ADHD + Autism Expert: How To Stop RSD Instantly! Is Your ADHD Actually AuDHD? | Dr Alex George
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
If you combine ADHD and OCD, that's an even bigger recipe for disaster because you've got a brain that is impulsive, that is emotional, that can kind of jump to the worst case scenario with an obsessive compulsive brain. That's why I think OCD and ADHD is so commonly coexisting because you have a sensitive brain that has this impulsivity, that has this higher emotional state of ability with this part of the brain that will latch on and think and think and think and think and think.
How can you manage ADHD overstimulation effectively?
Dr. Alex George is an ADHD specialized doctor
And one of the most renowned voices in the ADHD space. With personal experience involving ADHD and mental well-being. This is a conversation you can't miss. If you want to understand your ADHD on a deeper level.
What is Dr. Alex George's mission in the ADHD space?
Rejection sensitivity is for, isn't just about being a bit sensitive. I think it is a risk to life. and certainly a risk to health.
What are the emotional consequences of masking in ADHD?
Turning to alcohol, a very common coping mechanism for many ADHD traits, but certainly for rejection sensitivity, because actually it hurts less when you drink. It creates a delay between experience and pain.
Do you think generally overwhelm, burnout, what can that look like in someone with ADHD?
How does masking relate to feelings of loneliness?
To be honest with you, most of the overstimulation I experience is actually... Dr. Alex, welcome back.
What is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) and its impact?
Thank you for having me. It's nice to be back, back on the comfortable chair, the ADHD chair.
Pleasure to have you back. I have interviewed 200 people on this podcast, and I think only you can answer this question. Goodness me.
That is quite a bit. I don't know.
It very much depends on the question. Let's go. Let's try it. You are in the public eye. You've got millions of followers on social media, and you have ADHD.
What are the signs that someone may have AuDHD?
Do you find that combination overstimulating?
That's tough. Potentially. I mean, it depends in what sense. I mean, it's kind of a blessing and a curse with ADHD, I think, in some sense, because you have an opportunity to use your creativity to make content. It can become very much a dopamine driver in itself. But equally, there can be a lot of noise and messages and stuff that you're just kind of exposed to and see that can definitely be overstimulating. But I don't know that in of itself... being in this space and having this public public platform is negative with adhd i just think that the change for me that it was the change of going from someone who was just like a regular person the regular following to someone who's still regular but suddenly has a really big following that kind of shift was was quite big for me um but no i enjoy the creativity i love that side of it um i think i just have to learn and i have been learning to manage the risk of becoming too drawn into it
to allowing it to become too much of my identity, I guess. There's Alex and then there's Dr. Alex. I think that's quite an important distinction.
I think the conversation of overstimulation will be very relatable to the watchers and the listeners of this podcast. But if we were to zoom out a little bit, what do you think generally overwhelm, burnout, what can that look like in someone with ADHD?
Listen, most of the overstimulation I experience is actually around people in certain circumstances. So rather than being so overstimulated by noise online, which actually I can create a gap from, I can just put the phone down and easily go, I'm feeling a bit chuck it aside. What gets me usually is if I end up in a place where there's lots of noise, there's loads of people, a lot of people talking to me, I'm having to like present myself to different people. all of a sudden I can feel very overwhelmed and the overstimulation can feel like being on edge. Not necessarily an overt anxiety, but just feeling like, oh, too much. And agitation actually is a good way I describe. I feel a bit agitated. I suddenly feel frustrated.
I'm like, oh, I can't, you know... just need space you have this desire to remove yourself you you feel this sense of like i need to get out and yeah often i the only way to resolve that is to go to a quiet room put my hair dryer on which of course was my last time it's over here is the highlight right there um put the hair dryer on and calm down and that's the only way i'm able to kind of do it and
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:23
2
How can you manage ADHD overstimulation effectively?
0:23–0:38
3
What is Dr. Alex George's mission in the ADHD space?
0:38–0:44
4
What are the emotional consequences of masking in ADHD?
0:44–0:57
5
How does masking relate to feelings of loneliness?
0:57–1:03
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What is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) and its impact?
1:03–1:26
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What are the signs that someone may have AuDHD?
1:26–4:48
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How does Dr. Alex George cope with his ADHD and autism?
4:48–1:03:46
Speakers
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