ADHD · 6 min read
ADHD: how do you know an assessment is worth it?
Most people spend years wondering before they ask. Here is a straight answer about who benefits from an assessment, and who probably does not.
Articles
The questions people actually ask, answered by consultant psychiatrists.
ADHD · 6 min read
Why so many women reach forty before anyone mentions ADHD
The diagnostic criteria were built on studies of hyperactive boys. Here is how that plays out decades later, in clinic.
Assessment · 5 min read
What actually happens in an ADHD assessment
Not a quiz, and not a formality. A step-by-step account of the appointment, and what makes the difference to its accuracy.
Treatment · 6 min read
Titration, explained: finding the right medication and dose
Diagnosis is the beginning of the work, not the end. What titration involves, how long it takes, and what is monitored.
Treatment · 6 min read
Shared care: how ADHD prescribing moves to your GP
The step that takes you off private prescription costs — how it works, and why no provider can promise it.
Getting assessed · 7 min read
NHS Right to Choose or go private? An honest comparison
One route is free and slower. The other costs money and is faster. Here is the comparison without the sales pitch.
Autism · 6 min read
Autistic masking, and what it costs
Masking works. That is the problem — it hides the very thing that would prompt an assessment, and it is not free.
Autism · 5 min read
Autistic burnout is not the same as depression
They overlap enough to be confused, and the treatments differ. What distinguishes them, and why it matters.
Autism · 6 min read
When ADHD and autism occur together
They co-occur often, and the combination is frequently missed because each one hides parts of the other.
General psychiatry · 6 min read
Treated for anxiety for years — what if that was not the whole picture?
Anxiety and depression are real, and often secondary to something that was never assessed. When to ask a wider question.
General psychiatry · 5 min read
Second opinions in psychiatry: when to ask for one
A second opinion is a normal part of medical practice, not a complaint. What it involves, and when it is worth the cost.
After diagnosis · 6 min read
After a late diagnosis: the first six months
Relief, grief, and a certain amount of rereading your own history. What people actually report after being diagnosed as an adult.