ADHD + Autism Expert: How To Stop RSD Instantly! Is Your ADHD Actually AuDHD? | Dr Alex George

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Dr Alex George is an ADHD and autism specialised doctor and one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space. With personal experience involving ADHD & mental wellbeing, this is a conversation you can’t miss if you want to understand your ADHD on a deeper level. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 02:47 How to manage ADHD overstimulation 07:03 Dr Alex’s ADHD mission 10:34 The emotional consequence of masking 13:24 The connection between masking and loneliness 15:11 Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria 27:39 Signs of AuDHD 32:43 Masking 35:14 Tiimo advert 53:09 Dr Alex’s ADHD item 58:09 Washing machine of woes 01:02:31 A letter to my younger self Buy Dr Alex’s book 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Normal-Understanding-place-complex/dp/1783256389/ Find Dr Alex on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/dralexgeorge/?hl=en Pre-order Alex’s latest book about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 👉 https://linktr.ee/adhdchatter?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=9ffd8709-06df-444c-9936-c136fbd14d6e Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer editor: Ryan Faber DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you combine ADHD and OCD, that's an even bigger recipe for a disaster because you've got
0:04.5	a brain that is impulsive, that is emotional, that can kind of jump to the worst case scenario
0:08.9	with an obsessive, compulsive brain.
0:10.9	It's why I think OCD and ADHD is so commonly coexisting because you have a sensitive
0:15.4	brain that has this impulsivity, this has this higher emotional state of ability with
0:20.3	this part of the brain that will latch on
0:21.9	and think and think and think and think and think dr alex george is an ADHD specialized doctor
0:27.0	and one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space with personal experience involving
0:31.7	ADHD and mental well-being this is a conversation you can't miss if you want to understand
0:36.5	your ADHD on a deeper level rejection sensitivity for it isn't just about being a bit sensitive. I think it is a risk to life and certainly a risk to health. Turning to alcohol, very common cocaine mechanism for many ADHD traits, but certainly for rejection sensitivity, because actually it hurts less when you drink. It creates a delay between experience and the pain. Do you think generally
0:54.3	overwhelm, burnout? What can that look like in someone with ADHD? To reality, most of the
0:58.8	overstimulation I experience is actually... Dr. Alex, welcome back. Thank you for having me. It's nice to be
1:04.9	back, back on the comfortable chair, the ADHD chair. Pleasure to have you back. I have
1:09.7	interviewed 200 people on this podcast and I think only you can answer this question.
1:14.9	Goodness me.
1:15.8	That is quite, but I don't know.
1:18.1	Very much depends on the question.
1:20.1	Let's go.
1:20.7	Let's try it.
1:21.3	You are in the public eye.
1:23.1	You've got millions of followers on social media, and you have ADHD.
1:26.7	Do you find that combination
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