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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of the ADHD AHA episode and who are the hosts?
Hey there, it's Debbie. Every now and then I like to shake things up here and share other podcasts that I think you would like. So today I'm sharing a recent conversation from a great show called ADHD AHA. ADHD AHA is hosted by Laura Key, who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. The show features candid conversations from other people who were diagnosed with ADHD and about how their symptoms impact their lives. In every episode, you'll hear real relatable stories from other people navigating this path. So if you or a loved one has ADHD, you might see that diagnosis through a new lens. I know that there are so many of us who discovered our own neurodivergence because of our kids' journey. And that's what I love most about this show.
It normalizes this whole process and helps other people navigating it integrate and make sense of their own experience. So in this episode, I'm about to play for you. You're going to hear a fascinating conversation about three different generations of ADHD in one family and their experience of masking their symptoms and their neural divergence. And I love how this conversation is really the ultimate in breaking that generational cycle. So here's the episode. I hope you enjoy it.
When I was 14, I was like, Mom, something's wrong with me. I can I get evaluated? I know my brother got an evaluation, like his difference got a name and it got a treatment. And she said, oh, well, your grades are good enough. I don't really see what the point in getting you evaluated would be. And I don't want to throw too much shade in my mom here because my mom was doing the best she could. What I found out years later, she had an ADHD diagnosis and she was taking stimulants the whole time.
This is ADHD AHA, a podcast where people share the moment when it finally clicked that they have ADHD. My name is Laura Key. I head up our editorial team here at understood.org. And as someone who's had my own ADHD AHA moment, I'll be your host. I'm here today with Zoe Plotnick. Zoe is a teacher who wrote in to share her story of being diagnosed with ADHD during the pandemic. How are you today, Zoe? How's it going? Not too shabby. How are you?
How did Zoe’s pandemic‑era “aha” moment reveal her ADHD symptoms?
I'm okay. Could you start by setting the stage for me and for our listeners of what was going on during the pandemic that was perhaps an aha moment for you?
I don't know that it was so much an aha moment as much of a core memory unlocked moment. But so during pandemic, we were teaching virtually. And of course, you know, our students, they have social needs in addition to academic needs. So a lot of us were kind of doing sort of a lunch bunch sort of thing where if you wanted to just during your lunch break, come in and log into the teacher's Google Meet and have casual conversation, you could. And every single day, this one kid, I'm going to give her a pseudonym, Tegan. If she ever hears this, she'll recognize herself. Bless you, Tegan. Tegan came to my lunch bunch like every time. And we were sitting and chit-chatting and she had an ADHD diagnosis. She was open about it.
She's like, yeah, I have ADHD. And she was listening to me tell some, I don't know, rambling story. And she said to me, no offense, miss, but you kind of sound a lot like me. And my immediate reaction was, of course, like, oh, no, how could I be offended? You're amazing. But I went home and I thought about it and kind of was like, oh, yeah, no, it has certainly crossed my mind. There's a family history. I had suspected like off and on for a long time that I had ADHD, but just kind of put it in the back of my mind because I'd been led to believe like, well, you know, maybe you have this difference, but it doesn't affect your life because you don't check off the right boxes for interventions.
Am I right that you didn't immediately call your doctor and say, I'm going to get evaluated right after that?
When I was
teaching,
it was just I didn't have time to pause. And for a bunch of reasons, I ended up leaving teaching and I moved to working at a university library. So I had time for the first time in a while.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of the ADHD AHA episode and who are the hosts?
0:00–2:19
2
How did Zoe’s pandemic‑era “aha” moment reveal her ADHD symptoms?
2:19–4:51
3
Why did Zoe’s initial request for an evaluation get dismissed by her mom?
4:51–7:00
4
What did Zoe discover during her adult ADHD evaluation and how did she advocate for herself?
7:00–9:22
5
How does Zoe describe the interplay between ADHD and autism traits in her childhood?
9:22–11:41
6
Why are women and girls with ADHD often under‑diagnosed and how does masking affect them?
11:41–14:06
7
How does Zoe’s family history of ADHD shape her parenting of a newly diagnosed daughter?
14:06–16:06
8
What hope does Zoe have for the next generation of ADHD‑aware youth?
16:06–18:22
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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TPP 521: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Gray About Restoring Childhood
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