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  • ADHD Medication Treatment Monitoring (TxMx). What is it?

    • ADHD Medication Treatment Monitoring (TxMx) is an evidence-based, personalised process to select the correct ADHD medication and dose for you.

      • Unique to us, it is also known as supervised titration, TxMx is a rigorous process that safely moves you from zero ADHD medication to the final maintenance dose you will take going forward. 

      • Avoiding a “one-size-fits-all” approach and working closely with your psychiatrist, TxMx is time and cost-effective in achieving optimal results at the lowest possible dose, while minimising unnecessary medication use and side effects. 

      • The TxMx process consists of the following:

        • Short, up to 25-minute, weekly sessions. It’s much better to meet in person, especially at first; online sessions are OK later on.

        • Before each session you’ll complete a Treatment Rater that takes about 5 minutes to complete.

        • This yields a chart (TxMx Sample Chart) showing your progress on symptom reduction, work and home performance, side effects and other variables.

        • At each session we’ll go over how you’ve subjectively felt on the meds over the last week and review the objective data on the chart.

      • The process ends once you’ve reached your maintenance dose. Your psychiatrist can then hand over prescribing to your GP after you’ve been stable on a dose of medication for 3 months.

  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): ADHD Diagnosis and Management