ADHD care
ADHD evaluation and treatment in Illinois
Thorough ADHD assessment and medication management for adolescents and adults — by secure telehealth across Illinois.
Adult ADHD is frequently missed, frequently mislabeled as laziness or anxiety, and frequently treated with a prescription before anyone has taken a proper history. This practice does it the other way around.
A real evaluation before a prescription
ADHD assessment here means a detailed developmental history, a look at how symptoms show up across work, school, home, and relationships, standardized rating scales, and a deliberate search for the things that mimic ADHD — poor sleep, sleep apnea, thyroid disease, anemia, anxiety, depression, trauma, and simple chronic overload.
Executive dysfunction and burnout overlap heavily with ADHD, and plenty of people arrive with both. Naming which is which changes the plan. So does knowing your cardiovascular history, your caffeine intake, your sleep schedule, and whether a stimulant is safe for you.
Treatment can include stimulant or non-stimulant medication, prescribed conservatively and monitored with blood pressure, heart rate, sleep, and appetite checks. It also includes the unglamorous parts that actually move the needle: sleep timing, structure, externalized systems, and treating the anxiety or depression sitting alongside it.
What people describe
Reasons people book
- Starting many things and finishing few
- Time blindness, chronic lateness, and missed deadlines
- Losing the thread mid-conversation or mid-task
- Working twice as hard as peers for the same output
- Restlessness, impulsive spending, or interrupting
- A childhood diagnosis that was never followed up
- Struggling more since a job change, a new baby, or college
How care works here
What treatment includes
- A structured ADHD evaluation with developmental and symptom history
- Standardized rating scales and, where useful, collateral information
- Screening for sleep, thyroid, anxiety, depression, and substance factors
- Stimulant or non-stimulant medication when appropriate, prescribed conservatively
- Vital sign, sleep, and appetite monitoring at follow-up
- Documentation support for school or workplace accommodations where appropriate
Common questions
Questions people ask first
Can ADHD be diagnosed by telehealth?
Yes. ADHD evaluation is a clinical process built on a detailed developmental and symptom history, rating scales, collateral information where useful, and ruling out other causes. All of that can be done well by secure video.
Can you prescribe stimulants by telehealth in Illinois?
Controlled substance prescribing is done in line with current federal and Illinois rules and only when it is clinically appropriate after a full evaluation. Prescriptions are sent electronically to your pharmacy. Non-stimulant options are also available and are the right choice for some people.
I was diagnosed as a kid but stopped treatment. Can I restart?
Yes, and it is common. Bring whatever records or history you have, including what you took and how it went. Adult ADHD often looks different than it did at nine years old.
What if it turns out to be anxiety or burnout instead?
That is a genuinely useful outcome. Anxiety, depression, chronic sleep deprivation, thyroid disease, and long-term burnout all impair attention. A thorough evaluation is designed to tell these apart rather than default to a stimulant.
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Ready to get started?
Self-schedule online through Headway — insurance and self-pay options, most patients seen within days.