This section about ADHD evaluation will give you examples of what you may experience as you find out more about ADHD—whether you or your child may be experiencing the symptoms—and what you might experience when trying to understand the ADHD evaluation process.

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Real ADHD Stories

I know how hard I try—I know how much I love my child. But everyone comes at me so negative. Please! Give me some credit! Then give me some help.
K.R., Minnesota

The school had been telling us for three years to get him tested. But it wasn’t until we were shopping at the mall and I couldn’t control him that I really knew we had a problem.
K.W., Indiana

When the summer camp wouldn’t take him another time, I thought, “How is he going to learn to make friends?” I have to do something—now.
J.S., Indiana

He was having trouble at school, so I pulled him out for home schooling. I thought, “I’ll show them!” Then I couldn’t do it. There’s something more than just a need for individual attention going on here.
T.H., Indiana

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