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What To Expect From Your ADHD Assessment

Your ADHD assessment will involve completing forms online before your appointment, showing photo ID to your psychiatrist, and undergoing a structured medical assessment where your psychiatrist will review your medical history and symptoms. Your psychiatrist will discuss their diagnosis and treatment recommendations with you. If medication is prescribed, a nurse titration service will monitor your medication and adjust it as needed. After treatment, your psychiatrist will request your GP take over prescribing if appropriate.

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What To Expect From Your ADHD Assessment

Your ADHD assessment will involve completing forms online before your appointment, showing photo ID to your psychiatrist, and undergoing a structured medical assessment where your psychiatrist will review your medical history and symptoms. Your psychiatrist will discuss their diagnosis and treatment recommendations with you. If medication is prescribed, a nurse titration service will monitor your medication and adjust it as needed. After treatment, your psychiatrist will request your GP take over prescribing if appropriate.

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What to Expect from your ADHD Assessment

If you have not previously been diagnosed with ADHD, or you have not had treatment for
more than one year, you will need to complete some forms which are an important part of
your assessment. These forms can be completed online by logging into your portal where
you will see links on your portal dashboard. Your psychiatrist will review your forms before
they meet you, so it is important to complete them as soon as possible before your
appointment is due to take place. Your psychiatrist will also ask you to show photo ID on
meeting you at the start of your appointment.

You will be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor


who specialises in mental health. Your psychiatrist will undertake a structured medical
assessment of your mental health and take a full psychiatric history. This means the
doctor will look at other health conditions, especially mental health conditions, which may
either exist alongside possible ADHD or exist instead of ADHD.

Part of this assessment is to ask for details about your past. For some people, past history
can be upsetting to talk about. If there is anything your psychiatrist asks that you are
not comfortable answering, please say so. Your psychiatrist will not force you to answer or
reveal anything you are not comfortable with.

Your psychiatrist will then discuss with you what they think your diagnosis is. Alternatively
(or additionally) your psychiatrist may need further information or investigations before they
can offer a diagnosis. They will discuss this with you. After diagnosis, your psychiatrist will
discuss the recommended treatment.

Your psychiatrist will write a letter to your GP after seeing you, as any other doctor would
do. If there is any information you do not want your psychiatrist to include in this letter,
please tell them, and it can be omitted. You will have access to a copy of this letter. A letter
does need to be shared with your GP though in order for us to safely prescribe medication.

Medication
If medication is recommended, your psychiatrist will refer you to our nurse led ‘titration
service’. Our nurses are highly experienced independent prescribers with experience and
expertise in ADHD. They will oversee your medication, monitoring effectiveness and side
effects, and adjust your medication accordingly. They will prescribe your medication for
you.

There is a delay of a few weeks between referral to the titration service and being contacted
by them (the delay varies due to demand for the service – check our website for
updates). Many people find this short period of time useful to reflect on the diagnosis
and to read information about ADHD.

Following medication treatment, once no further changes to your medication are needed,
you will be seen again by your psychiatrist. If appropriate, your psychiatrist will then request
your GP to take over prescribing.

Driving
If you receive a diagnosis of ADHD, the DVLA advises to only inform the DVLA if you feel
your ADHD impacts your ability to safely drive. If you are not sure if this is the case, please
discuss it with your psychiatrist. It is also advisable to inform you insurance company – this
is unlikely to affect your premium.

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