ADHD 

ADHD Checks and Review

As part of your ADHD diagnosis, you have been prescribed a medication that needs regular monitoring.

We understand that day-to-day life can become more difficult when living with ADHD.

The benefits of taking the right steps for you will create a positive impact in school and/or work as well as improve connections with family members and friends.

The Physical Health Check Up

We need to check your weight, pulse and blood pressure every 6 months.

You can do this at the surgery, no appointment is needed. Alternatively, you could do these checks yourself at home, by using a blood pressure and pulse monitor machine and a set of scales and reply to the text we will be sending you.

Once we’ve heard from you, we will contact you to book in your telephone consultation with our clinical pharmacist to do the medication review.

The Medication Review

Our clinical pharmacist will contact you on an annual basis while you are on this ADHD medication.

The review will include checking that the current medication you are using is working for you and that you still feel there is an ongoing benefit to being on the medication. They will check if you are having any side effects with your medication. They will check on your general well-being and if you are managing to remember to take the medication every day. They will check that your blood pressure and pulse have been within the normal range, and that your weight is remaining stable.

In normal circumstances, the medication review will be signed off without any concerns. In a minority of cases, the clinical pharmacist may need to ask your specialist to consider adjusting your medication. In these cases, they will make the referral for this, and you can wait to hear from the specialist directly.

Your pharmacist will not be able to make changes to your ADHD medication themselves, but will ensure that this is considered by the specialist if it is needed.