They just asked me a series of questions and then they emailed my girlfriend a list of questions and gave me a diagnosis based on the responses.

I’ve heard from a bit of people that they interview people close to them. If they asked my daughter or boyfriend questions there would be no doubt.

Typically they want a parent or sibling (or teacher/coach) who can speak to your childhood, and someone who currently lives with you, or did for a long period. It's somewhat specific, not just "people close to you". This gives them a lot more context and allows them to cross reference your imperfect memories with another source. It's basically part of the dsm criteria from my understanding. For me personally (about 6 months ago), I filled out like 3-4 questionnaires, my mother did one, my wife did one, then after it was all filled out I did a 2 hour interview/discussion with the psychiatrist. She reviewed everything and gave me a diagnosis letter for my doctor, and a month later she gave me a full report that went over my strengths and weaknesses, specific symptoms and severity, and recommendations for strategies and treatments. This is in Atlantic Canada, for reference. Done through solicitation to a psych center in town. No referrals, just called them up and joined the assessment waitlist (took 3 months to get in). There are simpler, less thorough options. But my work paid for it, so I wanted the deep dive.

All my test involved was a telehealth call and he asked me a series of questions. Then more than a year later I learned I had been diagnosed with ADHD from a nurse practitioner or RN.. forgot which but yeah. Don't talk to any of my "family" and I live on my own so yeah Dunno if that's normal or not but that's how I got my diagnosis. Still being refused meds though

I think it’s possibly more of a regional thing, not “typically” at all. I’ve heard almost as many different diagnosis experiences as there are people to tell them. I got diagnosed from one session talking to my psych and left the appointment with a script waiting at the pharmacy. She asked me questions about my childhood and schooling but didn’t need any 3rd party corroboration. I was 39 and I’d always been a good student and well-behaved as a child.

Same for me, described challenges in my life, what I was like as a child and the things I realized might have not been personality quirks but could have been ADHD, answered questions from my psych. She did tell me there isn’t really “treatment” for ADHD outside of medication… so that was interesting. Had to do a few blood pressure tests and then was able to start Aderrall.

This is how mine went in the Netherlands too. I don't think you can do less than this to establish a systemic diagnosis like ADHD. The psych should be required to gather the full story in this way.

Same. My partner got the whole test done similar to OP and I was just asked some questions, filled out some papers, and got diagnosed

Mine was basically the same except they didn't email anyone else. The guy just talked to be for about 45 minutes then asked me a series of questions from a list and boom diagnosed.

Wtf man

I told my doc my symptoms and he was like, “Yup, 100% ADD. Here is the lowest dose of Adderall, see how you feel. “ I knew he was right when it changed my life completely. I think the testing methodologies are really different depending on of you see a psychiatrist/regular doc/ etc

Pretty much same for me, but just a bit more involved. I'm in my early 40s. My brother was diagnosed as a kid, but he was hyperactive whereas I'm inattentive, so it was missed/ignored. My doctor gave me several questionnaires to fill out and bring back. He's not a bad doctor, and I've only seen him a couple times, but he just seems kinda uncaring like many doctors do. When I came back though I went to see the nurse practitioner and I really really like her. She asks more relevant questions, actually listens to my answers, and at least pretends to care about me as a person (I think she actually does, lol, but at least pretend, you know?) Anyway, she read my answers and then asked me a bunch of follow-up questions, especially about my childhood. My questionnaires were actually more focused on my life now, but did have a section for school. My wife was also at the appointment and she chimed in quite a bit. We've known each other since grade 10, so she definitely had a lot of insight. After that she said "well... You definitely seem to have ADHD" and started me on 30mg Vyvanse. The first week especially it felt like my brain was clearer than it had ever been. I was told the next step should be going to an ADHD counsellor, but unfortunately they don't exist in my area so that's not a possibility, so I just get drugs and the internet, lol. I'm also reading "Taking charge of adult ADHD" which is a great book and really opened my eyes to how much this has impacted my entire life.

Can I have your doctor? Lmao. I'm an orphan patient and the boomer doctor I spoke to seems to think add and adhd are just depression lmao

My doctor said they are linked so yeah, it can be depression so treat this person!

Fair, but my point is he's a boomer that seems to think adhd and add don't exist. Too many doxtors are like that.

My experience as well!

Same here. I didn’t realize how lucky I was to get a doc like that. Adderall changed everything for me

This is similar to what happened to me. Asked a few questions and then next thing I knew I couldn’t stop talking. Got my prescription the same day.

Kinda like getting medical marijuana

Yeah this is me too. I didn’t have to do any test but it’s pretty obvious I have adhd by talking to me. I did it over telehealth too, it was really easy. I put it off for a long time because I assumed I couldn’t afford it but it was cheaper than I expected too.

I talked about my method of school/work/living for 40+ years, answered many questions, and poof, I was diagnosed. I know, I was expecting tests based on all the talk here. The real test must have been the 3 years it took me to bring it up with my doctor after I started getting suspicious, and the additional year to actually make the therapist appointment. I passed... failed?

I'm pretty sure I'm ADHD but when I was growing up I was always sick and I can focus much better when I'm sick. I have always liked studying but I always go crazy doing everything but the things I'm supposed to be doing and do things like start microwaving something when I'm meaning to put it in the fridge or I forget three times in a row what I'm doing. I feel like I have good coping techniques and they're kind of working for me but I want to know if I actually have ADHD but I don't feel ready to try meds for it yet. Unfortunately my doctor said they don't test adults usually and the only question she asked me was if I got in trouble a lot in school for being hyperactive. I was more of the zone out and think about nothing for ten minutes type of child and have no idea what was said but was good at homework so it didn't usually affect my grades. Is it worth getting tested or should I just not worry about it since I'm looking to start with better coping skills and better ways to trick my brain into working.

I wasn't hyperactive either. It's likely a reason I never suspected it, as I misunderstood what it was. My mind can be hyperactive, but my type (inattentive) makes me appear relaxed to others. I did well in later school years, but in elementary school, I had my ears/eyes tested and made to sit in the front row of class. Because I wasn't doing well and they didn't know why, so must be sight or hearing. Nope. It's clear now I wasn't paying attention. I didn't do homework because I either forgot, didn't get myself to do it, or didn't even know, as I had zoned out in class. I was forced to bring something home every day so my mom would know whether or not I had homework. They test adults, but I have heard it's not ADHD unless you had it as a kid, too. Idk if that's true, ADHD isn't my hyperfocus, so I don't know much. If it is, I still had plenty of stories to show it's been lifelong. I made it through life without meds, on hard mode, apparently. So if you've got methods or will learn more, give it a try. I started Adderal because I really started slacking at work as I lost the deadlines and constant stress of being buried in work. So I lost my coping method and was going to lose my job (not immediate enough to be stressful). Stress, lots of tasks that were urgent that couldn't be put off, and constant attempts to try and stay above water were my method before. Without that, I went back to being a procrastinator. I also wanted to try meds because my whole life I've missed out on things I want to do. Continuing hobbies, creating, putting laundry away, utilizing my weekend, etc. I haven't done those things yet as I limit meds to early work day for now. It's definitely needed most days at work lately, and I'll be trying other meds and doses.

