ADULT ADHD EVALUATION & COGNITIVE TESTING
Adult ADHD Evaluation in Sugar Land, TX
Get a complete adult ADHD evaluation in Sugar Land, TX with a board-certified psychiatrist. A 50-minute diagnostic interview, validated rating scales, and a clear next-step plan. In-network with major insurers.
WHAT YOU GET
What is Included in Your ADHD Evaluation
To get an adult ADHD evaluation at CIP Psychiatry, you complete an online intake form, schedule an appointment within one to three weeks, and attend a 50-minute diagnostic intake in person in Sugar Land or by telehealth across Texas. For most patients, the diagnosis is confirmed at or shortly after the intake. When the clinical picture requires more time, the evaluation continues across one or two follow-up visits. When Creyos cognitive testing is recommended, it is scheduled as a separate visit and provides its own written report. If ADHD is diagnosed and you choose to begin treatment, a follow-up visit is scheduled to start your plan.
✓ 50-Minute Diagnostic Interview
A direct conversation with your provider covering current symptoms, history, school and work patterns, and how things actually look in your day-to-day life. Real time to talk, not a rushed intake.
✓ DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria Review
A structured review of every DSM-5 criterion for adult ADHD, including the age-of-onset and cross-setting impairment requirements. We document each criterion so the diagnosis is defensible if questioned later.
✓ Documentation When You Need It
Written documentation of your diagnosis and recommended treatment is available upon request, signed by Dr. Majid, when you need it for workplace accommodations, school, or another provider.
✓ Honest Referral if a Different Diagnosis Fits
If your symptoms are better explained by another condition, we say so and recommend the right next step rather than forcing a fit. Diagnostic honesty matters more than billing the visit.
✓ Validated Rating Scales
The ASRS v1.1 and other adult ADHD rating scales, completed before or during your visit. When available, we also gather collateral information from a spouse, friend, or family member. Standardized data and outside perspective, not just self-report.
✓ Rule-Out Screening
Screening for anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, thyroid issues, and substance use, because each of these can imitate or amplify ADHD symptoms. Misattribution is one of the most common errors in adult ADHD diagnosis.
✓ Personalized Treatment Plan
If ADHD is diagnosed, a treatment plan covering medication considerations, therapy options, executive function strategies, and lifestyle factors. Built around your specific goals, not a one-size template.
✓ Optional FDA-Cleared Cognitive Testing
An add-on for complex presentations, accommodation requests, or differential diagnosis questions where objective data adds value. Not required for a standard ADHD diagnosis, only when it genuinely adds to the evaluation.
CLINICAL RIGOR
The Tools We Use for ADHD Evaluation
ASRS v1.1
The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, developed in partnership with the World Health Organization and validated across more than fifteen countries. It is the most widely used adult ADHD screening instrument in clinical practice.
Our evaluation combines a structured psychiatric interview with validated, well-researched instruments. This is the same standard used at academic medical centers for adult ADHD evaluation.
SCREENING SCALE
DSM-5 Clinical Interview
A structured interview covering every DSM-5 criterion for adult ADHD, including symptom count, age of onset, cross-setting impairment, and rule-out conditions. Published by the American Psychiatric Association as the diagnostic standard.
DIAGNOSTIC
Adult ADHD Rating Scales
Additional adult ADHD scales used when more detail is helpful, such as the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scale or scales tailored to specific symptom domains.
SUPPLEMENTAL
FDA-Cleared Cognitive Testing
Computerized, objective measurement of attention, impulsivity, and reaction-time variability. Added only when it changes the clinical question or is needed for documentation. Standardized norms compare your performance to age-matched peers.
OPTIONAL
Collateral Information
Input from a spouse, family member, or close friend who knows you well. Outside observations often capture patterns that are difficult to self-report and can strengthen the accuracy of the diagnostic picture.
WHEN AVAILABLE
TRANSPARENT PRICING
What the ADHD Evaluation Costs
We tell you what your visit will cost before you arrive. No surprise charges at checkout.
In-Network Insurance
We accept Aetna, Ambetter, BCBS, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, and Medicare. Your cost is the standard specialist copay set by your insurance plan. We verify benefits in advance and provide a written estimate before your first visit.
Self-Pay
Self-pay rate is $250 for the diagnostic intake and $200 for follow-up visits. Creyos cognitive testing, when added, is billed as a separate $135 visit and provides its own written report. Superbill provided for partial out-of-network reimbursement.
If you are unsure whether your plan covers psychiatric evaluation, send us your insurance details when you book and we will verify coverage before your appointment.
STEP BY STEP
How the ADHD Evaluation Process Works
To get an adult ADHD evaluation at CIP Psychiatry, you complete an online intake form, schedule an appointment within one to three weeks, and attend a 50-minute diagnostic intake in person in Sugar Land or by telehealth across Texas. For most patients, the diagnosis is confirmed at or shortly after the intake. When the clinical picture requires more time, the evaluation continues across one or two follow-up visits. When Creyos cognitive testing is recommended, it is scheduled as a separate visit and provides its own written report. If ADHD is diagnosed and you choose to begin treatment, a follow-up visit is scheduled to start your plan.
