Understanding neurodiversity: managing ADHD and getting diagnoses
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
4.6 • 15.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
It’s ADHD Awareness Month, so Fearne’s reflecting on some of the conversations she’s had about neurodiversity on the show that’ll hopefully help you understand either yourself, or someone you love, even better...
First, what are the signs and symptoms of ADHD? Do you recognise more of the hyperactive & impulsive symptoms like rashly spending money and substance addiction, or the inattentive ones like problems with working memory and organisation?
Then there’s chat about how having undiagnosed ADHD can lead to mental health problems, why there’s so much shame in the neurodivergent community, and how to advocate for your needs in the workplace.
Can ADHD be managed with lifestyle factors like nutrition and movement, or might you or a loved one benefit from medication? Plus, why it’s so important to differentiate between neurodivergence and the emotional dysregulation everyone can experience.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and a massive welcome to Happy Place I'm Fern Cotton and today I want to mark ADHD |
| 0:06.9 | Awareness Month by reflecting on some of the brilliant conversations we've had |
| 0:11.0 | about neurodiversity on the show that will hopefully help you |
| 0:14.9 | understand either yourself or someone you love even better. I completely |
| 0:19.8 | understand why being undiagnosed with you know a neurodiverant condition can end up leading to mental health |
| 0:27.0 | problem? |
| 0:28.0 | There's a great deal of shame in the community. |
| 0:29.8 | They are wired in a different way that society expects. |
| 0:32.8 | I suddenly had this calm come over me with this Adderol |
| 0:36.7 | and I could think about what I was going to say. |
| 0:39.3 | Asyl Koline is such an important brain chemical. |
| 0:43.0 | It helps with learning, memory, emotional regulation. |
| 0:47.0 | We really need to understand what's going on for our children |
| 0:50.0 | and ask not what's wrong with you, |
| 0:52.0 | but what's going on for you. |
| 0:54.3 | This year's ADHD Awareness Month theme is awareness is key. |
| 1:00.0 | And I think storytelling is such a huge part of awareness raising. |
| 1:04.4 | The amount of friends people I know and love dearly |
| 1:08.0 | who have started to feel more cognizant of their own behavior, proclivities, |
| 1:15.5 | from just listening to a podcast |
| 1:17.7 | or listening to other people telling their story. |
| 1:20.2 | I can't tell you how many times |
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