Gina Pera's Adult ADHD Roller Coaster

This podcast draws from a blog post at ADHD Roller Coaster. You can read the full post here:    Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD?excerpt:A support group for the partners of adults with ADHD?  That struck many people as a strange concept in 2003, when I advanced it in the essay below. Here in 2022, the need remains puzzling to some—angering to others—including some mental-health professionals—even those with high-level adult ADHD expertise. That must change.By the way, ADHD Partner Group is still going strong, internationally. For now, it remains donation-based.   That's one less barrier to finding help.Support the show

Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy  TM.  Why create a special model for Adult ADHD-challenged couples?   Why not just use standard couple therapy? Great questions. I'll answer them in this podcast.  Finally, I can also refer you to my online courses!   With all sincerity, they are  a game-changer.  In addition to elevating lives, my goal is elevating the standard of care, with therapy and prescribing.   We just cannot accept the standard slap-dash approach one day longer.  As for online "research," that is just too risky—and scattershot.  Seriously, this is your life. You deserve better.Learn more here:  Solving Your Adult ADHD Puzzle—for individuals, couples, and professionals.·     I first explained in 2008 why standard couple therapy is typically unhelpful in my book, Is It You, Me, or Adult ADHD, including a chapter called “Why the Wrong Therapy is Worse Than No Therapy.”    This book is as relevant today as it was then.·     My second book  is Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions, published in 2016.  ·     It is the first and only clinical guide presenting a couple-therapy model based on the evidence—that is, a careful and flexible merging of what works for Adult ADHD and what works for couple therapy.·    About my co-author: Arthur L. Robin, PhD, has long helped individuals and couples affected by ADHD. His strategies are battle-tested. In his primary occupation, from which he is now retired, he trained psychologists working at a children's hospital. Both his ADHD expertise and skill as an educator shine through our model's interventions..·      To be notified of new posts, subscribe: ADHD Roller Coaster·      Read the original blog post of this podcast here:  Q&A with the Experts: Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy - TMThanks for listening!Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorAbout GinaSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=RQY9NXLNB9TEU¤cy_code=USD)

ADHD symptoms can interfere with innate empathy—not to mention empathic actions. When Taylor J had children, she vowed not to be like her parents: narcissistic.   She and her husband—both late-diagnosed—had tried to "teach empathy" to their oldest child, but the lessons never took. Or did they?  Listen and find out! In the discussion around "drugging children", what gets lost?  Science and compassion.      You can read the post here: ADHD and Lacking Empathy: Was I Raising A Narcissist?An Important Note: Check out my new online courses.  With all sincerity, they are  a game-changer.  In addition to elevating lives, my goal is elevating the standard of care, with therapy and prescribing.   We just cannot accept the standard slap-dash approach one day longer.  As for online "research," that is just too risky—and scattershot.  Not everyone who claims ADHD expertise has it.  Seriously, this is your life.  For 20 years, I've believed that you deserve better—and I work hard to bring it to you. Adult ADHD: Solving the Four Essential Puzzle PiecesThanks for listening!  Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorSupport the show

·      How can you be blindsided by an ADHD diagnosis?  It's easy. ·      Our culture has alternate explanations for virtually all ADHD-related challenges—e.g. depression, anxiety, and trauma.  Even in this 21st Century, the mental health profession has not caught up to the science. ·      When we finally learn, we are shocked: Why did we not know this before?·      How many relationships are imperiled by unrecognized ADHD?  Maybe in the millions, just in North America. ·      No matter how many “and then my spouse was finally diagnosed” stories I hear, each one moves me—and motivates me to keep beating the drum.·      This guest post comes from a woman named Claudia. I met her via a friend who is an Evangelical Christian—and who beats the Adult ADHD drum loudly in her community.  Follow Christian Janeway on Twitter:  @XianJaneway·      My friend tells me that many church friends have found themselves and their marriages in dire straits because 1) ADHD has gone undiagnosed, and 2) their church teachings call for wives to submit to and support their husbands. ·      Cultural situations of all kinds can add another layer of invisibility to the presence of ADHD.·      You can read the post here: Blindsided by ADHD Diagnosis: One Wife's Story ·      My online training launches soon; be sure to subscribe to my blog to be notified: ADHD Roller Coaster Thanks for listening!  Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorAbout Gina Support the show

·     What was your “light bulb” moment—when you discovered the possibility of Adult ADHD for yourself or your partner?·     In this podcast, I share results from the ADHD Partner Survey—the most comprehensive study of Adult ADHD lifestyle issues, particularly as regards relationships. ·     The survey question was:  “How Did You Learn Your Partner Might Have ADHD?” (read the original post at that link)·     ADHD Roller Coaster podcasts share the audio version of the most popular posts at my blog: ADHD Roller Coaster,  the longest-running website of any kind on Adult ADHD (since 2008). ·      My online training launches soon; be sure to subscribe to my blog to be notified: ADHD Roller CoasterThanks for listening! Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorAbout Gina Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=RQY9NXLNB9TEU¤cy_code=USD)

ADHD and sleep.  It's like any other ADHD-related topic:  complex and variable with the individual. Nothing about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutter.These common sleep challenges can also adversely affect marriage and relationships. Including your relationship with yourself!Learn how to discover accurate causes, not based on potential misinterpretationsSupport the show

 Why learn about potential ADHD-related physical manifestations?      Because, I believe, it helps us to move beyond seeing ADHD as simply about "focus" and "distractibility."    When my  husband, whose ADHD late-diagnosis inspired my work 20 years ago, seemed unable to detect a powerful scent, I started sleuthing.     Could this, too, be related to ADHD—or something else entirely?   You can read the original post here: Can ADHD Affect Your Sense of Smell?   Thanks for listening!GinaSupport the show

Welcome to an historical—and musical—perspective on the early stimulant  Benzedrine and how its legendary misuse might have created lasting stigma around ADHD and  neurostimulants.    Harry “The Hipster” Gibson wrote and performed Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine in 1944.     Some medical historians  would place 1944 smack in the middle of the “amphetamine epidemic” in the U.S.. (It happened elsewhere, too. In the UK, a 1960 study of retail prescriptions showed 3% were for amphetamines.).   Click on this ADHD Roller Coaster blog post to watch the vintage video gem (classic animation by Max Flesicher, song written and performed by Gibson).     My online training is here—and providing Adults with ADHD and their loved ones the education and support they need—but is almost impossible to find.   Thanks for listening!  Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorAbout Gina.    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=RQY9NXLNB9TEU¤cy_code=USD)

Adult ADHD was made an official diagnosis in 1994.  For years before that—and years after as well—millions of people struggled without benefit of diagnosis.  We humans love to solve mysteries. And when we don't have accurate explanations, we tend to create alternate narratives. Typically, this is not helpful.In this podcast, I share selected results from my ADHD Partner Survey, the first and most comprehensive research into the real-life manifestations of Adult ADHD. Respondents were the partners of adults with ADHD. Among the 64 questions was this one:  What do you wish you'd learned earlier about Adult ADHD?You can read the original post at my ADHD Roller Coaster blog, the first and longest-running website of any kind on Adult ADHD.My online training launches soon; to be notified, subscribe to my blog: ADHD Roller CoasterThanks for listening!  Gina Pera, Adult ADHD Author and EducatorAbout GinaSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?business=RQY9NXLNB9TEU¤cy_code=USD)