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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]NP here. OP, pediatricians cannot really diagnose ADHD properly. Do the evaluation properly for your child's sake.[/quote]

OP, there will always be a handful of people on this site that say this.  ADHD is not that complex.  It's relatively common.  The "proper evaluation" that people talk about costs a minimum of $3k, but more likely closer to $5k, which is money many people don't have.  Also there is a wait to get the evaluation during which time your child continues to have problems that may have been treatable.  The right thing for your child may be a neuropsych eval.  OTOH, it may be working through your pediatrician.  [/quote]

I'm 09:28 and could not disagree with you more. Every child with ADHD can present it differently, so just because many have become aware of this disorder, it doesn't mean that it's simple to diagnose. On the contrary, the controversies surrounding over-diagnosis, pill-pushing and being cured of one's ADHD (in reality if you have it it never goes away), suggest it is not.

As for the price, you are also wrong. We paid full price for a Stixrud neuropsychological evaluation (insurance would not cover any of it) and it was $3,200 for a telephone intake, a parent interview pre-test, 8 hours of testing over 2 days, and a parent interview post-test, plus a very comprehensive and well-written report.
They not only gave the medical diagnoses (DS was also found to have learning disorders), but also listed them in "MCPS-speak", for the public school system my son is in, because they have a lot of experience with facilitating the creation of IEPs, services and accommodations. Schools generally have their own rules about which disorders to accommodate or not, and their terms sometimes do not dovetail with the medical ones. Stixrud put in both so that MCPS could not push back and refuse services for my son.

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