Dr. Leslie Tsang, DO
Read through Dr. Tsang's answers to common questions to see if getting an ADHD assessment may be right for you.
Dr. Les Tsang is the lead psychiatrist at Circle Medical. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) and trained at UCLA. He previously served as the Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Napa - Solano Family Medicine Residency program at Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Tsang employs the latest scientific research combined with over a decade of clinical experience to develop an integrated, technology-enabled approach to ADHD treatment.
"Hi! Thanks for having me. ADHD is often misunderstood as being unable to pay attention, but there’s actually a bit more involved. People with ADHD typically *can* focus and pay attention to certain tasks, but have a hard time controlling or regulating their attention span. This will result in being able to focus on tasks that are interesting but having difficulty with starting and staying focused on any task that is routine, repetitive or boring. "
"I’m glad you asked! The other two components of ADHD that can often be overlooked are activity and impulse control. Activity affects the internal drive for physical movement while I think of impulse control as our internal filter that keeps us from saying or doing the wrong thing at the worst time. When our internal drive for movement is not controlled, it’s really difficult to sit or stand in one place if our drive is telling us to “move”! This is why some people with ADHD have such a hard time waiting in line or sitting through a meeting. "
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"Most adults with ADHD have mild to moderate symptoms, but these symptoms can still negatively impact their quality of life. ADHD can cause impaired performance at work and difficulty managing personal relationships. Nearly half of adults with ADHD also have anxiety."
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"It can definitely be intimidating to seek out an official diagnosis for the first time. If you have been researching adult ADHD and believe that you may have mild or moderate symptoms, you can book a video ADHD assessment with a primary care provider through our website. The assessments are done in the privacy of your own home so that you are as comfortable as possible."
If you are not yet ready to book an assessment and would like to do more research, consider watching this video about ADD/ADHD from Dr. Thomas Brown, the Associate Director at the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders.
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