A thorough adult ADHD evaluation by secure video, with a clear plan afterward. For California adults who’ve spent years working harder than everyone else just to keep up.
Written and clinically reviewed by Tulani Johnson, MS, PA-C, DMSc · Last reviewed October 2026
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects attention, follow-through, impulse control, and how you manage time and emotions. It starts in childhood, but it often goes unrecognized until the demands of adult life outgrow the workarounds you built to cope.
At Good Mood Day, adults across California meet with a board-certified provider by secure video for a real evaluation. If ADHD is the answer, you leave with a plan. If something else is driving what you’re feeling, you find that out too. Evaluation always comes first, and treatment is only recommended when it’s clinically appropriate.
Adults 18 and older located in California
Secure video visits, with an office in downtown San Diego
Tulani Johnson, MS, PA-C, DMSc, board-certified
First visit $190 (20% off the regular $237.50), follow-ups $150. Cash-pay, no insurance billing
Same-day visits are often available
Eighteen questions covering the same symptoms a clinician looks at in an adult ADHD evaluation, written in plain English. Takes about three minutes. You'll see where you land and get a summary you can bring to your first visit. It's not a diagnosis. It's a head start.
For each one, pick how often it's been true for you lately. Go with your first instinct. If you're torn between two answers, think about what the people closest to you would say.
At the end, three quick questions cover the things a symptom count can't, like whether this has followed you since childhood.
For adults, clinicians generally look for five or more symptoms in at least one of these two areas, lasting at least six months. A number above or below that line doesn't settle anything on its own.
ADHD isn't only about how many symptoms you have. These three things matter just as much, and they're a big part of what your evaluation will dig into.
Print your summary or save it as a PDF and bring it to your first visit. You and your provider can start from what you've already noticed instead of from scratch, which leaves more of your time for the part that actually helps: figuring out what's going on and what to do about it.
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Created by Good Mood Day for education only. The questions are a plain-language version of the 18 adult ADHD symptoms described in the DSM-5, the manual clinicians use for diagnosis. This is not a validated screening tool and it can't diagnose ADHD or rule it out. Only a clinical evaluation can do that. For adults 18 and older.
A lot of adults with ADHD were the smart kid who “just needed to apply themselves.” They built systems, worked late, and leaned on deadline adrenaline. Those workarounds hide the problem for years, until a new job, a promotion, a baby, or a busier life asks for more than the workarounds can give.
ADHD also gets mistaken for other things. Constant overwhelm looks like stress. Restless thoughts look like anxiety. Years of falling short of your own standards can look a lot like depression.
Women are especially likely to be missed. Boys with ADHD more often show the outward, hyperactive version that teachers notice. Girls more often have the quieter, inattentive version: daydreaming, mental fatigue, and overwhelm that get chalked up to personality. Many don’t connect the dots until adulthood, sometimes after their own child is diagnosed.
None of this means you have ADHD. It means the question deserves a real answer instead of another guess.
US adults reported a current ADHD diagnosis in 2023, roughly 15.5 million people.
Source: CDC, MMWR, October 2024
of adults with ADHD weren’t diagnosed until they were 18 or older.
Source: CDC, MMWR, October 2024
with ADHD were diagnosed as adults, compared with 40% of men.
Source: CDC survey data, via the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2024
Adults with ADHD are about five times more likely to have an anxiety disorder, and about four and a half times more likely to have major depression, than adults without it. That overlap is one of the biggest reasons ADHD goes undiagnosed.
Missed details and last-minute scrambles can leave you on edge all the time. Sometimes the anxiety is its own condition. Sometimes it’s a reaction to years of unmanaged ADHD. Often it’s both, and the plan looks different depending on which.
Years of forgotten commitments and unfinished goals can wear down your mood and motivation. Low energy and poor focus show up in both conditions, which is exactly why they need to be sorted out carefully instead of guessed at.
