Posted by SLS on July 18, 2015, at 8:01:33
In reply to Re: the way to treat ADHD, posted by Slugbrain on July 17, 2015, at 18:59:05
> SLS - i respectfully disagree that ChBoy and his doctors can know exactly what he doesn't have - or does have. It's just not an exact science, this mental health/mood management business (wry smile)...
I don't disagree with you. Things are changing, though.
Diagnosing ADD or ADHD can be a real pain in the butt, but it is not impossible, even in the presence of comorbid conditions with overlapping symptomatology. However, it often takes a specialist in ADD/ADHD to get it right.
Bad doctors can do more harm than no doctors at all.
I tend to be biased towards having a favorable view of the state of psychiatry because I have been around researchers and specialists from the beginning of my odyssey.
Which of the diagnostic tests do you feel come closest to being accurate for ADD/ADHD? Which tests were worthless?
- Scott
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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