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What do doctors do to check for ADD/ADHD?

08 Sep 2008

8 Sep, 2008  adhd doctors

What do doctors do to check for ADD/ADHD?
like what do they do?

When my brother was in middle school, I remember the doctor giving him a bunch of check list sheets to give to all of his teachers to help the doctor decide. Like one of the questions was like "Does he seem distracted at times?". After all the teachers filled them out, my brother gave it to the doctor so he could evaluate them. He decided my brother could use a little help concentrating and gave him medicine for it.

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6 Responses

  1. Dawn

    2006 Dec 10 1

    , go to a physo DR. They say give your kid coffee and if they get tired they've got ADHD/ADD but if they get extremely hyper than it's something Elise. been there did that!
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  2. WitchTwo

    2006 Dec 10 2

    a whole battery of tests and observations over several hours, all day I believe. That is if you want a true diagnosis and not just a pat excuse for not raising your kid right. I don't think it would have been possible for me to have an ADHD child, I think a lot of that has to do with parenting…..but thats just my observation. I wonder about ADD, if it isn't because of the fast pace of television shows and such…..again, a lack of proper parenting…perhaps!
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  3. Bridget

    2006 Dec 10 3

    When my brother was in middle school, I remember the doctor giving him a bunch of check list sheets to give to all of his teachers to help the doctor decide. Like one of the questions was like "Does he seem distracted at times?". After all the teachers filled them out, my brother gave it to the doctor so he could evaluate them. He decided my brother could use a little help concentrating and gave him medicine for it.
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  4. mlgable

    2006 Dec 10 4

    To get an accurate diagnosis you need to go to a clinic that specifically tests for ADD/ADHD. They will run several different tests one being the TOVA test plus some others. If all they do is a questionaire I would be leary of the diagnosis since those results do not always give an accurate diagnosis.
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  5. chibz

    2006 Dec 10 5

    well i have ADD and all they do is they ask you about your behaveor and sometimes have you fill out a quiz like a bubble sheet and thats about it
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    i have it

  6. Gina

    2006 Dec 10 6

    when i was in the 7th grade, they stuck me in a cubicle-sized room with white walls and a computer and told me everytime it beeps to press the enter key. i did that for a 20 minutes. then there was a visual test where i had to click a button every time there was a flash on the computer. that was 20 minutes too. i didn't have add but it was very boring.
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