RELEASE DATE: Monday May 6th, 2024

In this episode: In this quick episode, Jen takes the time to talk about how she came up with the hiatus schedule for 2024 and where the ADHD got in the way, and how she had to look at her plans differently.

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This week: Jen talks about how middle-aged women are being diagnosed with ADHD in higher numbers due to their diagnosis being missed as children. And Jen talks about not realizing that she had ADHD as a child until she read Sari Solden’s book that explains that girls go unnoticed and undiagnosed because their symptoms may not present as hyper-active or inattentive - leading them to become women who are confused and ashamed about why they’re not fulfilling everyone’s expectations - until they get diagnosed and “unmask”.

Jen talks about how middle-aged women are being diagnosed with ADHD in higher numbers due to their diagnosis being missed as children. And Jen talks about not realizing that she had ADHD as a child until she read Sari Solden’s book that explains that girls go unnoticed and undiagnosed because their symptoms may not present as hyper-active or inattentive - leading them to become women who are confused and ashamed about why they’re not fulfilling everyone’s expectations - until they get diagnosed and “unmask”.

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WOMEN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (book) by Sari Solden

In this episode: Jen talks about a scientific study published in early 2024 that found that early humans with ADHD-like tendencies (impulsivity, an urge for risk taking, and an inability to stay still for too long) are a big reason why our species not only survived but developed certain levels of survival intelligence. In hunter-gatherer societies, ADHD brains flourished and evolved as opposed to the modern world where having ADHD is seen as a disadvantage. Jen also talks about the Survivor contestant who was voted off because of her ADHD.

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS EPISODE:

ADHD Might Have Been An Evolutionary Advantage (article) - The Guardian

ADHD/Hyperactive Hunger-Gatherers (article) - Heathline

The Evolution of Cognitive Diversity (study) - National Library of Medicine

Attention Deficits Linked With Proclivity to Forage (study) - Proceedings of the Royal Society B

In this episode: Jen talks about the complex and interesting history of ADHD. The symptoms were recognized as a condition since the 1800’s but was seen as a moral failing in children, it was then recognized as a physiological brain problem in children in the 1900’s, stimulant medications began to be used as treatment in the 1960’s but by the 1970’s there was backlash, and in the 1990’s many organizations and clinicians refused to validate that the emerging diagnosis of Adult ADHD even existed.

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS EPISODE:

The Controversy That Was Adult ADHD (Article) - ADDitude Magazine

The Evolution of ADHD (Article) - ADDitude Magazine

What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t? (Book) - Dr. MIchele Novotni

The History Of ADHD And It’s Treatments (Article) - ADDitude Magazine

The Early History Of ADJD (Video) - Dr. Russell Barkley

In this episode: Jen talks about how there is so much more to time management than actually completing to-do lists, or finding the perfect productivity method. Instead, Jen talks about how when we think we are trying to make a schedule, we may be unconsciously trying to master time itself, which can’t be done. And that deep at the heart of trying to get to ‘inbox zero’ before tackling what actually matters to us, is just a fear of failure and an existential angst about our finite amount of time in life.

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4,000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals (book) - Oliver Burkeman

In this episode: Jen talks about how the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is failing people with ADHD because the diagnosis criteria is incomplete. The DSM-5 overemphasizes mythologized symptoms, and doesn’t list emotional regulation issues which are at the core of executive dysfunction. This can prevent people with ADHD from being diagnosed and getting the treatment that they need to function in a neurotypical world.

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS EPISODE:

ADHD Is A Whole Life Experience (Article) - ADDitude Magazine

The DSM Fails ADHD (Article) - ADDitude Magazine

Emotions And The DSM (Article) - CHADD Org (Children/Adults with ADD)

Why Emotion Needs To Go Back In The DSM (Video) - Dr. Russell Barkley

Emotional Issues Left Out Of the DSM (Article) - Dr. Russell Barkley

In this episode: Jen talks about the very real ways that estrogen levels affect ADHD positively and negatively due to the relationship between Estrogen and our executive functions during a menstrual cycle, pregnancy, post-partum depression, peri-menopause and menopause.

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Hormonal Fluctuations & ADHD (Video) - Dr. Jeanette Wasserstein

Menopause & ADHD: How Estrogen Impacts (Video) - Dr. Jeanette Wasserstein

PMDD, Postpartum More Severe With ADHD (Study) - ADDitude Magazine

In this episode: Jen helps everyone get their facts straight about ADHD and debunks the “alternative facts” that are out there such as: ADHD is not a real medical issue, everyone has ADHD, ADHD is overdiagnosed, and taking ADHD medication is dangerous and addictive.

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS EPISODE:

“… Myth That Those With ADHD Need To Change” (Article) - ADDITUDE MAG

9 Myths That Perpetuate ADHD Stigma (Article) - ADDITUDE MAG

ADHD Myths & Misunderstandings (Article) - CHADD ORG

7 Common Myths About ADHD (Video) - DR. TRACEY MARKS YOU TUBE

ADHD Is Not ‘Overdiagnosed’ (Article) THE CONVERSATION WEBSITE