Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Rogers with Attitude magazine. I don't need to tell you that

coronavirus school and office closures have thrown the nation and the world into a tailspin.

Families are strained under the pressure of living together 24-7 without their normal, healthy, physical, social, and emotional

outlets. In many cases, parents are still working and kids are suddenly

expected to productively structure their time from a list

posted somewhere in Google Classroom. For teens and young adults with ADHD

this unstructured life isn't turning out very well. At Attitude we recently

reached out to our readers for insight into the biggest challenges facing quarantines

with ADHD in the COVID era. In an effort to begin answering those

questions and moving forward with some solutions, we asked Dr. West Crenshaw to lend his expertise. He is the author of, I want to be where I'm not,

successful living with A, D and A, D, and ADHD, and a frequent contributor to Attitude magazine.

He also has a new book coming out with co-author Kelsey Doherty, a psychiatric mental health

nurse practitioner titled AED and zombies Fearless Medication Management for

AED and ADHD which is due out in June but you can pre-order the book as an e-book now on Amazon. So to begin this conversation, we'd like to address what is perhaps the most immediate and serious concern expressed by the attitude readers and

that is teens with ADHD who are resisting state and national guidelines

regarding social distancing.

They are sneaking out to see friends.

They are disregarding house rules.

And they're placing their families at risk.

At the same time, their parents are mentally and emotionally exhausted.

They're trying to combat oppositional defiant behavior with logic and scientific fact and it's just not getting through.

So Dr. Krenshaw, it's a big topic, but we're wondering, have you heard such stories in your practice and what

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