Devastating Consequences Of Undiagnosed AuDHD | Dr Mark Rackley, The AuDHD Expert

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dr Mark Rackley is an AuDHD specialist with more than two decades of experience helping people with ADHD and Autism. He’s back by popular demand to help you process your late AuDHD diagnosis and discuss the risks of undiagnosed AuDHD. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 03:09 How common is AuDHD 04:53 What AuDHD actually feels like 07:18 The shame of being AuDHD 10:44 How to manage AuDHD 18:27 How people react after AuDHD diagnosis 20:45 How to process a late AuDHD diagnosis 29:35 Tiimo advert 30:36 Risks of undiagnosed AuDHD 32:42 The risks of AuDHD monotropism 35:45 How to live successfully with ADHD and Autism 39:49 Is AuDHD hard to communicate 41:54 New groundbreaking AuDHD research 44:39 Audience questions 51:10 How to help an AuDHD friend/family member 56:15 A letter to my younger self Find Mark on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/drmarkrackley/?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 Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter 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	When you have an ADHD brain on a brain that has autism, there's internal suppression is in part influenced by shame.
0:07.2	There's no point in me asking for help because I'm not going to be understood.
0:11.5	I'm going to be judged.
0:12.8	People are going to tell me I'm too much.
0:14.7	What's wrong with you?
0:15.7	Like, why can't you figure that out?
0:16.8	Follow that fear of communicating your needs and telling somebody, hey, this is what's going
0:22.5	on for me, creates an internal suppression where the person then pushes the words down. They
0:28.7	become afraid to expose themselves. You leave yourself in a really vulnerable place. Dr. Mark
0:34.7	Ratley is an ADHD specialist with more than two decades of experience helping
0:38.4	people with ADHD and autism.
0:40.5	He's back by popular demand to help you process your late Audi HD diagnosis.
0:45.2	Like ADHD and autism, it's never static.
0:48.2	What your morning will look like as opposed to mid-morning, afternoon, post-lunch, early
0:53.2	evening, evening night time, it'll all change.
0:55.0	What reactions do you get from people?
0:57.2	If you say, actually, there's more going on here, I know we said you have ADHD, but actually
1:01.1	there's also autism.
1:02.2	What reactions at that stage do you see?
1:04.0	I tread very carefully with this, very, very carefully, because...
1:08.0	Can I have just a second of your time?
1:10.9	If this podcast has helped you understand your brain or made you feel less alone,
	...

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