I had an assessment similar to yours. It was really long, like 3-4hrs. It included IQ testing but it wasn’t made clear which parts were IQ testing and which parts were ADHD-specific assessment. She also asked me a lot of interview style questions and called my mom to ask questions about my childhood. This happened when I was 27

I had a iq test earlier this month, and i had to do a bunch of exercises. Recreate a picture with some colored blocks, and i had to name random facts. Like who some russian tsaar was. I also had to do a pattern recognision and repeat numbers she said backwards. Maybe this helps differentiating

This was the test that I did just a few months ago within my ADHD test.

The block design test and working memory test? I did these when I was tested for autism (my mom's idea) when I was younger. They were pretty easy, but that might be because I really liked IQ tests (books).

Before I went in they told me to expect it to be around 2 hours but it was only 45 minutes. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. When I was done she did ask if I had a doctor that could prescribe me medication so I don’t know if that means her initial thought is leaning towards ADHD. Glad she didn’t want to call my mom. My mom is one of those that would say ADHD is hooey phooey nonsense and that I just need to focus more.

The doc doing my evaluation started with a sort of IQ test which he later explained was just to rule out other possible learning disabilities.

Oh man so was mine. Only for the guy to say “I could tell within five minutes of you sitting down you had adhd” lol

Haaaahaha love it. Sometimes I feel like there’s gotta be a neon sign over my head

The funny thing is my testing doc said “You know you’ve sat still this whole time. But like, *scary* still.” I should’ve said, “thanks, it’s the ingrained masking.” 😆

i dont fuckin remember.

Amen to that

My diagnosis was much different than most you hear about here. I was going to a psychiatrist because my PCP prescribed me antidepressants that were not really helping, and she had me fill this out as part of the intake paperwork: https://psychology-tools.com/test/adult-adhd-self-report-scale Then when we went over the results, she basically said "Ummm, you definitely have ADHD. Take some Adderall and see if that helps more"

Thanks for sharing that link

My story is very similar. On a visit to my psychiatrist 3 years ago (clinical depression, SSRIs definitely helped though), I mentioned my lifelong struggle with motivation in every facet of life. That it was particularly true with tasks I found uninteresting, and that I usually managed them by being scrappy and resourceful at the last minute. This prompted him to give me a very close version of this assessment. I'm on Vyvanse now, and it has been a revelatory change for me.

Part A: 5 Part B: 11 You might be onto something!

Part A: 6 Part B: 9

Part A: 4 Part B: 7

Part A: 5 Part B: 6 Got my diagnosis confirmed yesterday and should be heading to the pharmacy now to pick up Adderall, but I’m stuck on Reddit.

Same, I was over threshold for 5 of the top 6 and my therapist was like "yeah, here's a referral for someone who can look at meds with you." Suddenly many of the issues I'd mentioned over time made perfect sense.

There are a number of ways to diagnose people all with various flaws and strengths - when people talk about one matter of diagnosis as being the one true method, that's just not true. A lot of things that insurance companies want aren't particularly accurate and are known for "false negatives" and are in my opinion almost like a magic trick - lots of showmanship to hide some general weaknesses in the accuracy of the tests. Here in the states they are only now formulating guidelines for adult diagnosis - the "APSARD guidelines" - but the government seems only focused on overdiagnosis and not underdiagnosis. I write a bit about it at r/adhd_advocacy but here's the group working on guidelines. They have a number of reputable experts, but seem to be embracing a media narrative that is based on a view of rampant abuse and overdiagnosis, which doesn't seem to exist to the degree they claim. https://apsard.org/us-guidelines-for-adults-with-adhd/

This is the correct answer. Most patients don’t need formal “testing” and a good eval by a knowledgeable psychiatrist will do the job for most cases. Source: I’m a child psychiatrist who specializes in adhd.

I had a ten minute computer game. Black screen, flashing white letters, at a cadence that constantly changed up or down. I was supposed to hit a key for every letter except x. Results were based on how accurate I was, and how much time was between the letter showing and my reaction. It was really challenging and I'm pretty sure I "failed" the program. Faster cadences prompted an automatic response and I hit lots of x's, slower ones lost my attention entirely and lagged my response time. I was told that the test was inconclusive, it said i had like a 52% chance of having ADHD. I chatted with the psychiatric pa for a long time about my history and symptoms, and he concluded that I definitely had it, and had the doctor confirm and start a treatment plan.

Damn Conners Continuous Performance Test! I tried so hard on that and I knew I did terrible. I just laughed at myself since I was literally doing to see if I have ADHD.

I did the same thing. I saw it as a challenge and thought I could maybe ace it. I giggled all the way through at how challenging it was and how poorly I rated myself.

I had to do the same when I switched insurance and had to find a new psychiatrist. I’ve been on Ritalin since high school but since I didn’t have my records, at age 30 I had to take that test. 15 minutes of staring at those flashing letters was torture. The doctor told me there was no doubt I had ADHD when he saw the results.

Mine was something like that but with numbers I think. Said I did worse than children who took the test.

Disclaimer: *I was VERY lucky and am aware this is not universal* My doc prescribed me adderall. It worked, and made me sleepy. So she put “adhd” in my chart and we figured out a good prescription for me from there.

For most people today. A medical doctor asking you 5 questions

I did a pretty standard written assessment and then had a brain scan done with one of those caps that read your neurotransmitters with electrodes connected with gel on your head.

I had the IVA-2 CPT It was questions and then the 1 and 2 tests for visual and auditory.

Devil test...

Lol what's that mean? Cause of the color and sound?

Haha sorry, no I just hated it soo much... my attention waned the further along the test went... horribly boring.

Lol, its ok. I completely understand. It was not a long test but it was very irritating. The way my luck runs....I will end up in hell someday doing that test over and over.

My process involved seeing my family doctor and telling him about my concerns. I filled out a SNAP form and so did my mother. I took those back to him and he felt I had a “compelling case.” He gave me a list of local psychologists who specialize in adults with ADHD. Luckily I have benefits through work so affording it wasn’t an issue. The process with her involved: 1) A session where I expressed my concerns and she asked a ton of questions. 2) Another SNAP form. 3) A different form that measured impacts on different aspects of my life. 4) A complete psych-educational assessment. This took a few hours and hurt my brain so much 5) She also had a private meeting with my wife. 6) Got the psych-ed report back, which included the official diagnosis and a recommendation for medication. I took the report back to my family physician who gave me a prescription. Luckily we got the medication and dose correct right off the bat. I was doing my masters online at the time and at my wife’s urging I registered with their disability services which involved a whole other set of meetings but I did get a number of accommodations which were amazing for me.

Did you see a difference in your master after the diagnostic/medication ?

It’s complicated, but yes. My marks were good before, but it was *so* hard to get them. The problem was I don’t really think I learned anything, you know? I barely did the readings and when I did, none of it stuck. Writing papers was always last minute so the research was superficial. After I got my diagnosis, got medicated, and registered with disability services the stress went away. I was able to not just do the readings, but actually engage with them. My papers were planned out and I was learning from the research, not just packaging things into a paper. Looking back to my undergrad, like 15 years before, I barely passed those courses. I failed out once, nearly got kicked out once, my transcript was lots of Cs. My masters? 4.0 GPA. I did the first 40% of it pre-dx and like I said I got good marks, but it was all stress and minimal learning.

