229 ADHD at 74: It's Never Too Late with ADHDer & FOCUSED Member Ellen

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Most of Ellen's life was spent feeling like a whirling dervish without direction. Everything was a struggle, from school to maintaining a job to arriving anywhere on time.

She learned how to use her big, bold personality to fake it and make it through, even though she regularly battled feelings of inadequacy, shame, and judgment.

Life, as it often does, hit Ellen hard with challenges through her young adulthood, and she found herself battling depression for decades. In hindsight, she now wonders if much of that heaviness came from being neurodivergent, misunderstood, and undiagnosed.

Ellen’s story is so inspirational to me because it’s a testament that it’s never too late to get an ADHD diagnosis and seek help understanding yourself better. Age and past failures will only limit you if you let them.

Surround yourself with a diverse community that will cheer you on, validate your feelings, and support you in the good times and the bad. If you’re looking for a group like this, I encourage you to come join FOCUSED.

Come hang out with me on Instagram HERE.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I-H have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.4	coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:17.4	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting
0:22.1	relationships working and achieving with this
0:24.8	neurodevelopmental disorder. I'll help you understand your unique brain,
0:29.6	unlock your potential and move from point A to point B.
0:33.6	Hey, what's up?
0:38.6	This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have ADHD podcast. I am medicated, I am cappinated, and I am ready to roll.
0:48.0	It is good to be with you, my fellow ADHD or how are you welcome to the podcast thank you so much for being here with me
0:58.8	I think you're probably going to notice that we've had a month or two of interviews.
1:03.8	And I just want you to understand that the last couple months of summer,
1:09.2	I have not been able to have the capacity and the stamina to write a solo show. And so instead of just
1:17.8	ditching the podcast altogether, I decided to start doing interviews because conversations are so much more doable for Kristen Carter
1:28.9	than coming up with an idea for an episode,
1:32.6	writing it all out, recording it.
1:35.2	I mean, that takes like six hours usually of my time
1:38.4	to record a solo show,
1:40.0	and recording an interview takes about an hour and a half of my time.
1:43.6	So I chose the easier road.
1:48.2	For the last couple weeks, we've had a bunch of interviews and that has been the easier road, but also sometimes the
1:56.4	easier road is the road to travel.
1:59.9	Do you know what I am saying?
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