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I Have ADHD Podcast

102 What I Wish My Doctor Had Told Me About ADHD

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When I was diagnosed, my doc said, "Yep, you have ADHD. Here's some Concerta!" Maybe your experience was similar to mine. This episode is a deep dive into all the things I wish I knew about ADHD 20 years ago.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and

0:11.1

coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.

0:27.0

I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.

0:34.0

Hey what's up?

0:38.0

This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have ADHD podcast episode number 102. I am medicated, I am

0:46.0

caffeinated, and I am ready to roll. Now I shared this before, but I'm to share it again and that is that these first couple

0:56.2

episodes in the 100s, 100, 101, 101, 102, you know, these first couple. I want to use them as a do-over to kind of

1:08.3

you know give myself another chance to cover the very basic fundamentals of adult ADHD.

1:17.0

The last time that I did these fundamental episodes,

1:20.0

I was a brand new podcaster having no idea how to do it.

1:26.1

So this is episode 102 and we're gonna be talking

1:29.7

about everything that your doctor never told you about ADHD but first is it as

1:36.7

beautiful today in your area of the world as it is here in Pennsylvania because I am telling you it is gorgeous.

1:45.9

My heart is bursting with happiness.

1:49.4

My soul is full of sunshine.

1:51.7

I am loving this spring weather.

1:55.0

I was talking to a client yesterday

1:57.0

and we were saying like, it's actually kind of obnoxious

2:00.0

how much the weather affects us, right? It's like, why does it have to affect us so much?

2:05.4

Like, we're coming out of winter and, like, for the last couple months,

2:08.9

I have just been blah, like, and I am a good time, guys, I am razzle-dazzle like a good time but I've been so

2:17.4

Blah so not fun in these last couple months and I truly believe because like January, February, March in Pennsylvania, it's not fun. It's not pretty. It's yucky. And now it's like the sky is blue, the sun is warm.

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