When you’ve been compensating for ADHD with extra hours and pure willpower, exhaustion is a predictable result. Burnout isn’t a diagnosis on its own, but it’s one of the most common things that brings adults in to ask what’s really going on.
Why this matters for you: a good evaluation looks at the whole picture, so your plan addresses what’s actually driving how you feel. Your provider screens for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and other conditions as part of every ADHD evaluation.
Clinicians diagnose ADHD using the criteria in the DSM-5-TR, the standard manual for mental health diagnosis. In plain language, here’s what has to be true.
Four steps, no rushed conclusions.
Pick a time that works for you. Same-day visits are often available, and you can join from your phone or computer anywhere in California.
Standardized questionnaires and a health history give your provider a clear starting point before you meet. If you have old school records or someone who knew you as a kid, they can help fill in the early picture.
A real conversation about your symptoms, your history, and how they affect your daily life. Your provider also screens for the conditions that commonly overlap with ADHD.
If ADHD is diagnosed, you’ll talk through your options together. If something else is going on, you’ll know that too, along with what to do next.
There’s no single ADHD plan. What makes sense depends on your evaluation, your health history, and your goals. Here’s what the options generally look like.
The most studied option for adult ADHD and usually considered first for adults who are good candidates. Your provider reviews your heart health, other medications, and history before recommending anything.
A real option when stimulants aren’t a good fit, didn’t work well, or simply aren’t your preference. They tend to work more gradually.
Practical strategies for planning, time, and follow-through, plus approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy adapted for ADHD. These help on their own and alongside medication.
Sleep, exercise, nutrition, and stress all affect focus. Your plan looks at the whole picture, not just one symptom.
Medication is only prescribed when it’s clinically appropriate, and it’s never guaranteed. Every recommendation comes after a full evaluation and is based on what’s safe and right for you.
Board-certified Physician Associate · Doctor of Behavioral Health · TeleMentis Telehealth
Tulani leads every evaluation and follow-up visit at Good Mood Day. With 19 years of clinical experience, she focuses on adults managing ADHD and the anxiety, low mood, and burnout that so often come with it.
Her approach is simple: take the time to understand your whole story, explain things clearly, and build a plan that fits the life you actually have.
Good Mood Day is cash-pay, so there’s no insurance billing and no surprise charges. You pay securely online, and we can provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
First visit and evaluation, regularly $237.50
Each follow-up visit
Visits happen by secure video, so you can be seen from anywhere in California without a waiting room.
Federal rules for prescribing some ADHD medications through telehealth are being updated. Whatever those rules require, we’ll walk you through what it means for your care, and our downtown San Diego office is available if an in-person visit is ever part of your plan.
Yes. More than half of US adults with ADHD were diagnosed at 18 or older. The symptoms need to have started in childhood, but they don’t need to have been noticed or diagnosed back then.
Medication can be part of a plan when it’s clinically appropriate, but it’s never guaranteed. Your provider makes that decision with you after a full evaluation, based on your health history and what’s safest for you.
No. Good Mood Day is cash-pay. Your first visit is normally $237.50 and is 20% off right now at $190. Follow-ups are $150. We can provide a superbill you can submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Then you’ll know, and that’s valuable too. Your provider screens for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and other conditions as part of the evaluation, and will talk through what’s likely driving your symptoms and what to do next.
Visits are by secure video. Federal rules for prescribing some ADHD medications by telehealth are being updated, and if an in-person visit is ever needed for your care, our downtown San Diego office is available. We’ll let you know what applies to you.
Complete your intake forms ahead of time and think about examples from school, work, and home. Old report cards or input from a parent, partner, or sibling who knew you growing up can help, but they aren’t required.
No. Good Mood Day works exclusively with adults 18 and older.
No. You can join from a smartphone, tablet, or computer, as long as you’re located in California at the time of your visit.
One evaluation, a clear explanation, and a plan built around your life. Your first visit is 20% off right now, and same-day visits are often available.
