Gina Pera's Adult ADHD Roller Coaster
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsYou have questions about Adult ADHD? I work hard to provide answers. — Reliable answers honed over 20 years of primary research, writing books, blogging, presenting at major conferences, and leading support groups. — Preeminent ADHD experts including Russell Barkley, PhD, endorse my work. — These podcasts share readers' most popular posts from my award-winning ADHD Roller Coaster blog—the second and oldest website of any kind on Adult ADHD. — Founded in 2008. — My long-awaited online courses are available NOW — For individuals, couples, and professionals. — Thanks for listening—and subscribing — Gina Pera, author and educator: "Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?" and "Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions" — Blog: https://ADHDRollerCoaster.org — Training site: https://adhdsuccesstraining.com/adult-adhd-solving-the-four-essential-puzzle-pieces-consumers/
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Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking a Fall
May 20, 2023 22:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis podcast is the audio version of a popular post at the ADHD Roller Coaster: Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking A Fall In this story, I share with you some hard lessons learned. My hope is this might help you to smooth your roller coaster ride. More fun. Less whiplash! [Please note; the first release of this podcast contained an error. I have fixed! Apologies!] Here’s how ADHD couple conflicts typically develop —and become entrenched: You’re several yea...
What's Up with Concerta and General Stimulant Shortage?
January 27, 2023 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBThis podcast is the audio version of my latest blog post on: What's happening with Concerta's authorized-generic (brand sold as a generic, by Janssen subsidiary Patriot)? What about the general shortage of stimulants that started in fall 2022? What can consumers do now? To read the full post, find the links, and follow the conversation in the comments: Janssen Quietly Ends Concerta Authorized-Generic CLARIFICATION: Readers have asked if Janssen will continue to manufacture Concerta. Th...
ADHD, Empathy, & Dopamine: A Book Excerpt, Study, and Definition
November 17, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBWhat can a published study — and an excerpt from my first book — explain about ADHD, empathy, and the neurotransmitter dopamine? That’s what this post is all about. I started noticing a remarkable phenomenon 20 years ago. That is, stimulant medication, which targets dopamine, enhances empathy (or at least the ability to act on empathy) for many adults with ADHD. How is this possible? You can read this popular blogpost (and the comments!) here: ADHD, Empathy, & Dopamine: A Book Excerpt, S...
"Self-Medicating with Argument"—Meaning and Connection to ADHD
November 06, 2022 03:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBFor many obvious reasons, ADHD-challenged relationships tend to teem with arguments and conflicts. Especially when neither partner knows ADHD is in the mix! Apart from that, why do some people with ADHD self-medicate with argument? What does that phrase even mean? I wrote about this in my first book, in 2008. Since then, we hear about it more online—but seldom in a useful context. Simply, self-medicating with argument refers to the stimulation some folks get by provoking a conflict—con...
Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD?
September 16, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBThis podcast draws from a blog post at ADHD Roller Coaster. You can read the full post (and comments) 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. A decade later, the need still remains puzzling to some—angering to others. That includes some mental-health professionals—even those with high-level adult ADHD exp...
Why Standard Couple Therapy Fails ADHD-Challenged Couples
April 22, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBAdult 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. · 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...
Evidence-Based Therapy for ADHD-challenged Couples
April 22, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBAdult 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, at least in part, in this podcast. · 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 ...
Evidence-Based Therapy for ADHD-challenged Couples
April 22, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.85 MBAdult 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, at least in part, in this podcast. · 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 ...
ADHD, Empathy, And "Raising a Narcissist"
April 01, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MBADHD 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 Narciss...
Blindsided by the ADHD Diagnosis: One Wife's Story
March 27, 2021 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.3 MB· 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 mat...
How Did You Learn About ADHD?— results from the ADHD Partner Survey
March 20, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes - 6.08 MBWhat 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 Rolle...
Adult ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling the Pieces
March 10, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.15 MBADHD 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 misinterpretations Read the post: Adult ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling the Pieces Support the show I love helping readers, listeners, and students understand...
Can ADHD Affect Your Sense of Smell?
March 10, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.22 MBWhy 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! ...
I Wish I'd Known Earlier About Adult ADHD—results from the ADHD Partner Survey
March 10, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes - 7.15 MBAdult 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 ...
Did Mrs. Murphy Abuse the Stimulant Benzedrine? Or Did She Have ADHD?
March 10, 2021 23:00 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MBWelcome 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 fo...