Rae Jacobson

But also I don't think that necessarily ends it up being a super, I just like,

But also I don't think that necessarily ends it up being a super, I just like,

Getting diagnosed with ADHD can bring up a lot of different emotions. And what I gathered when I met Danielle for the first time quite a while ago was that that was the case for her too. She didn't want to have ADHD at all. Part of my job now is talking about my own diagnosis, which for me was a huge relief when it came.

Getting diagnosed with ADHD can bring up a lot of different emotions. And what I gathered when I met Danielle for the first time quite a while ago was that that was the case for her too. She didn't want to have ADHD at all. Part of my job now is talking about my own diagnosis, which for me was a huge relief when it came.

I cried in the doctor's office, not because I was sad, but because I finally had a name for the thing that had dogged me for so long. But it's not the same for everyone. And when Danielle got her diagnosis in her 30s, she was almost immediately diving headlong into reporting about it. But now, having listened to the podcast, I know Danielle shares a lot of her own story.

I cried in the doctor's office, not because I was sad, but because I finally had a name for the thing that had dogged me for so long. But it's not the same for everyone. And when Danielle got her diagnosis in her 30s, she was almost immediately diving headlong into reporting about it. But now, having listened to the podcast, I know Danielle shares a lot of her own story.

And I wanted to know how she got from bucking a diagnosis to deeply researching it to becoming this sort of public voice on behalf of women with ADHD. When I met you at first, you were just sort of like figuring out your diagnosis.

And I wanted to know how she got from bucking a diagnosis to deeply researching it to becoming this sort of public voice on behalf of women with ADHD. When I met you at first, you were just sort of like figuring out your diagnosis.

You'd mentioned almost that you weren't sure if you really wanted it in some ways that it was like you'd gotten it and then you weren't sure kind of what to do with it once it was in your hands. Like, was there a personal motivation for jumping into this that was not so motivating that it was the only motivation, but something that was like important to you? Like, I want to know more.

You'd mentioned almost that you weren't sure if you really wanted it in some ways that it was like you'd gotten it and then you weren't sure kind of what to do with it once it was in your hands. Like, was there a personal motivation for jumping into this that was not so motivating that it was the only motivation, but something that was like important to you? Like, I want to know more.

It's hard to have like a narration of like what it means to be neurodivergent from someone who's seeing it only from the negative and then to read the stuff that is like ostensibly negative, you know, that is a serious thing.

It's hard to have like a narration of like what it means to be neurodivergent from someone who's seeing it only from the negative and then to read the stuff that is like ostensibly negative, you know, that is a serious thing.

Yeah, I think that's the way for a lot of people.

Yeah, I think that's the way for a lot of people.

So it was initially like hard to just see like the kind of like downsides that it sounds like you saw yourself in.

So it was initially like hard to just see like the kind of like downsides that it sounds like you saw yourself in.

It's hard to hear it too, especially to be like, oh, if I had known this, maybe there is something that I could have done.

It's hard to hear it too, especially to be like, oh, if I had known this, maybe there is something that I could have done.

Yeah. Which is why that late diagnosis piece for women is so insidious. In the show, you talk to a lot of other women with ADHD. You talk to Sari and Emily and Terry, all of these people who specialize in it, but just women at the camp, for example, who have it. In one of the episodes on the show, Danielle goes to a camp for women with ADHD.

Yeah. Which is why that late diagnosis piece for women is so insidious. In the show, you talk to a lot of other women with ADHD. You talk to Sari and Emily and Terry, all of these people who specialize in it, but just women at the camp, for example, who have it. In one of the episodes on the show, Danielle goes to a camp for women with ADHD.