Sasha Hamdani
👤 Speaker
794
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
I'm like, you look awful.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
I take him to the hospital.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
Everyone's like, no, we can't do a PET scan.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
It's too soon.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
I was like, do it.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
We don't care if insurance doesn't cover it.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
Something's wrong.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
It was everywhere.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
And he died 13 days later.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
But what I noticed, I think this is probably why I feel so passionately about the emotional regulation part is that
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
The colliding of grief and ADHD was so destabilizing for me.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
It was like my brain exploded.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
The brain fog was so bad.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
And grief, horrific for everybody.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
But I think for someone with ADHD who's experiencing that emotional dysregulation already, I had no idea how I was ever going to get through coping with those big emotions.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sasha Hamdani (on ADHD)
I was like, this is too much for my brain.