Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine. Hello everyone and we're glad you can attend Attitudes weekly ADHD experts webinar.

We hope that everyone is staying safe and staying well.

Just some housekeeping before we get started.

If you've listened to one of our webinars before,

you know we offer attendees a certificate of attendance.

When the webinar ends, a post-defense survey will pop up.

It will list three questions about the quality of the webinar,

followed by three questions titled

required for certificate. If you would like a certificate of attendance

email to you you should answer those three questions. If you don't want a certificate, well obviously don't

bother answering them. Just another thing. There have been some sound problems in

the broadcasts in weeks prior, but we've been able to successfully edit out any sound

glitches in the replays just in case we run into that so you know. So today we're

addressing how to find some positivity in this incredibly

unsettling time while moderating worry, overwhelm, and anxiety. We conducted an

attitude survey of our community during the last couple of weeks.

We asked which emotions people are feeling, leading the list was worrying anxiety, of course,

and feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, followed by feeling sad or

depressed and feeling lonely. Some respondents, believe it or not, felt calm

acceptance or relief at the lack of daily stress. Chief concerns among

adults with ADHD were managing their emotional state, managing unstructured time,

and managing medication, especially for those with comorbid conditions like anxiety or depression.

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