Complete Your Intake
Fill out our online intake form, which takes about 15 minutes. It covers symptom history, medical background, and what you hope to get out of the evaluation. We review it before your appointment.
50-Minute Diagnostic Appointment
Your provider conducts a structured clinical interview, reviews your rating scales, and applies DSM-5 criteria. This is a real conversation, not a fifteen-minute checklist.
Optional Follow-Up to Begin Treatment
If ADHD is diagnosed and you decide to move forward with care, we schedule your follow-up with the care team. You are not referred out to a different practice. For very complex cases, we may occasionally refer for neuropsychological assessment from an outside specialist before starting treatment.
Schedule Within 1 to 3 Weeks
Our scheduling team confirms your appointment within one business day. Most new patients are seen within one to three weeks. In-person and telehealth slots are both available.
Get Your Diagnosis and Next Steps
In most cases, you receive your diagnosis at the end of your intake visit. When more information is needed, the evaluation continues over one or two follow-up appointments. Written documentation signed by Dr. Majid is available on request.
ADD-ON TESTING
When Cognitive Testing Adds Value
Most adults can be accurately diagnosed through clinical interview and validated rating scales alone. Cognitive testing is not required for an ADHD diagnosis under DSM-5. We add FDA-cleared computerized cognitive testing when it actually helps clarify the picture.
GeneSight Genetic Testing
We also offer GeneSight genetic testing, which is especially useful for patients who have experienced treatment resistance to prior medications.
Complex Presentations
When multiple conditions overlap (ADHD plus anxiety, depression, trauma history, or substance use), objective data helps separate signal from noise. Symptoms can look identical even when the underlying cause differs.
Workplace or Academic Accommodations
When an employer, university, or testing body (like the GMAT, MCAT, or bar exam) requests objective testing as part of accommodation documentation. Many institutions specifically require computerized cognitive measures.
Processing Speed vs ADHD
When the question is whether attention problems are driven by ADHD, processing speed issues, or both. Cognitive testing can identify processing speed and working memory deficits. If a specific learning disability is suspected, we refer for formal neuropsychological evaluation.
Differential Diagnosis Questions
When the clinical interview points in more than one direction and additional data would change the treatment plan. Quantitative attention metrics can tip a close call one way or the other.
Executive Function Deep-Dive
When you want a detailed look at working memory, processing speed, and sustained attention rather than a yes-or-no diagnosis. Useful for targeting therapy, coaching, or accommodation strategies.
Documentation Requirements
When a specific institution requires standardized testing data as part of their formal accommodation review process. We provide the raw scores and an interpretive summary suitable for submission.
We do not push cognitive testing on every patient. If a clinical interview is sufficient for your case, we say so. Cognitive testing is an honest add-on, not an upsell. For very complex cases, we may refer you for a full neuropsychological assessment from an outside specialist before starting treatment.
IS THIS YOU
Who Should Consider an ADHD Evaluation
You do not have to be certain you have ADHD to schedule an evaluation. Many patients book because something has not added up for a long time and they want a real answer.
Suspected Childhood ADHD, Never Evaluated
Adults who struggled in school, college, or early adulthood with focus, organization, or follow-through, but were never assessed as children. Adult diagnosis is valid and often clarifying.
Successful Compensators Who Burned Out
Adults who held it together for years through long hours, perfectionism, or constant catch-up, and finally hit a point where the cost became too high.
Recognized Symptoms After a Child's Diagnosis
Adults whose child or family member was recently diagnosed and who started recognizing the same patterns in themselves. ADHD is highly heritable, so this is a common path to adult diagnosis.
Other Treatments That Did Not Fully Work
Adults exploring whether undiagnosed ADHD might explain anxiety, depression, or substance use that has not fully responded to treatment. Untreated ADHD is a common reason other diagnoses prove stubborn.
New Executive Function Walls
Adults hitting unexpected walls at work, in graduate school, or in family life, where strategies that used to work are no longer enough. Demand has outgrown the workaround.
Partner or Family Has Raised It
Adults whose partner, sibling, or close friend has gently raised the possibility, and who are now ready to find out for themselves. Outside perspective often catches what we miss in ourselves.
If you are unsure where to start, our ADHD treatment overview covers what comes after diagnosis.
THE REAL ANSWER
Will I Get Medication After My Evaluation
If ADHD is Diagnosed
If your evaluation supports an ADHD diagnosis and medication is clinically appropriate, we typically start treatment at a follow-up appointment, not at the evaluation itself. This gives us time to review your diagnosis carefully, discuss the right starting plan, and answer your questions thoroughly.
