Episode 8 is live! To celebrate the arrival of ADHD Awareness Month, I apply some ADHD awareness to my pre-diagnosis journal entries from adolescence and young adulthood. Listen to find out why my friends stopped inviting me to Warped Tour.
Category: The ADHD Brain
Episode 7 is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play with more thoughts from Abby and Joe about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, emotional hyperarousal, and TV shows vs. movies.
Episode 6 is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play with a very special guest star.
Episode 5 is live with a discussion on the third pillar of ADHD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD).
Episode 4 is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more with an overview of the second pillar of ADHD, emotional hyperarousal, and how to differentiate between ADHD and bipolar disorder. Check out more about the three pillars of ADHD here. “Everything You Never Knew About the ADHD Brain,” Dr. Alison Kravit Understood.org’s “Through […]
Episode 3 is live with an overview of the biggest reason ADHDers get the reputation of being “lazy”: the interest-based nervous system.
So you think your young’n is exhibiting some ADHD traits. Maybe she seems to have a bit more trouble transitioning or initiating tasks than others her age, or perhaps he has particularly strong emotional reactions to criticism or frustration. Now what?
The Executive Function Chronicles: Chapter Two
The Executive Function Chronicles: Chapter One
In part one I explored the challenges ADHDers in recovery from substance abuse face and shared my opinions on how we in the healthcare field can address them. But why is it so common for those with ADHD to struggle with substance abuse in the first place? Here are some theories.
