Reply To: How do you find an ADD psychiatrist

[Patte Rosebank]

@Hondochica, welcome!

There’s an ADHD Coach Directory here (http://totallyadd.com/coaching-directory-search/).  You can contact Coaches in your area and ask them if they can recommend a psychiatrist who treats Adult ADHD.  They’ll probably be able to recommend several.

You definitely need to find a psych. who specifically treats Adult ADHD.  Otherwise, you’ll be wasting your time and money.  Too many of us can tell you what THAT’S like!

ADHD is still considered by many people to be a “childhood condition”.  Even though we now know it isn’t, there are a lot of medical professionals who have failed to keep up with these developments.  So, it can be hard to find one who has.  And that “one” will probably be treating mostly children, and a few adults.

Something else to consider:  ADHD symptoms tend to flare up when we’re going through a period of great change, including peri-menopause and menopause.  Our monthly hormonal roller-coaster is wild enough, but that big one when we’re at “a certain age” is REALLY something.  As I’m finding out.  (Grrrrr…)

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