First of all, I am not certain I have ADHD. I do recognize myself in a lot of attitudes, hardships and little things, and it’s impacted my life for too long now.
I can’t afford to go on like this anymore. Who should I go to? How long does it take for me to recieve a diagnosis and how expensive will it be? If I’ll have to take meds, for how long and how expensive are they in your experience?
Thank you all in advance
When I did it I just found a shrink and went to him. I took a short survey, he diagnosed me, I got adderall. Had to go back every couple months for a check up to keep my script, but it wasn’t a huge deal.
Five years later I did the REAL battery of tests. It took six fairly grueling hours, cost me a grand, but I got a full on report on my adhd. I had switched to vyvanse before that but it was nice having a report.
Also came with an iq test as part of it!
Re meds:
I have good insurance, so my meds are five bucks a month for name brand vyvanse.
I take it on the morning on work days, and it is literally life changing. Kicks in pretty quickly, and the focus is amazing. I get so much coding done when it’s doing its job.
Lasts till about 5pm then it wears off.
Yeah when it wears off it SUCKS.
Adderall definitely made me real bitchy when I came down. Also anxiety.
But vyvanse is much smoother and I dont have the crash.