Anna Lopez: Do we need a medical diagnosis?
Women & ADHD
Katy Weber
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Episode 29 with Anna Lopez.
“I really want patients to be able to advocate and push for what they deserve as a patient. You deserve good care. You deserve answers. You deserve to bring up questions and not be thought that you're stupid for asking these questions or thinking that you might have something.”
Anna is a psychiatric physician assistant with a Master's Degree in Counseling and she would marry psychology if she could.
As a new PA, she came across adult after adult who had mental health struggles and little community supports. She felt unprepared by her graduate school training to address the mental health needs of her clients. She soon realized she wanted to go back to school for mental health counseling.
While in grad school for the second time, she made a specialty switch from pediatric emergency medicine to adult psychiatry. She found her niche studying and helping those with mental illness and other psychiatric disorders. She especially loves talking about and working with trauma, attachment, and ADHD.
Anna noticed that as an adult she always felt “unanchored” and at age 33 she finally got an ADHD diagnosis which has been empowering for her. She lives in Austin, TX with her two little handsome boys. She would live off chai lattes if she could and is true crime obsessed. Enjoy!
Website: Anna's linktree
Instagram: @adhdinatx
- - - - -
Finally ... you've found your people! Now come join us in the Women & ADHD online community: www.womenandadhd.com
- - - - -
Reserve your spot in the next book club: www.womenandadhd.com/bookclub
- - - - -
Work 1-on-1 with Katy: www.womenandadhd.com/coaching
- - - - -
Exclusive deals for listeners:
Women & ADHD listeners can now receive 10% off your first month of BetterHelp. betterhelp.com/womenadhd
- - - - -
Women & ADHD listeners can now receive 20% off your order at magicmind.co/womenadhd. Use the code WOMENADHD20 at checkout.
- - - - -
Women & ADHD listeners can now receive 10% off your order at HelpfulHemp.com/womenadhd. Use the code WOMENADHD at checkout.
- - - - -
If you are a woman who was diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood and you’d like to be a guest on this podcast, please reach out to Katy via email [email protected].
Instagram: @womenandadhdpodcast Twitter: @womenandadhd Facebook: @womenandadhd Tiktok: @womenandadhdpodcast
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-and-adhd/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyTranscript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, it's Katie here. Have you spent your whole life wondering why things feel harder for you |
| 0:05.2 | than they do for everyone else? Do you struggle with motivation even for the things you actually want to do? |
| 0:10.6 | Are you exhausted even though it feels like you're not getting anything done? If you're nodding along, |
| 0:15.9 | then I've got some exciting news. I've recently expanded the women and ADHD team by joining forces with a few |
| 0:22.4 | of my favorite ADHD coaches, each of whom I trust wholeheartedly because they share my values |
| 0:28.1 | of compassionate, neurodivergent affirming support. Consistent one-on-one coaching from someone |
| 0:33.1 | who truly understands what it's like to live with ADHD can make all the difference in life. |
| 0:38.6 | Our women and ADHD coaches provide guidance, support, and accountability you can trust |
| 0:43.6 | with accessible pricing and free consultation calls, so you can find the right coach for you |
| 0:48.6 | without any pressure or pushy sales tactics. Just real support from women who truly get it. Discover what's possible |
| 0:55.3 | when you have the right support. Head to women and ADHD.com slash coaching to book your free |
| 1:00.7 | consult today. I really want patients to be able to advocate and push for, you know, what they |
| 1:08.0 | deserve as patient. You deserve good care. You deserve answers. You deserve to |
| 1:12.5 | like bring up questions and not be thought that you're stupid for asking these questions or |
| 1:18.5 | thinking that you might have something. |
| 1:24.9 | Hello and welcome to the Women and ADHD podcast. |
| 1:28.3 | I am your host, Katie Weber. |
| 1:30.3 | I'd like to share with you this review from Apple Podcasts in the UK from user Kinstack, who writes, |
| 1:38.3 | Oh my God. |
| 1:40.3 | As a woman who is looking at getting an ADHD diagnosis, a single episode of your podcast |
| 1:46.6 | alone has helped me feel so much more understood than I ever have in my entire life. Being |
| 1:53.1 | able to see neurodiversity through the lens of being a woman and how it feels like failing is |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Katy Weber, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Katy Weber and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.