cannot Rx medications. She recommended I see my family physician for a trial treatment of Adderall because after seeing me for a couple of months she's noted I have several of the symptoms. Well I saw my physician and he said he knows very little about ADHD, refused to give me meds without a complete Dx. The options are very limited in our area so he referred me to a Neurologist within his practice who has had some type of psych training???? Has anyone seen a Neurologist for ADHD? What types of test are neurologists likely to use to Dx ADHD? I am sick of the run-a-round. I just want to know if I have it or not. I'm afraid I am just going to tell my story a billion more times and then finally be told by someone who really has no training... Nope you don't have ADHD your childhood teachers were right--your simply stupid --be glad you've made it this far in life.

[Perna]

Neurologists know how the brain works in a medical/scientific fashion rather than in a "therapy" fashion. They don't look at psychological dx's like "depression" and then how to cure them, like a psychiatrist might, they look at the whole brain and see what doesn't look "right" and what that might relate to. For example, here's some "pictures" of how your brain might look if you have adhd:

http://newideas.net/adhd/neurology

"Has anyone seen a Neurologist for ADHD? What types of test are neurologists likely to use to Dx ADHD? I am sick of the run-a-round. I just want to know if I have it or not."

I saw one and he asked me some questions and prescribed meds. End of story. It was that easy.

[chaotic13]

Thanks qtr,
I am really hoping that this is just another hoop to jump through. I do not want to be put in a situation where I'm interrogated by him about my comorbitities, IQ tested, and brain scanned. I have used my health insurance, been poked and evaluated more these last few month than I have been in 5 years. I'm sick of it, I just want to crawl back in my safe little whole and go back to sleep.