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ADHD care in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Careful, unhurried ADHD care for children, teens, and adults, ages 6 to 60. A real diagnosis before any treatment, and a plan built around your life, not just a prescription. Telehealth in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In-person appointments in Massachusetts when the case calls for it.
Diagnosis first
A real diagnosis, not a quick label
ADHD is real, it’s common, and it responds well to careful treatment. It’s also easy to get wrong in both directions. Attention problems can come from anxiety, lost sleep, low mood, learning differences, or an environment that demands more than any brain could give, and genuine ADHD can hide for decades behind good grades, hard work, and quiet effort.
That’s why I don’t diagnose from a checklist. I take a full history and look at the whole person: sleep, mood, learning, temperament, physical health, and the actual demands of daily life. Before we meet, I read what you send: report cards, teacher notes, prior testing, notes from other clinicians. Our time is then spent understanding, not catching up. If it’s ADHD, I’ll say so plainly. If it’s something else, finding that out is just as valuable.
Children & teens
ADHD in children and teens
By the time a child with ADHD reaches me, they’ve usually been described many times: distractible, disruptive, bright but not trying. My first job is to meet the actual child: most often a kid working far harder than anyone around them realizes, to do what seems to come easily to everyone else.
Treatment for a child or teen is never just a prescription. We look at sleep, because tired brains can’t attend. We look at how school is set up, and I’m glad to coordinate with teachers and schools when you want that. We build routines that work with your child’s attention instead of against it. And we protect something that matters more than any grade: your child’s sense of who they are, before years of “try harder” wear it down.
Parents and caregivers are part of every visit and every plan. For teens, the work shifts with them: more independence, more say in the plan, and honest conversations about the growing demands of school, friendships, and what comes next.
Adults
ADHD in adults, and the diagnoses that come late
ADHD doesn’t begin in adulthood, but it’s often finally recognized there: when the structure of school falls away, or when the demands of work and family outgrow the workarounds that used to be enough. If you’ve spent your life being called smart but scattered, capable but inconsistent, this may sound familiar.
Girls and women are missed especially often. When ADHD looks like quiet daydreaming, constant effort, and private overwhelm rather than disruption, teachers don’t refer and nobody asks the question. Years later, the same pattern has usually been explained away as anxiety, mood, or personality. A careful history can find the lifelong thread underneath, and getting the explanation right matters at any age.
An adult evaluation here is a real look at your history and your present, not a questionnaire and a snap answer. Old report cards and prior testing help when they exist; when they don’t, we work carefully with what you, and the people who know you well, can tell me. And if the fuller picture points somewhere other than ADHD, that’s a finding worth having, and I’ll say so.
Treatment
Treatment is more than medication
Medication can be a genuinely useful part of ADHD care, and research supports its role, but it’s never the whole plan. Sleep, exercise, and daily structure change how any brain attends. How school or work is arranged matters: how tasks are broken up, where the friction actually happens (mornings, homework, deadlines, the inbox), and what supports are reasonable to ask for. We work on all of it, not just the part a pharmacy can fill.
When medication is part of the plan, prescribing follows all federal and state requirements, and periodic in-person visits may be required. We start carefully, track what actually changes, and adjust based on your life, with one doctor who knows your whole story from the first visit on.
Getting started
How to begin
Everything starts with the inquiry form on the contact page: who care is for and what you’re looking for. There’s no self-booking for evaluations, on purpose: I confirm I’m the right fit for what you need before anything is scheduled, and if I’m not, I’ll say so and point you to the right place.
Telehealth in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In-person appointments in Massachusetts when the case calls for it. You’ll need to be physically located in Massachusetts or Rhode Island during telehealth visits. You’ll hear back within 3 business days, and first appointments are 90 to 120 minutes, typically within 1 to 2 weeks.
Wondering if it’s ADHD, or something else?
Send the inquiry form and you will hear back within 3 business days. Dr. Ozdemir reviews every inquiry herself and confirms fit before anything is scheduled.
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