507 - A Psychologist Gives Lisa The Final Answer on Her ADHD Diagnosis
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Do I have ADHD or not? This has become so confusing!
According to ADHD Online, I have a medical diagnosis of ADHD. According to Barbara Hunter's analysis of my BRIEF-A assessment, my executive functioning indicates that I do NOT have ADHD. Who is right?
I took my questions to a psychologist in Cincinnati for a final answer.
Why? Well, first, I want to give good recommendations to the Organize 365® community. If ADHD Online is not a good resource, I don't want to refer you to them. Second, I want to continue to do executive function research related to ADHD and organization, so I want to know if I actually have ADHD or not as I go into that project.
Organization is a learnable skill. If we learn the skill of organizing, can we mitigate or eliminate the effects of ADHD?
In this episode, I share with you my story of gathering supporting information from my childhood, taking additional assessments, and speaking with the psychologist to get the final answer. I explain the criteria for an ADHD diagnosis. I also share how in the process, we determined first that I do NOT have dyslexia as I have always been told.
Two interesting things were the clinchers for my final answer. One was speeding tickets, and the other was how I handle money and debt.
Listen to this episode to hear how in the beginning, the psychologist believed there was no way that I could have ADHD and how this all came together to finally find out if I do have ADHD.
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| 0:00.0 | This week's mailbag comes to us from BAPS, dear Lisa, I am so excited to receive the |
| 0:06.5 | new planner. |
| 0:07.5 | I didn't think I would be making much real progress until I re-listen to the May planning |
| 0:13.4 | day audio and really reviewed the current planner. |
| 0:17.0 | Amazing and reading the secret history of home economics should be required. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm an old soul, grateful for many blessings, have always been quote unquote organized until |
| 0:29.2 | organized 365 made me take a real look at how I was organized. |
| 0:34.8 | Even my husband, who isn't well, is doing things like going through his desk, discarding |
| 0:40.3 | old papers, looked up all the electronics information for the binder, etc. |
| 0:46.6 | Organized 365 makes a real impact on your thinking. |
| 0:50.6 | And I've discovered I do like to think and organize and plan for whatever is next. |
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| 1:23.8 | Welcome to the Organized 365 podcast. |
| 1:27.3 | I'm your host, Professional Organizer, Productivity Expert, and Motivational Speaker, Lisa Woodruff. |
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| 1:47.8 | Do I? |
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