This is the question almost every patient has and most are uncomfortable asking. Here is the honest answer.
If Your Evaluation Points Elsewhere
If your symptoms are better explained by anxiety, depression, sleep, substance use, or another condition, we treat that condition or refer you to the right specialist. You are not pushed toward a stimulant when it is not the right answer.
No Guarantees on Outcomes
We cannot guarantee a prescription, and we will not pretend otherwise. A real evaluation is built around getting the diagnosis right. If a clinic promises a stimulant in exchange for a fee, that is not an evaluation. It is a transaction.
Stimulant Prescribing Is Taken Seriously
Stimulant medications are Schedule II controlled substances. Prescribing them responsibly means proper diagnosis, ongoing monitoring, periodic check-ins, and documentation. We follow current DEA guidance and our own clinical protocols. This protects you and the integrity of your treatment.
TELEHEALTH AVAILABLE
Telehealth ADHD Evaluation Across Texas
We provide adult ADHD evaluations by telehealth to patients located anywhere in Texas during their appointment. Stimulant prescribing is currently available through telehealth under the active DEA extension. This may change if DEA guidance is updated, and we will inform patients if it does.
WHY CIP PSYCHIATRY
Why Choose CIP Psychiatry for Your ADHD Evaluation
A Real Diagnostic Interview
50-minute conversation with a clinician, not a 15-minute checklist. We apply DSM-5 criteria carefully and document our reasoning. The clinical interview is the gold standard for adult ADHD diagnosis.
Five reasons patients across Sugar Land and Fort Bend County book their evaluation with our team.
In-Network with Major Plans
We are in-network with Aetna, Ambetter, BCBS, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, and Medicare. If out-of-network, self-pay is $250 for intake and $200 for follow-up.
Psychiatrist-Led Care Team
Your evaluation is delivered by our psychiatrist-led care team. Some appointments are conducted by experienced nurse practitioners under the supervision of our board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Shehram Majid.
Continuity of Care After Diagnosis
If ADHD is diagnosed and you want to begin treatment, we schedule your follow-up with the care team. You are not referred out to a different practice.
Written Report You Can Use
We provide written documentation, signed by Dr. Majid, when you need it for workplace accommodations, school, or another provider. Letters are tailored to the requesting institution.
Sugar Land Office, Statewide Access
In-person evaluations at our Sugar Land office serve Fort Bend County, with telehealth evaluations available statewide across Texas. Same clinical team and same standard regardless of how you are seen.
COMMON QUESTIONS
ADHD Evaluation FAQ
Ten questions we hear most often from adults booking their first ADHD evaluation.
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A complete adult ADHD evaluation is available at CIP Psychiatry in Sugar Land. We see patients in person at our office and via telehealth across Texas. New patients are typically scheduled within one to three weeks of completing the intake form.
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The cost depends on whether your insurance is in-network with us. We accept Aetna, Ambetter, BCBS, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, and Medicare. If out-of-network, self-pay is $250 for the diagnostic intake and $200 for follow-ups. Creyos cognitive testing, when included, is $135. Superbill provided for partial reimbursement.
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Yes for most in-network plans. We verify your benefits before your first visit and send a written estimate so you know what to expect at checkout. Coverage details vary by individual plan, so we confirm with your insurer directly rather than relying on general policy language.
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Your first visit is a 50-minute diagnostic interview. Many patients receive a clear diagnosis at the end of that visit. When the clinical picture is less straightforward, the evaluation continues over one or two follow-up appointments before a confirmed diagnosis is given. Cognitive testing, when added, runs as a separate visit.
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No. While DSM-5 criteria require evidence of symptoms before age 12, this can come from your own memory, school report comments, or input from a parent or sibling. We also welcome collateral input from a partner, family member, or close friend when it helps build a fuller picture. Many adults are evaluated successfully without formal childhood records.
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No. Most adults can be diagnosed through a clinical interview combined with validated scales like the ASRS. We add cognitive testing for complex presentations, learning disability rule-outs, or when documentation is needed for workplace or academic accommodations.
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If ADHD is diagnosed and medication is clinically appropriate, we usually start treatment at a follow-up visit, not the evaluation itself. This lets us review the diagnosis carefully and discuss the right starting plan rather than rushing into a prescription on day one.
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Yes for the initial diagnostic interview. You must be physically located in Texas during the appointment. Stimulant prescribing is currently available through telehealth under the active DEA extension. This may change if DEA guidance is updated.
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The evaluation looks at the full picture. If we find that anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, or another condition is driving the symptoms that brought you in, we explain what we did find and recommend the right next step. That may be treatment with us, treatment elsewhere, or further specialist evaluation.
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Yes. For accommodation requests (like the GMAT or bar exam), Dr. Majid writes and signs a clinical letter following your evaluation that explains your diagnosis and the requested accommodations. The Creyos cognitive test provides its own report when included.
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