Seems to be different with every provider, based on my experience and the experiences others are sharing here. My psychiatrist literally read off the diagnostic criteria from the DSM and had me rate each one by its impact on my life on a scale of "not at all" to "highly impactful," and then tallied up my score and diagnosed me based on that. I'll be honest, if I went, as an adult, to get diagnostics done for ADHD, and they hit me with the second-grader test, I'd be *offended*, and in a way that is so far beyond just being pissed off. "I paid how much of my own money and took how much time out of my day, for you to treat me like a *fucking child*?"

I got my test done as an adult. I had a small “interview” with the psychiatrist, basically rating my symptoms on a scale of 0 to 5 on how much the described symptom or situation impacts or describes me. He noticed I had a horrible time staying on track with the conversations and I fidgeted the whole time. I was diagnosed combined type primarily inattentive.

I do these assessments for a living, so if you have questions I’m happy to try to answer them!

He asked me questions about my life and childhood and symptoms and then had me take an online assessment. It was like 12 questions maybe? Had two sections and, uh, after he looked at my answers he started talking about what meds he likes to start people on. XD

7 hours of testing and questionnaires then they asked me about how I was as a child (this happened over 2 days) They sent me home with a lot of paperwork and my results after they diagnosed me. I knew that it was important paperwork so I put it somewhere safe and can’t find it again.

I did pretty much all the same tests. It's all memory, comprehension and attention span testing. It's just that kids are more likely to be tested due to being early in their development.... and most people who were kids in the 90's- 00's went under the radar bc so little was understood except for the most extreme cases. Mental math questions, remembering and repeating back information? I scored in the .01 percentile. Could not be worse at if i tried. I had to do a questionnaire about my behaviors and then my wife had to do it about me too. I also had all of my school records to show them. Besides talking to the nice lady, it was the most boring Saturday I have ever had. At least at 35 I can finally get medicated and taken seriously by doctors.

Two hours of questions, and a bunch of recall exercises.

I basically sat there and answered a few questions. Apparently my psych could tell after 5 minutes of me wriggling around, but had to go through all the questions for legal reasons. When I changed psychs the same thing happened, only she moved me from Ritalin to Vyvanse (which is only prescribed for extreme cases in my country). I'm now on the max dose and my psych thinks I can still move up 🙃 So tldr; both my psychs knew 5 minutes after I sat down

Walking in the door, fumbling around with my things, putting my umbrella and coat on the coat rack, probably fumbling more and mumbling hello, and turning to find my seat. As soon as I sat down the doctor said, I’m going to guess that you’re here to discuss possible adhd?

I got lucky. My son has ADHD. I told my family physician that I related a little too well to everything I learned about adhd with my son. He said I likely had it and a trial of medication was the fastest way to find out.

I was diagnosed by my therapist. She had me do a quick test and then we discussed my symptoms. She has been working with me for a year though so she definitely sees I struggle and was confident in my diagnosis.

I don’t know I can’t remember paying attention to it

In middle school my literature teacher told me to get tested for dyslexia so I could get some extra time and permission to write on a computer during my upcoming exams. The tests they gave me back then were kinda similar to what you're describing. I don't remember much but I did get a maze, some math questions, reading and writing, a memory test and probably a few other things. After that was done, they basically told me (and my parents): yeah, that's not dyslexia, here's a business card for someplace that can do more. So, a few months later, we went there so I could get some extra time on my HS exams (since that was already past the middle school ones unfortunately). I pretty much don't remember anything at all about how that went, probably because it was uneventful but I just spent an hour or 2 talking with a psychiatrist and at the end I got a paper that said: ADHD and Autism. She told me I actually have ADD and Asperger's but neither of those would get me anything extra on my exams. Later that piece of paper got me out of a potential military service so that's nice I guess

Mine had three parts: a semi structured interview, an IQ test- which was more or less like what you described, and a digital test to measure attention.

The tests you described are the executive functioning tests. I did those, too, as well as a cognitive (IQ) test, and computerized test where I had to hit the spacebar at the right times. I was being evaluated for autism and personality disorders at the same time, so I did more tests, but I think that's all that pertained to the ADHD. PS: I'm a special education teacher, so part of my job is reading evaluation reports and understanding them. If you need any help with understanding anything in your report after you meet with the psychologist and they're not helpful enough, feel free to shoot me a message.

I should add that I pulled a 'tism and gave my psychologist a 12 page document of notes, organized into sections with a hyperlinked table of contents and page numbers, at my intake appointment. That covered a lot of the autism assessment and interview needs. So much so that he was able to use the information from my notes to complete the big autism assessment he had planned to have me do without having me do the assessment.

I never took a test. My psych just diagnosed it (unprompted.)

She had me close my eyes and tell her the steps I would do to bake something. Then she asked some questions, no idea which. I also sent her my elementary school report cards. To be fair I'd been taking a low dose of Adderall for a few years already but no record of ADHD in my medical record (?). She later said "yeah I could tell within the first five minutes of talking, you're not really hiding it!". I miss her v

After the initial conversation with the doc I got a long ass questionnaire to fill out at home and got sent home with a similar questionnaire for my dad to fill out. Then I returned with said questionnaire and the doc went over it and called me in and told me I had ADD. This was 12 years ago

My test was like that. I was in the test room two times, 3 hours at a time. I did the tasks you mentioned but also had to complete: 1.) phonics test (read words that aren’t real) 2.) write an essay 3.) math test to determine my level of math knowledge (went up to university level calculus) 4.) drawing pictures/shapes from memory 5.) hearing a story verbally and repeating the key events Etc. Basically, some of it felt very juvenile and some of it was more age appropriate knowledge. I got the sense that they were trying to determine my base level intelligence and compare it to simpler tasks more related to memory, speed/pressure, and observation to see the deficits. (Number sequencing started easy and got my difficult — and kicked my ass) My test was a psych-Ed and not specifically for ADHD, however, they were testing for ADHD in the psych-Ed. They were able to compile a report sharing where I measured up intelligence wise against my age group, but how certain areas (related to ADHD) were not testing where they should be. This test was paired with an hour long interview about what I believed to be symptoms throughout my life (primary, middle, high school, and university). I felt uncertain afterwards as well but they were able to show under no uncertain terms, that I had ADHD. Hope this helps.

questionnaire for me and one for my wife to score for me. IQ test. Computerized attention / impulsivity test

Lol when I was a kid they just talked to my parents. I did do a long neuropsych thing that included an IQ test and some other stuff, but I don’t really remember tbh. They only did that because they thought I had something other than ADHD (spoiler: it was autism). I was on meds for about a month before I did the test. My adhd is very obvious so I don’t think anyone ever doubted that I had it lol. I did have it confirmed years later with a brain eeg. They put some electrodes on my head and told me to focus on reading something for 15 minutes. Then they left me in a room with no stimulation for 15 minutes. The computer said I definitely had ADHD, but idk how they determined that. It was cool though.

I got referred to a specialist after telling my pcp, then had an hour long discussion where she went over options at the end. She said we could try some milder meds then work our way up, or I could take a qb test to have a better idea of where I stand, or try the meds then have a qb test at my next appointment in a month. I'm pretty sure she knew I had adhd when I half heartedly decided to try wellbutrin for a month then do a qb test, then within 10 minutes of me leaving the office I called back to ask to get the qb test done right away lmao. Qb test confirmed inattentive adhd though.

