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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with private testing is that if you are paying a doctor to find ADHD, they will. You are paying for the service of receiving a diagnosis. If you go with the county you are getting professionals who deal with a lot of kids and are reasonably objective about the outcome of the tests. I'd go through MCPS and put aside the money for your kid's first car. [/quote]

I would fear this as well. I don't know anyone who had this done and found out their child did not have ADHD.[/quote]

We and the school psychologist thought my child had ADHD. Went to a private neuropsychologist for confirmation because we were open to considering medication and, after 1/5 days of testing, the child was diagnosed with anxiety. No ADHD at all. They can present in very similar ways, and the more extensive testing teased out the differences. We're treating the anxiety and all the ADHD-like symptoms have disappeared.

It's a health issue. Don't go cheap.

If you get the testing done at Children's Hospital or the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore most insurance will pay most of it. They won't at a private neuropsychologist. The downside is the wait times for the appointments are long - e.g. 6-7 months intially.[/quote]

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