112 - Childhood Trauma & ADHD w/ Kristen Carder

Adult Child

Andrea Ashley

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Is it ADHD, complex PTSD or both? Distinguishing between the two can be challenging for several reasons:

Overlapping symptoms: Both ADHD and PTSD share some common symptoms, such as difficulties with concentration, impulsivity, irritability, and restlessness. These overlapping symptoms can make it difficult to differentiate between the two conditions based solely on observed behaviors.
Co-occurring conditions: ADHD and PTSD can coexist in the same individual. It is not uncommon for someone with PTSD to also have ADHD or vice versa. The presence of multiple conditions can complicate the diagnostic process and make it harder to attribute specific symptoms to one disorder.
Trauma-related factors: Traumatic experiences, which are central to PTSD, can also impact attention, cognitive functioning, and emotional regulation. The cognitive and emotional effects of trauma can resemble symptoms of ADHD, leading to misinterpretation or misdiagnosis.
Developmental considerations: Both ADHD and PTSD can have onset during childhood or adolescence. Some symptoms associated with ADHD, such as inattention and hyperactivity, can be mistakenly attributed to trauma-related difficulties in concentration and arousal regulation.

In today's episode I am joined by Kirsten Carder, the host of the I Have ADHD podcast. She helps adults with ADHD create the life that they’ve always wanted in her coaching program, Focused. She has been living life with ADHD and accomplishing everything she set her mind to, and now she’s dedicating her life to helping other adults with ADHD do the same thing.

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0:15.0	What you're holding on.
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0:18.0	What you're holding on to.
0:20.0	But just let it all go.
0:22.0	What's making you slow now? Welcome back to a adult child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.
0:33.0	Ahoy, my dear, dear shit shows.
0:36.0	For any new listeners, I'm Andrea, I am the Queen of the shit show.
0:41.0	So today we are diving deep with Kristen Carter so she is the
0:46.1	host of the podcast. I have ADHD and I as I share just recently diagnosed with mild ADHD so the million dollar question here for
0:56.6	us shit shows is is it ADHD or is it complex PTSD?
1:02.6	And it can be really difficult to differentiate
1:05.5	between the two because there are so many overlapping symptoms.
1:10.7	But I think that in time, it will be revealed if it's also ADHD. So take Patrick
1:18.0	Tihan for example, you know he exhibited signs of he talked about this when he was
1:21.9	on the podcast he exhibited exhibited, you know, ADHD characteristics, but as he healed, as he worked through his trauma, those characteristics went away.
1:33.0	And then take me, for example, right?
1:35.0	Like, I've done a lot of work on myself.
1:39.0	I've worked through a lot of my trauma,
1:41.0	and yet I still have these you know these certain things going on as
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