Who Can Prescribe ADHD Medication in NJ and NY?
A primary care doctor can sometimes write an ADHD prescription, but the visit that actually works long term usually comes from someone who evaluates and manages ADHD as a core part of their practice.…
A thorough, clinical-interview-based evaluation to find out whether ADHD explains what you're experiencing, or whether something else does. One 50-minute appointment, a fixed price, and a real answer, not a checklist and a five-minute conversation.
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A lot of adults arrive at an ADHD evaluation already fairly convinced, sometimes from a social media checklist, sometimes from a friend's diagnosis that sounded familiar. Some of them are right. Some of them have anxiety, depression, sleep deprivation, or something else that looks similar from the outside. The evaluation exists to tell the difference, based on a real clinical interview, not a five-minute questionnaire.
The evaluation covers your developmental history, current symptoms across different settings (work, home, relationships), and how long this has actually been going on, since ADHD by definition starts in childhood even if it wasn't recognized then. This is measured against DSM-5 diagnostic criteria directly, not inferred from a symptom-count questionnaire alone.
Anxiety, depression, sleep deprivation, thyroid problems, and trauma can all produce inattention that resembles ADHD. Part of the evaluation is screening for these directly, because starting a stimulant for something that isn't actually ADHD doesn't help and can make some of these other conditions worse.
A clear answer: a diagnosis if the criteria are met, or a direct explanation of what else might be going on if they're not. If diagnosed, you leave with next steps, most commonly a conversation about whether medication management makes sense and what that would look like.
If you were diagnosed years ago, or by a service that felt rushed, this evaluation can also serve as a second look, reviewing the basis for the existing diagnosis rather than accepting it at face value before moving forward with treatment.
⚠ This information is educational and general. A diagnosis depends on a full evaluation of your individual history and symptoms.
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In person in Fort Lee or by telehealth across NJ and NY. A full clinical interview against DSM-5 criteria.
A clear answer at the same visit, and a conversation about medication management if diagnosis is confirmed.
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Before clinical practice I spent over ten years in molecular and cellular biology research at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Mount Sinai. That background is about not accepting an unverified result, which in an ADHD evaluation means not taking a prior diagnosis, or a self-diagnosis, at face value without checking it against the actual criteria and the conditions that commonly get confused with it.
A 50-minute evaluation, in person in Fort Lee or by telehealth across NJ and NY, with a clear diagnostic answer at the end of the visit.
A 60-minute initial evaluation — in person at my Fort Lee office or via
telehealth anywhere in NJ or NY. We'll go through your full history,
current symptoms, prior treatments, and biological context. You leave
with a clear diagnosis and a specific medication plan, not a maybe.
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I do not take insurance. Self-pay allows time for a thorough evaluation and coordinated follow-up.
Initial evaluation (up to 50 minutes): $350
Follow-up visit: $300
Discovery call: free, about 10 minutes
You pay at the visit and I provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement.
Things patients usually want to know before reaching out.
A checklist estimates likelihood based on symptom count. This evaluation is a full clinical interview measured against DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, including developmental history and screening for the conditions that commonly get mistaken for ADHD. It’s built to give an actual diagnostic answer, not a probability.
No. The evaluation here is clinical-interview-based rather than a formal psychometric testing battery. If your situation seems like it would benefit from that kind of formal testing specifically, that’s something we’d discuss directly and I can point you toward the right resource.
In most cases, yes. You’ll leave the 50-minute evaluation with a clear answer: a diagnosis if the criteria are met, or an explanation of what else might better account for your symptoms.
Yes, and it’s common. If the original diagnosis felt rushed or was made a long time ago, this evaluation reviews the basis for it directly rather than assuming it still fits.
We’d talk through next steps, most commonly whether medication management makes sense for you. If it does, that becomes an ongoing part of care here rather than a separate process you have to restart elsewhere.
Yes, throughout New Jersey and New York. In-person visits are available at the Fort Lee, NJ office.
I don’t bill insurance directly. A superbill is provided for out-of-network reimbursement, which depends entirely on your specific plan.
No. A clear “this isn’t ADHD” answer, along with a direct explanation of what might actually be going on, is a useful outcome in its own right, and often points toward what’s actually worth addressing instead.
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