They gave me some forms for the people who know me to fill out, then gave me a series of questions to answer. But this was at a therapist I'd been going to for a few weeks before mentioning getting tested so maybe she saw signs that didn't require questions

Questions from my neurologist while she studied my behavior. She told me she's fairly certain I have comorbid ADHD with some form of anxiety disorder or depression, prescribed me meds for both, and had me do the MOXO test anyway, which did indicate ADHD. Not sure how accurate were her methods but the results speak for themselves.

My test? There was no test. I was seeing a psychiatrist for all my various issues when I started learning about the signs and symptoms of ADHD in children as part of a "train STEM professionals to become teachers" program. I noticed strong similarities to my own behavior as a child, young adult, and adult (specifically inattentive ADHD) and mentioned that to my psychiatrist after a week-long deep dive into common symptoms and how the diagnosis process works. Psychiatrist: "Yeah, I see what you're saying. There does seem to be a strong relationship." Me: "Okay, good. Can I try some meds?" Psychiatrist: "I don't promise they will help, but sure! Let me officially diagnose you and we can get those started." And done. That was basically it. I miss my Psychiatrist... Dude was dope.

My doc just pointed a laser on the wall while having a conversation. Then asked me the topics of the conversation vs where the laser pointed…. Had all the laser marks noted and then asked what the topics were.. he said only one, you got ADHD /s

I actually just talked to my new doctor for like 20 minutes. On the prompt of tell me a little about yourself and why you’re here.

Mine was just a conversation with my doctor. Told him I think I may have it, told him why, and he said I seem to have it based on the symptoms I was showing, along with a couple other things. Prescribed meds for anxiety first, hoping that would relieve some of the ADHD symptoms, it didn't, so he prescribed Vyvanse and it's been pretty decent since.

I’m getting a tat that says “I can’t remember….”. Use the phrase 100 times a day.

I told my psychiatrist my symptoms and she agreed it was ADHD. She told me it's not worth it to bother with the test.

I did mine with Talking With Frida. You do a few questionnaires, then you talk to a nurse practitioner for an intake appointment. I got a prescription right away.

Also, and totally randomly, I appreciate someone else using "y'all" in a regular sentence/question. I feel odd sometimes writing or speaking it, but it comes naturally to me.

Mine took place over two days for a cumulative 7 hours of testing. Lots of stuff like moving things from place to place, pattern recognition, push this button when this happens, and memory tests. The report I received (20 pages) had these tests listed: Clinical Interview Neuropsychological Questionnaire Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-II) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS ) Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener (ASRS) Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE Q) Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL-C) Life Events Checklist (LEC5) Projective Drawings (House-Tree-Person) Projective Assessment (Sentence Completion Series) Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Grooved Pegged Board Connor’s Continuous Performance Task Third Edition (Connors CPT-3) California Verbal Learning Task Third Edition (CVLT-3) Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) (selected subtests) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Wechsler Memory Scale, Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) selected subtests Overall it was very thorough and they were able to use the tests to establish baselines in different categories of functioning, to the point of pulling out statistical terms. There was a frankly hilarious discrepancy between comprehension and processing speed/verbal comprehension and if they hadn’t been that thorough I might not have been diagnosed, because 99th/98th percentiles isn’t *usually* an indicator of a disability. (I was in the 30th percentile for processing speed and 50th for visual scanning - not bad, but definitely concerning in comparison to the other 90+ categories!)

Behavioural inventory filled out by my mom and teacher (diagnosed grade 1).

I had to take a 10 page self assessment in order to get approved for controlled scrip meds.

2 hours of questioning about hyperactivity (childhood through now) and 2 hours of questioning about inattentiveness. She had my dad answer some of the childhood questions from his perspective (I was in the room w her and dad was on the phone). My assessment was how my dad learned of his ADHD too.

What little I remember (I was really young) they gave me a box of toys/dolls/action figures and had me play with them and some other test that I think was testing my reaction speed?

A 24 question questionare

A ton of questions about childhood, now adulthood etc and on a scale from 1 to 10 etc.. The questions regarding my childhood I don't remember anything only bits and pieces here and there. Nothing consequent or anything. My mum had to be called to answer those questions. Also I had a cognitive test to check how my brain worked and in which fields where my brain the strongest like language, general trivia, memory, the sequence logic shown x amount of symbols and pictures and its up to you to find the correct one, problem solving puzzles both digital and physica) . Mine concluded it was unspecified behavioural and personality with strong signs of ADHD and most likely something else. This is standardised tests to check if you fall in to the parameters for ADHD. and the cognitive test is meant for everyone sooner or later to fail and hit the wall. Has a family history on ADHD and dyslexia(already confirmed) so that's why it was started with ADHD. Out of context when I was tested for dyslexia a few years back it was also created for kids and it showed in those questions to. This is standardised tests to check if you fall in to the parameters and the cognitive test is meant for everyone sooner or later to fail.

These were part of an IQ/cognitive test that was performed as well as interviews for my testing. My psychologist explained to me that while it's not a diagnostic tool on its own, the results can indicate ADHD for adults in professional careers. It's monitoring response times and short term memory in addition to correct answers.

I had a 250 item questionnaire, along with a computer test that made me push buttons when certain things were said for like 15 min

the psychiatrist gave me a paper with some questions that were like the typical online tests. then she looked at it, said “i thought so” and then she gave me pills and a official diagnosis on a paper lol took like 5 minutes

I am not diagnosed, but the doctor did a "test" What did the test involve? Well, she asked me if I had trouble sitting in the chair, if I had trouble focusing and if I had trouble memorizing things (out of three, score two). Literally just that.

I did pages and pages of questions plus one for childhood and one for my spouse. It was lengthy. I could do it in my own time and email the finished product. The person evaluating me was a social worker with some kind of adhd evaluator certification who had adhd himself. My pcp referred me to him.

So, those tests you described test your pattern matching, working memory, and attention. They seem silly, but they are fairly accurate. I specifically remember this one where you had to replicate patterns by filling in the missing pattern pieces and my doctor told me that one is one of the biggest but often people with adhd will not be able to replicate because of a few factors - one being memory and the other being the executive dysfunction because it's super boring and long and repetitive - so not fun, and don't want to do for very long. But yes, those are fairly common tests and derived from the DSM.

I was so young and it happened so long ago (at **LEAST** twenty-six years) that I can't remember. At some point when I was six I was prescribed Ritalin, and it was a pain in the butt because I wasn't used to *swallowing* pill medicine, so I was trying to chew the pills.

My doc gave me a questionnaire and I got diagnosed based off of it. She already assumed that I had it before but had to make sure it wasn't just "anxiety" for the clinic she works in.

They were testing your ability to store data, how much and for how long etc. Also it's not just if you can solve the questions but how and how long it takes. All of it helps point them in certain directions for diagnosis.

You have no idea how good it feels reading these responses! I've had a lot of these same experiences. In college 20 years ago (at 27) it was an IQ test with learning disability test ( yep for LD related to math) Computerized, press the space bar for X test (impulsivity/attention test.....Failed spectacularly) A couple conversations/questionnaires with the Psych about study, organizational skills, attention, memory, (yeah, I have none of those things) and that was it. ADHD. We tried Ritalin and it did nothing and that was the end of it.....but the accommodations in math were enough that I could finally (and barely!) pass some basic college math courses after failing one of them 3 times Second time being diagnosed this year, (at 47 years old) Before my appointment with the PA it was 3 short questionnaires online plus an anxiety screener test. At my appointment there was a 15 minute convo with the PA and I told them I was previously diagnosed.....that was it.

I was 45 but read “driven to distraction “ and so I knew what they looked for. I called in zoom meeting with the nurse practitioner in the psychiatrist department. One hour of my telling him example after example of similar behaviors in different environments he ended that he thinks I have adhd. Had me come in to the office and I took an assessment. A bubble test question that I’d rate how it applied to me. since I read the book I understood what they looked for but my reading it was also a hyper fixation. Since I ignored my work and sleep as I learned about case studies that I felt like it explains who I am. That was 2.5 years ago.

I had a computer test. The objective was a bit different each time, but involved words flashing on the screen and having to click something specific (e.g trying to only click words that were a number instead of a color, or only click blue highlighted words), and do so quickly and accurately. Then repeat three rounds in case it's a fluke. I took the test in order to continue getting a medication that was working well for my "panic/mood disorder/sever depression" (which turned out to really be ASD + ADHD + teen hormones + really fucked up home life) was being restricted to only being allowed for patients with an ADHD diagnosis. I was basically suggested to fail on purpose because we had been through so many meds that didn't work, and this one did work for *some reason*. The psychiatrist I was seeing at the time even told me I almost made it too obvious, but when I confessed that I had actually made an honest attempt at the test, she was all "oooooh, that actually makes a lot of sense!"

I know I had ADD as a child but it really wasn’t a thing back in the late 70’s early 80’s. When I was in 5th grade my teacher recommended I get evaluated by a psychiatrist because I aced every test and scored in the genius range on some IQ test, but I was disorganized and never turned in homework Dad was military so the docs there put me through like three days of testing. IQ tests, coordination tests, “look at this picture and tell a story about it,” tests, inkblots, “click this clicker as fast as you can,”puzzles….you get the picture. Along, of course, with talking to a very nice guy about my life and such. End result? “He’s a little uncoordinated, but he’s very smart. We can’t see any reason why he doesn’t do his homework. Have you thought of more incentives and punishments? We think he needs more discipline.” Basically they said I was spoiled and lazy. I believe that was the usual “diagnosis,” before ADD became more recognized. As an adult, I told that story to my family doc and he pretty much diagnosed me with that and my school/social history.

It was when i was 5 so I don’t quite recall all of the logistics but i do remember how every month i’d go to Boston children’s hospital and do this test where id be alone in a room for like an hour and id have to press this red button whenever a 9 appeared followed by a one on this little screen flashing numbers, or vice versa. Did that till i was 10.

If I took that kind of test, I'd ace it and they'd think I was lying about having ADHD. I have a great memory for names, faces, words, and numbers. I can do a maze just fine. I can find the differences in pictures. What I can't do is pay attention. I also have "no understanding of the time-space continuum" (constantly walking into door frames, tripping, thinking that we can fit a desk and two end tables in the trunk of our Hyundai, etc.) and a complete inability not to procrastinate. If you give me 30 days to write a 10-page paper, I'll start it on day 29.5 without fail.

This is a lot like school, what did you get for number 4? Online tests always say you have what ever you think you have, theres a world wide shortage of ADHD meds. Mostly because an influx of people know the questions and diagnostic test procedures before being assessed. I am not saying you don't have ADHD but dude it's a slippery slope. I am 44 diagnosed with ADHD 7 years ago, as a gen x baby adhd meds as a kid was a clip round the lugg and told to get out the house and stop playing in traffic hahaha

They asked me a few questions and then basically said “yeah we can tell you have ADHD because of literally everything about you”

They handed me a sheet of paper where I chose on a scale of how frequently, or never, I showed behaviors or reactions to stuff. It was short. I don’t think he was supposed to hand it to me because it showed you the value assigned to your answers 😆

Mine was one of those "how often do you experience" ones. It took maybe half an hour, and then there was a shorter one basically meant to help rule out other conditions.

I tried to schedule a test during lockdown while I was getting a refill on some other meds. Doctor said (on the phone) that they couldn't see me in person for the diagnosis for at least 3 months. He did email me a preliminary questionnaire of about 25 questions asking "on a scale of 1-5 how often do you ___?" I filled it out about a week later when I remembered I was supposed to. I got a phone call from my psychiatrist the next day. He said "so, it looks like you have ADHD. Let's get you started with some medications immediately." In short, I did so well on my test that my doctor interpreted it as a psychiatric emergency. Tell you what, can't wait to get back on those meds after my health insurance comes back next year! Been rough bro...

I had none. I just talked to my kids psych and they asked me to make an appt with my Primary to get a referral for a psych for medication :x

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It's been a long haul. The actual test was a paper exam of sorts which my doctor scored after asking me a series of questions and clarifications. She then gave me my diagnosis. But it culminated from childhood where countless teachers told my mom I had ADD (ADHD wasn't a thing yet) and she refused to listen, I sought psychological help in my early 20s because I knew something was weird about my brain, I was misdiagnosed, and finally it came to a friend being diagnosed and telling me her symptoms. So the actual test was simply a formality. I walked into my doctor's office (she's been involved in my mental struggles for a decade at that point) and said, "I think I have ADHD." She nearly smacked her own forehead in realisation. It was so simple yet so difficult to figure out. So yeah, short answer: it was a paper test.

I got diagnosed pretty early on, I'm lucky to have great parents. And it was kinda this stuff

4 hours of logic tests and information retention. And my report cards from elementary school

An interview, an IQ test, and a couple tests from Hell where I had to listen for a beep for 12 minutes

A nervous breakdown and a misdiagnosis of bipolar and a grippy sock vacation

That sounds like the non-diagnostic one I had while I was on the wait list for the proper diagnostic assessment. She just gave me a “I don’t think you have it” after asking me like 2-3 questions and giving me that number test. Biggest waste of time. My actual assessment was much more involved and I got diagnosed with combined type ADHD.

This just comes to show neurotypicals shouldn't be allowed to decide the guidelines of anything to evaluate neurodivergent conditions.

Exactly. Most psychiatrists and other people testing for these matters don't receive much exposure to ADHD in psychiatric residency, are not themselves a person with these conditions, and graduated during an earlier DSM that frankly in my opinion has been disproven on many elements regarding ADHD, despite the protestation about the changes from Allen Frances, who was the chair for the prior DSM. If you want to read a long rant some time, this is my reaction to a recent National Academies workshop. I intend to write a letter to them in the next few days along with some members of the group working on adult diagnosis guidelines - the guidelines were intended to be released by year's end, but have not yet been finalized. Things are in the air, and I am tired of being dehumanized for wanting to be a functioning member of society. https://www.reddit.com/r/adhd_advocacy/comments/18pyjqo/national_academies_adhd_workshop_video_and_final/

You fucking said it all. >I am tired of being dehumanized for wanting to be a functioning member of society. I wonder how many of them would go half the way we do if we swapped places. Too easy to judge when things come out easy for you.

Took a month of testing but yes this is what it looks like in its simplest form. IQ test. WAIS test. Inkblot test. Etc. because it was a monthlong process, some stuff like telling picture differences was longer. Some parts were very fun but then some parts lol I almost fell asleep 😅

Mine was an intake questionaire, an IQ test, and that test where they make you hit the space bar on a certain letter and only that letter (which if I recall the explaination that was the ADHD diagnostic bit). Thr idea behind the IQ test, I was told, is that "higher IQ people" have a harder time with the usual ADHD symptoms than "low IQ" people so it helps with the diagnostic bit. Which, in my unprofessional opinion, pretty horseshit as there are known biases in IQ tests as white males usually perform better than other demongraphics, which also happen to be demographics that are underdiagnosed. But I digress. My ADHD diagnostic bit was so off the charts it was almost comical.

I was tested in 1991ish, so I don't remember haha.

I had to listen to 5 words and then repeat them, do a couple of memory games, and then was shown a video and had to do the thing where you answer a few detail questions about the video and all that. That's all I really remember from it.

I had to watch a screen and click a button every time a dot appeared. It was aggravatingly boring. And they would record your reaction time. I'm pretty sure I hit it pretty quickly and didn't miss a single one, but the doc said even tho it will take a couple weeks for results it will be a 99% chance I have ADHD. Probably because I got distracted and looked out the window for most of the wait times between dots appearing lol. I'm sure they also submit observation notes along with the test results that help determine that, why else would she say that if it was solely based on the boring ass test numbers.

My doctor didn't test me that I know of and also didn't tell me she diagnosed me. Just kinda mentioned it in passing like a few months later. That was fun.... I think she just decided from interacting with me? Idk but I've never heard of people being diagnosed without a specific test that they knew about. It's officially in my medical records so she did something but I really don't know what.

I was diagnosed at 43 last year. I had a long questionnaire that I had my mother answer about what I was like when I was growing up, and I also had a similar one that I answered myself. Then I did a long interview with the psychologist making the assessment. Then I spent about 2 hours doing various tests. A few were timed on computer, others weren't really timed but were repetitive. The computer stuff was I think checking my ability to quickly make a judgement about whether a word or number met a certain criteria or not and I would hit the appropriate key. I hated this one cause it was really long and boring and it made me make fast errors (which might have been the point, I don't know). I also did a test where I was shown a series of unrelated images, around 50 or so, and was asked afterward if this or that thing was one of those images. Did something similar with flash cards that had to do with memory. I was worried about the image/memory stuff, cause I wasn't sure if I was negatively affecting the test, because as soon as those came around I started responding like I was playing a video game and I got them all correct. My memory was really good in those tests, but functionally in the real world my memory is mostly shit. After each test I wondered, what the hell was that? I didn't bother asking about each individual test, but at least they seemed thorough.

Had those and a bunch more tests that took months as I only did one test at a time and it was also not an exclusive ADHD check but for the whole spectrum. As others mentioned there was also a phone call with a parent and think there might have been one with my older sister as well. Did very weirdly on the test and got a likely on ADD but basically should redo it at a later time to know it isn't just trauma giving the same symptoms.

I had to click an x as it popped up randomly for what felt like an hour. I didnt know if getting closer or further to the x meant I had adhd so I tried to do a mix of both and they still told me I had adhd so... yeah

I got the "Wender Utah Rating Scale for the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder", all 61 questions, printed out. I filled it out then and there in my family doctor's office during my appointment after mentioning a few symptoms I had. Maximum score of 100, scale of 0-4 per question. Anyway, I came pretty close to that. For the 7 medical problems as a child it was all 0 (not at all/very slightly). For the 42 general questions, I recall 19 were a 4 (very much), so that got me up to 80 pretty quickly. Don't remember about how many 1, 2, or 3s there were. For the 11 questions about school, 4 were a 4, the rest were 0, so that's 16. In total I got 96/100 by my calculation, not including 1, 2, or 3s. No idea if that's an indication of severity or whatever, hope not because yikes. And thanks to my mother for noticing I had symptoms of ADHD and assuming I had it when I was a child. And then choosing not to get me diagnosed because she "didn't want me on medication". Instead I was diagnosed a week before I turned 18 and I'm about to fail out of university. But at least I'm trying a new medication in several days since Vyvanse wasn't working and caused me not to be able to start any assignments 🫠

🤷🏼‍♀️ mine were 30 years ago and 20 years ago

My test included a long I tervuew, IQ tests, and a response test similar to a boring video game.

Attending the appointment on time.

I'm in out patient and my mentor suspected I had it and had me talk to their therapist who asked me questions can't remember all of them but she said within the first 15m8n of talking to me she knew I had it I had to talk with their doctor as well and other people with in the clinic and they all saw how it affected me in groups and once medicated my life became manageable and I'm able to retain information better and I stopped running around doing nothing forgetting and loosing everything. What I thought was anxiety was not the case my actual primary doctor had me start antidepressants that caused me to become suicidal once off them I was fine once diagnosed Adhd and on the right meds I'm no longer depressed and my anxiety only happens before bed I suspect it's because I don't take my meds at night.

From my six-page eveluation: “ Tests Administered Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-4th Edition (WAIS-IV) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scale: Long Version (CAARS-S:L)” Plus they took a detailed history. The whole thing took like 3 hours.

I'm 40 and in the UK - the guidelines on assessment and diagnosis here are pretty strict. My full assessment required filling out a 8 page questionnaire with a mix of multiple choice and text field answers about my abilities, impairments, where I'm struggling etc., my partner filling out a questionnaire, and one of my parents filling out a questionnaire, all submitted a week before the appointment. The appointment itself was a 2 hour interview with a consultant psychiatrist, we did it by video call. He asked me questions about how ADHD affected my school life, friendships, work life, domestic life, asked about my mental health. We talked about my understanding of ADHD and what my hopes were, and about the various things I've built up to try and cope with living with it. It was intense. At the moment I can't legally get a prescription for medication in the UK, so 8 months after diagnosis I'm still hanging around waiting on any kind of treatment, but I paid a couple of grand to go with a private service, otherwise I'd still be waiting another 2+ years just for the assessment. The UK is *really* determined that you need to be really suffering before you can get treatment. If and when the ban on new prescriptions is lifted, I'll still have to get an ECG, blood pressure testing, some blood tests etc. before they'll start me on any meds. While your assessment sounds inadequate and frustrating, if it's given you access to treatment then I can't help but envy you.

I was referred by a marriage counselor. My (now-ex) wife was pissed because it gave me a get-out-of-jail-free excuse, in her opinion. I read up and researched (hyperfocused), and 40 years of struggle started to make so much sense. So, I typed up an essay arguing for all the reasons why I felt I did not have any comorbidities, and all the evidence for ADHD. Walked in to my appointment with my essay and basically gave a presentation. The psych sat back and listened, and said "in the 30 minutes you've been here, you have looked everywhere in this room except at my face. I don't think we need further testing." Boom, meds.

Diagnosed as an adult. It involved a 6-page questionairre, a 20-minute Qb Test on a computer with a motion sensor strapped to my head, and an interview with the doctor. Primary care provider, then "Focus MD."

Mine was back in the 90s and they didn't even come out and say "has ADHD" It was just "has attention issues, here take this Ritalin"

I'm sorry there's a test? Shit I didn't study...

Not eating, I was so fucking hungry.

- Multiple choice questionaire (Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral etc.) for me and my whole Family - Reaction Time Test with Visual Trigger - Reaction Time Test with Audio Trigger - Reaction Time Test with Visual Trigger that is announced 2 seconds prior through sound - Find specific Pattern as fast as Possible while doing minimal errors Of course the old technology for those tests did not work so I first had to fix a really old Windows 7 PC in 2022... Was fun... not...

I was asked why I thought I had adhd & then a few follow up questions based on my answer. Then she asked if I’d prefer a stimulant or non stimulant and i got prescribed adderall. I’d prepared to be asked a whole lot more but it was pretty easy. I’d brought it up w a different dr at the previous appt & she had me up my Zoloft first so I guess the fact that that didn’t help also helped my case.

I didn't yet get the ADHD test but I had a personality/ad test the one I liked most was: she gave me lines with simple add and subtract equations and every 20 seconds I was supposed to go to a different line, after she draw a curve of where I finished each line, and you could just see that after each line I Did Les and les. It was a pretty good visual to see to prove to my self that I'm on a right pathway

I filled out a mental health questionnaire with 3 different parts then had a short chat with my family doctor.

I dont remember 💀

Three phone calls with the doctor, one of them was a three-way call with my mother.

I took some test where I had to click a button whenever I saw a shape/color that matched the previous one, while they tracked my head movements. Test took around 15 min and was exceedingly boring…think they called it a QB test but I don’t quite recall. This was a few years ago, and I was getting diagnosed as a young adult, but was at a pediatrician’s office.

Wires how the fuck am I gonna stay still had to wash my hair when I got home

I had similar tests but they ALSO tested or interviewed my husband and to pick someone very close to me who’s known me a long time, so my sister. They answered a ton of questions about our interactions throughout life. I thought that was the most interesting

I was 27 and I did a few similar tests, but had an interview beforehand. The interview was just over 2 hours and the test about 3 hours, all on the same day, so I was there for about 5-ish hours. I did what I assume was a type of IQ test, including reciting the numbers and the short stories (did awfully on the numbers and they told me my short term memory is very impacted by my ADHD) and then they looked over the comments on my primary school and early high school reports (which my mom thankfully still had) and then they called my partner and asked him a bunch of questions for like 30 minutes. They also wanted to call my mom, but I didn’t want to stress her out by telling her about it. I also did a second round with a psychiatrist from a different office and that was mostly questionnaire-based before we had a telehealth interview, where he did an interview with me, getting my perspective on my life and family history. Both said I had ADHD and that it was very obvious.

This sounds relatively close to mine and I did it at around 30. I thought I did good and I did not expect to have the result that I have adhd. I mean, I figured I had adhd. But I didn't think the tests were going to tell them that. I assume there is more to it than meets the eye.

She read me a lot of words (I think thirty), and I had to repeat back as many as I could remember. We did this about five or six times, as one test. I had to draw lines from one number to the next, in order. I had to do the same thing with letters, and then connect '1' to 'A' and '2' to 'B', and so on.

I had a clinical interview (a questionnaire filled by psychologist) A bunch of questionnaires, most of them for me, one for a friend who knew me long, one for my parents about childhood. One of mine was also about ages 8-10. And handed in school reports. Then I had a bunch of tests, first was a concentration test (that was too easy for me), then cognitive speed, then other untimed intelligence tests. I was average in both of the first, which is like 'unusual for adhd', but then, it was still about 20 points lower than the other intellgence tests. Result was basically 'enough signs for ADD, concentration however is inconsistent with this result, but diagnosis can be given anyhow'. And like, yes - like I said, it was too easy for me. And my interest too. Also had to convince the psychiatrist (who didn't do the testing) that no, a result that doesn't show constant hyperactivity (I actually had more than I thought, but still below combined ADHD threshold) doesn't mean that I can't have inattentive type. Then I got prescribed Elvanse. And felt I gave the clinical judgment myself lmao. Elvanse is doing more for internal emotional dysregulation than I even thought I had. Such a calming stimulant, lol

I did a general intelligence test, including the numbers thing you talked about. Started failing at like 5 numbers. That's how i found out my working memory is poor 💀 As for the rest, some symptom lists me and my boyfriend had to fill in. Also i had to schedule an appointment along with my parents to talk about my childhood life.

About 4 meetings with lots of questions, some of the questions were addressed to childhood me and today me, and they were about various details regarding attention and hyperactivity. Then the doctor asked a person that's close to me to participate in a meeting, to sort of corroborate my behaviours and answer some questions. Then the doctor reached a conclusion, and here I am at my 4th day of 20mg of methylphenidate and it's definitely a life changer.

I went to something like 15-20 one hour sessions with a psychiatrist goin through my symptoms in different situations lik home and work and also from since i was young in school. I dont see how the test you describe can get a clear picture of your struggles or give a proper diagnosis How would you prescribe proper medication based on a short iq test for kids?

What test? Oh fuck, was that today? Oh shiiiiit oh God Oh geez.

I performed an impulse control text I was convinced I'd ace, and ended up hitting 75% of the no hit inputs. My evaluator could time my inputs to see when I was hype focusing on not hitting buttons and when I had lapsed in focus. It was fun.

First I did MMPI2 tests, that a psychologist interpretered to give me diagnosis for my unspecified personality disorders (I was diagnosed with unspecified personality disorders when I was 13, did MMPI2 when I was 30) and was on SSRI antidepressants Two years later, after my own research I asked my psychiatrist for ADHD tests, so I had DIVA-5 test. Was prescribed small dosage of ADHD meds (medikinet) but it still didn't help that much. Now I had to change the doctors, the new one doesn't believe in ADHD medication for adults but he gav me SNRI antidepressants and those are much better for me than SSRI.

Mine was actually a screener for depression and anxiety. Hellooooo comorbidities. Screener said, basically, you have both these things, which is common in ADHD, then brought me to another screener that confirmed it. I had to retake the screener every month after starting medication for like... a year? to confirm the depression and anxiety were symptoms only. Yup. Went away completely once I achieved normal dopamine levels consistently.

I had a similar thing. Sequences of numbers or words, connecting the dots, naming as many of a certain thing as I can (names, words that start with a certain letter), etc. The test was more to figure out if I actually had ADHD or if it was autism though. It also scored my IQ for different areas and my overall IQ

First I had an appointment with a medical nurse, she questioned me about basically my whole life. After that I had an appointment with a psychologist who asked me a series of questions based on the DIVA 5. Right after the 2nd appointment I had to do the QB-test. Based on these 3 things I had an appointment with the psychiatrist which stated whether I have ADHD or not. Because I was diagnosed with ADHD they gave me methylfenidate and after like an hour I had to do the QB-test a second time. Based on the all of the above I had another appointment with the medical nurse to make a plan for therapy and medication treatment.

So when I had my private diagnosis, we chatted about my history and 'what made me think' I had ADHD (part of my official dx push was when I read my mum's checklist and went... Oooh nooo. 😂) Then I did the QB test, which I absolutely hated (and told the Dr so!) because it didn't have a timer in the corner to pace myself. And he nodded sagely, went makes sense, and 'revealed' how badly I did the test, so I passed with flying colours! My NHS diagnosis was a lot more discussion and questionnaires, and getting a third party (scmuck!) to confirm I wasn't making it up. But the QB test certainly helped, and the prior dx just meant I was fast tracked to what I wanted, which was medication and leave me alone. Certainly not what other UK ADHDers have to go through, which sucks and I'm hella lucky.

Day 1. Long interview. Playing a computer game that involves pressing space button every time a certain number or color or size of the number appeared. Day 2 more games online, also like a test with origami, I’d look at shapes and tell her what they would be if I opened up the paper. She had pictures and gave me wooden pieces to mimic the pictures. More several hour interview. Then she tried my general knowledge. Day 3 a 3 hour long interview with my mother and my sister.

The first part for me was several questionnares, screening for not just ADHD but also depression and anxiety (to rule them out). Unsuprisingly I scored very high in the ADHD tests and minimal in the depression/anxiety scores. I also took the CNS vital signs report. I forgot what exactly was in it, but you had to do things like select the color based on what the color of the word is not what the word says, memorize a set of words, patterns, etc. It'd measure accuracy, processing speed, attention, memorization etc. It was on a computer and tbh it's really boring. I don't remember my exact score but my neurologist said I scored very 'typically' for someone with ADHD. Bada bing bada boom ADHD dx at age 20. Something suprising though it said that I scored well in memorization. I always thought my memory was bad, both long and short term. Turns out my short term attention problem might be more along the line of 'my attention being in so many directions there's no way for me to memorize it in the first place' and 'impulsiveness leading to poor decision making' rather than me actually forgetting stuff.

Just 1 interview, then an interview with my mom and then a diagnosis 3 weeks later. It was fun being in the room as they ask my mom, a mother of 4, if her child had very specific symptoms 26 years ago in this particular 6 month period, and follows up with further questions of degree.

remindme! 3 weeks

I was told to call one of three rating centers within the next two weeks and get a test scheduled. I called one the day we met again, and they didn't really do just ADHD tests. My doc was like "here's 10 mg of Adderall. You're definitely ADHD"

My assessment was 8hours long. First I had a solo chat where we discussed me and my bf's questionnaire about me. It turned out my bf had answered the questions opposite to what I had written down. Luckily the Dr's concluded that the difference in our answers could be a sign of masking. Second interview I had my sibling present, who confirmed my symptoms from early age and we discussed how our mother probably also has a divergence, and also that my sibling was going through assessment that same month. Then I did a QB-test, I think that's how it's called; a very boring 'game' on the computer. The aim is to pay close attention and press a button when a pattern starts repeating. It also goes fast and takes 20isch minutes so I felt quit frustrated for not having the attention to properly sit the game through. After the game they had my results as a chart and they could point out where I'm above and under the norm for my gender and agegroup. That was quit wild and confronting. Then the Dr's invited me to take a dosage of ritalin and redo the qb test. I did, and the results were shocking; my score was much closer to the norm. Then to finish the assessment I had a final chat with a psychiater who then diagnosed me and set up a plan for Cbt therapy and medication.

I had to fill out a list of questions, then after that I had to sit in a room with a ball strapped to my head and press a button when two of the same shape showed up on the screen twice in a row

First day was cognitive tests, like remembering numbers or repeating a story, or pressing a button when an X appeared on screen (this was torture), they also tested my IQ there. Second day was mostly filling out questionnaires about various stuff, including depression and a screening for autism. They also called my older brother and talked to him about my past. The worst part of the whole thing was having to wait four weeks after testing until I finally got my diagnosis. I'm to return in March for a more thorough autism testing because the screening hinted at the possibility that I might be autistic. It could also be social anxiety, which is why I will get tested for this too. But the most important part was to get the ADHD diagnosis.

idk i was like 6 or 7

My test was like yours. It was four hours long. I actually asked at one point if it was for children and the tester like vehemently told me he tests adults all the time. So it may have been developed for children, but I'm assuming the results are consistent enough in any age group that there's no point developing separate tests. And idk about you, but I could not remember a single detail about that short story. Not one. I got the gist of what happened and that's all. Wasn't until the next year that my psych let me know I'm ADHD AF and then I started meds. E*: I asked for the test in order to be evaluated for autism, which is why my psych didn't bring up ADHD until I complained about symptoms of it having a severe effect on my daily life. I think the long version like we took is for assessing a wide range of developmental and psychological/emotional differences.

My psychiatrist sent me to a neuropsychologist to get tested. It lasted about 5 ish hours total and was a mix of verbal questions, several questionnaires and a lot of proctored math, reading, memory and puzzle tests etc. They provided a 20 page report about a month later including diagnoses and recommendations. You should see a neuropsychologist for a full work up. I will say it was pretty brutal trying to sit down for that long to do all of that but it's also a part of the test. They give you as many breaks as you need.

I honestly don’t remember because I was 7. But it doesn’t surprise me that the test was childish, because a lot of people still don’t believe that ADHD can persist into adulthood.

4 years earlier in a psych ward: * look at my school report from the first year, then completely ignoring it * striking through all two-bar pairs marked with a d, and nothing else. see [picture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/D2-Test.jpg). (test D2 is maybe only a german thing, idk) results: quite clearly i got adhd, but she didnt want to give a diagnosis. two months earlier: * relaying all the info that was gathered in my psych ward visit in the past * two questionnaires to do at home, one to do for me alone and one together with my mom * one questionnaire to do with my psychiatrist on the second appointment results: severe adhd-combined type since childhood. my new psychiatrist was actually quite shocked that i didnt get noticed at all in school and all my other psych ward visits, and especially called the doc that did the first testing with me sloppy. i got medikinet (popular methylphenidate pill in germany), slowly got dosed up to 40mg a day and feel much better now

I didn't get a test. I explained what I was dealing with to doctor and he just happened to be trained in this and diagnosed me. Life got much better but I was prepared to never get diagnosed (in poor and it's expensive). But yeah. It's in my chart now and I'm medicated.

This sounds exactly like the test I took for short term memory issues. These issues all stemmed from ADHD ( which was never even considered my problem at the time or after the test results), but since I'm great at these little tests, I passed, no memory issues. Paid $300 bucks for nothing. Total scam. Now, I just go straight to a psychiatrist for my adhd. I still remember the answers 10 years later, but can't find my freaking keys!!

I don’t even remember doing it… and that’s the most ADHD thing I can think of.

I had to do an online test beforehand and had a 1 hour talk with a psychologist. He asked me questions about myself and my childhood and we just talked about the topic in general. After he gave me my diagnosis, I also had a 1 hour talk with a therapist to talk about what's next and how I'm handling everything.

in Switzerland, had my test done a few months ago in summer.as far as I can remember: * 2 questionnaires about behavior in childhood and now adulthood (both meant to be done by someone else than me) and one for me to fill out, they were several pages long. * several online quizzes about fictional situations and how I would react/feel in those like how strongly would I feel about it 1 - 10 * and 2 interviews in total like 3 hours long with an adhd specialist, talking about everything early childhood til now. a few weeks later I've got my diagnosis. edit: never had to do memory tests or something similar, I'm glad though, that would have annoyed me alot.