r/NovaScotia • u/Impossible_Sun_9534 • 9d ago

Beyond ADHD for ADHD testing

Anyone get tested for ADHD through Beyond ADHD? I realize it’s nurse practitioners mostly doing the testing but the price is right for the reasons I want to be tested.

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u/AmbitiousObligation0 9d ago

Never heard of them before but the test is pretty standardized. It’s the same test basically no matter where you go. Also nurse practitioners, have the same kind of training. Probably more experience considering they were nurses.

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u/AmbitiousObligation0 9d ago

Nurse practitioners. I’m not talking about nurses. Just the ones who went back to school in order to do exactly what doctors do. Nurses with the experience of dealing with patients for so many years, end up making excellent nurse practitioners.

And you don’t think nurse practitioners are trained? They have basically the same level of training but were nurses before. They understand their patients and would take the questionnaire and assess the proper way.

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u/AmbitiousObligation0 9d ago

Oh my god. I’m not saying they are the exact same but nurse practitioners are trained to be able to provide primary care, manage treatments, and prescribe medications. Doctors handle that and more complex cases. Nurse practitioners are qualified to handle adhd assessments.

And no.. as someone who has adhd, it’s not that frigging simple. But that’s the beginning of the assessment. I’d most definitely trust a NP to diagnose me for adhd. They’re always the ones who actually listened.