217 | April Q & A

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

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4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This episode is the recording of April’s live Q&A. The questions answered in this episode were submitted by listeners of this podcast, both ahead of time and live. I am, once again, joined on this episode by Brendan Mahan. In this discussion, you will hear us discuss several topics, including asking for workplace accommodations, breastfeeding mothers unable to take ADHD medication, imposter syndrome, children “outgrowing” ADHD, and much more. If you’re listening to this on the day it is published, you can listen to May’s live Q&A at 1:30pm Eastern. Join Brendan Mahan and me as we answer your questions live. You can register at . Connect with Brendan Mahan You’ll Learn: [06:28] - Brendan shares that he recently went to a sensory sensitive comic book convention. [09:34] - Marisol asks a question about inattentive type ADHD being somewhat rare and those with inattentive type ADHD displaying outbursts when someone disrupts their routine. [15:27] - Brendan says that people with ADHD struggle with flexible thinking, yet we excel at inspired improvisation. [19:46] - David asks for suggestions on workplace accommodations. [28:08] - Kenya is struggling with letter her husband help her set up schedules and routines. [42:10] - TK asks for advice for a breastfeeding mom unable to take ADHD medication. [47:47] - A listener says their child’s pediatrician stated children could outgrow ADHD. We discuss that this is true, and share some thoughts. [53:44] - A listener shares that her husband has ADHD, and she asks how she can help him with it being a positive experience. [1:00:48] - Sheila asks about artists who get stuck and don’t know how to move on. I share my own personal experience in this area. Use my Audible.com affiliate link for your favorite titles: ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group We are doing two sessions of our coaching and accountability group this summer. These groups will fill up quickly. Registration starts today. Registration interviews are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, now through the end of May. For more information, go to . Support the podcast on Patreon Patreon allows listeners like you to support content creators like me. With a monthly contribution, you can get access to different levels of perks. One perk example is our Patreon-only Adult Study Hall. Learn more at ADHD reWired Facebook Group: If you would like to join the ADHD reWired secret Facebook group, go to and fill out an application. Productivity Q&A Get your ADHD questions answered live! These Q&A sessions take place on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12:30pm. Go to. Want to be a guest? Hey! What about you? Do you have a story? Are you a Coach? Are you an ADHD Clinician? If you answered yes to any of these questions and you’d like to be a guest, schedule a pre-interview call .

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0:00.0	Do you have any suggestions for which accommodations to ask my employer for when I return to work from long-term disability next month?
0:09.0	My husband is frustrated that I'm unable to let him help me figure out how to have a daily schedule and
0:15.2	stop letting myself and others get me off task. Let him help me gives me anxiety
0:19.6	because it feels like he's trying to fix me. But I also don't know how to let him help.
0:25.0	Any advice to a breastfeeding mom who can't take medication
0:30.0	as part of my ADHD treatment.
0:33.0	My child's new-ish pediatrician
0:36.0	to deal with artists then get stuck
0:38.0	and don't know how to move on.
0:40.0	I do suffer from that imposter syndrome.
0:45.0	AEDHED, Rewired, episode 217. This is the show designed for those of us with really good
0:58.9	intentions but a slightly wandering attention. My name is Eric Tivers. I'm a licensed clinical
1:05.2	social worker, coach, and speaker. The website is ADHD rewired.com. We know
1:12.4	that starting is the hardest part, so let's get started. But first, let me tell you about this.
1:20.0	Hi, my name is Sarah. And what I remember most about my registration interview
1:25.0	was that I missed the first two scheduled meetings.
1:28.0	It wasn't until the third time that Eric and I got to sit down and talk together.
1:34.0	But what I remember in that first meeting was that how quickly he was able to push me,
1:41.0	he would challenge me and my way of thinking and my way of viewing some of the issues I had with
1:45.6	ADHD and that he was still willing to take me. Clearly I needed help seeing how it took
1:50.0	free interviews and a big takeaways from the session have been just the benefits in writing stuff down and being
1:58.1	time blind and living wholeheartedly and with a purpose. the benefits of planning and really acknowledging that if it's left to when I want to do things,
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