Gina Pera's Adult ADHD Roller Coaster
Episodes
ADHD Retirement Syndrome — The Golden Years or the Lost Years?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retirement: freedom at last—or a free fall into dysfunction?In this episode of the ADHD Roller Coaster, Adult ADHD author and expert Gina Pera explo...
ADHD Drug Holiday — Or Horror
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Drug holiday”—sounds relaxing, right? Not for everyone with ADHD. In this episode, I share real-world stories—including a raw, revealing a...
ADHD in Relationships: Five Radical & Essential Tips
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD doesn’t just affect one person—it affects the entire relationship. In this episode, Gina Pera shares five radical yet essential perspectives ...
ADHD and Sex: Post-Orgasm Irritability, Sadness, Jerkiness
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gina Pera explores how ADHD-related brain chemistry can contribute to these post-orgasm challenges—and what you can do about it.Fro...
Antidepressants, ADHD & Sleep Apnea: The Overlooked Risks
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could your ADHD treatment plan be making your sleep—and your symptoms—worse? In this episode, Gina Pera explores a critical but often-missed topic...
Telling Your ADHD Partner “You’re Hurting Me” —Doesn't Work!
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the audio version of my blog post on a sensitive but essential topic for ADHD-challenged relationships:Why the common advice to “jus...
The Adult ADHD Diagnosis — How Is It Made?
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Gina Pera | ADHD Roller CoasterJust thinking about getting an ADHD diagnosis as an adult can feel overwhelming. Where do you start? Who can you...
On With My Vent, in All Its Offensive Glory
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This first-person story paints a vivid picture of what it’s like to move through the world with undiagnosed ADHD:Constantly trying harder—but fall...
Cyclothymia and ADHD — A Risk Factor or Misdiagnosis?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the audio version of a popular blog post—all about overlap—and confusion—between Cyclothymia (a mood disorder) and ADHD.📝 Rea...
Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking a Fall
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the audio version of one of the most popular posts at the ADHD Roller Coaster blog:"Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After...
What's Up with Concerta and General Stimulant Shortage?
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the audio version of an important blog post, where I break down urgent issues affecting many ADHD medication users:What’s going on w...
ADHD, Empathy, & Dopamine: A Book Excerpt, Study, and Definition
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can a published study — and an excerpt from my first book — explain about ADHD, empathy, and the neurotransmitter dopamine? That’s what t...
"Self-Medicating with Argument"—Meaning and Connection to ADHD
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many obvious reasons, ADHD-challenged relationships tend to teem with arguments and conflicts. Especially when neither partner knows ADHD is in ...
Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD?
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast draws from a blog post at ADHD Roller Coaster. You can read the full post (and comments) here: Why A Support Group for the Partners ...
Evidence-Based Therapy for ADHD-challenged Couples
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy TM. Why create a special model for Adult ADHD-challenged couples? Why not just use standard couple therapy? ...
ADHD, Empathy, And "Raising a Narcissist"
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author and Adult ADHD Educator Gina Pera explores the complex relationship between ADHD and empathy.She shares a compelling story from Taylor J., a mo...
Blindsided by the ADHD Diagnosis: One Wife's Story
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
· How can you be blindsided by an ADHD diagnosis? It’s easy. · Our culture has alternate explanations for virtually all ADHD-re...
How Did You Learn About ADHD?— results from the ADHD Partner Survey
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What was your “light bulb” moment—when you discovered the possibility of Adult ADHD for yourself or your partner? In this podcast, I share resu...
Did Mrs. Murphy Abuse the Stimulant Benzedrine? Or Did She Have ADHD?
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to an historical—and musical—perspective on the early stimulant Benzedrine and how its legendary misuse might have created lasting stigm...
Can ADHD Affect Your Sense of Smell?
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why learn about potential ADHD-related physical manifestations? Because, I believe, it helps us to move beyond seeing ADHD as simply about ...
I Wish I'd Known Earlier About Adult ADHD—results from the ADHD Partner Survey
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adult ADHD was made an official diagnosis in 1994. For years before that—and years after as well—millions of people struggled without benefit of...
Adult ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling the Pieces
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD and sleep. It’s like any other ADHD-related topic: complex and variable with the individual. Nothing about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutt...