Alex Partridge

Do they change who they are?

I asked Dr. Ned Halliwell what...

ADHD, if it's not recognized and managed, can turn into, and he summarized what you just said, it can turn into addiction and compulsive spending.

And it explains a huge percentage of the prison population.

Do you think if left unchecked and that propensity to seek the low-hanging fruit, the quick dopamine, can that lead to a dangerous path of crime, perhaps, for somebody like that?

It's such a big motivator for me.

Like, as someone myself who's an addict and an alcoholic, like, I've been in the hospital wards with tubes hanging out of me.

I've been in the back of police cars.

I've been down an alleyway with someone calling an ambulance because I just can't stop drinking.

And then I got my diagnosis of ADHD.

I got sober.

And suddenly I realized that so much of what was holding me back was my...

Not being aware of my addiction and how much ADHD played into that.

And with awareness, I was able to manage that challenge, which was my addiction, get that under control.

And then afterwards, you can really lean into the many strengths that come with being different.

And that led on to the podcast and sat here today interviewing incredible people like you.

And it's such a passion project of mine.

And to hear...

similar stories of people having that moment where they get a diagnosis and so much makes sense and they're able to turn their challenges and confusions into strengths.

Out of the patients that you've seen, Yath, do you have any stories of somebody getting a diagnosis and it being totally transformative to their life?