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When I thought I might have ADD, that’s the first question I asked my psychologist, and he said no, he couldn’t prescribe meds, and he didn’t know anything about ADD. My family doc wouldn’t diagnose it either, I was sent to an ADD psychiatrist who only specializes in diagnosing ADD, I can’t work with him going forward as a patient.

As far as I know, you’d need a psychiatrist for the formal diagnosis. But it could be very helpful to work with the therapist going forward, since meds are only one part of the solution. Cognitive behaviour therapy is supposed to be very helpful.

I would ask these questions to your therapist directly. Can he/she refer you to a psychiatrist? If not, does he/she know of anyone who specializes in ADD and can he/her write a letter to your doc if that’s the person that needs to do a referral? Try doing a google search in your area for ADD specialists and see what comes up. Some ADD docs have websites.

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