The ADHD Adults Podcast
Episodes
Episode 101 Your questions answered (2)
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our pathetic celebration of hitting 100 episodes of the podcast, we asked our listeners to send questions in so we could celebrate YOU, the...
Episode 25: ADHD and mood disorders
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 25 sees the ADHD Adults Alex and James being.... nice to each other? The episode covers the links between ADHD and various issues associated w...
Episode 100 Your questions answered (1)
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate hitting 100 episodes of the podcast, we asked our listeners to send questions in so we could celebrate YOU, the people we do this for. ...
Episode 99: The week in ADHD (23)
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 99 of The ADHD Adults sees Alex, James and Mrs ADHD expand on this week's theme of catastrophising, answer questions from YOU, our liste...
Episode 98 ADHD and catastrophising
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 98 The ADHD Adults discuss how some people with ADHD can catastrophise. As usual, Alex the Psycho.......education Monkey delivers catas...
Episode 97: The week in ADHD (22)
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James manages to avert utterly awful audio in his now-established role as "the tech guy", so in Episode 97 of The ADHD Adults your shambolic...
Episode 96 Perfectionism
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ironically, the audio for this episode is not perfect as James's Mac seems to be broken... In Episode 96 The ADHD Adults imperfectly discuss prefe...
Episode 95: The week in ADHD (21)
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 95 of The ADHD Adults sees James, Alex and Mrs ADHD expand on this week's theme of metacognition, answer questions from YOU, our listeners...
Episode 94 Metacognition: Thinking about thinking and ADHD
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 94 The ADHD Adults discuss the weird-sounding but actually really important issue of 'metacognition' or 'thinking about how we ...
Episode 93: The week in ADHD (20)
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James is back (sorry) after being sad for Episode 93 of The ADHD Adults where they expand on this week's theme of medication titration, answer que...
Episode 92 Medication Titration
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning Klaxx-ON... due to a mental health issue james is only partly involved in this episode.In Episode 92, The ADHD Adults discuss the proc...
Episode 91: The week in ADHD (19)
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 91 The ADHD Adults expand on this week's theme of routes to a diagnosis, answer questions from YOU, our listeners, and generally go on ...
Episode 90 Routes to diagnosis
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 90, Alex and James are joined by the incredible Dr Nick Britchford, who James describes as 'rocking horse shit' as he is someone SO...
Episode 89 The week in ADHD (18)
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Again, apologies if the audio is, well, rubbish...In Episode 89 The ADHD Adults expand on this week's theme of talking about your ADHD, answer que...
Episode 88 How to talk about your ADHD
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The audio for this episode may or may not be awful as James may or may not have overestimated how good the internet connection from his hotel room was...
Episode 87: The week in ADHD (17)
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 87 The ADHD Adults expand on this week's theme of mind wandering and ADHD, answer questions from YOU, our listeners, and generally go o...
Episode 86 ADHD and mind wandering
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 86, The ADHD Adults discuss the interesting (if you're dead bored) topic of ADHD and mind wandering. As usual, the episode includes A...
Episode 85: The week in ADHD (16)
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 85 The ADHD Adults expand on this week's theme of sensory processing andADHD, answer questions from YOU our listeners, and generally wa...
Episode 84 ADHD and sensory processing
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 84 sees The ADHD Adults discuss the much requested topic of ADHD and sensory processing. As usual, the episode includes phenomenally dull ps...
Episode 83: The week in ADHD (15)
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 83 The ADHD Adults expand on this week's theme of the hunter-gatherer theory of ADHD, answer questions from YOU our listeners, and gene...
Episode 82 The 'Hunter Gatherer' theory of ADHD
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 82, the ADHD Adults discuss the emerging theory (or hypothesis if Alex gets his way) that ADHD was beneficial when were a hunter-gatherer s...
Episode 81: The week in ADHD (14)
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 81 is another apparently requested for Thursday episode, where Alex, James and Mrs ADHD expand on this week's theme of late diagnosis ADHD...
Episode 80 Late-diagnosis ADHD (with Hana Walker-Brown)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 80, Alex and James are joined by the incredible Hana Walker-Brown to discuss being diagnosed as adults with ADHD. Alongside Hana's stor...
Episode 79 The week in ADHD (13)
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 79 is another unwanted Thursday episode, where The ADHD Adults again double-fist two episodes in a week, this time on ADHD and creative thinki...
Episode 78 ADHD and creative thinking
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ADHD Adults Alex, James and Mrs ADHD risk the savage anger of many people by tackling the subject of ADHD and creativity. As usual, the episode in...
Episode 77 The week in ADHD (12)
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 77, another unwanted Thursday episode, The ADHD Adults again double-fist two episodes in a week, this time on ADHD and seasonal affective d...
Episode 76 ADHD and seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.)
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 76 sees the ADHD Adults discuss something they are apparently utterly unqualified to cover, ADHD and seasonal affective disorder. As usual, ...
Episode 75 The week in ADHD (11)
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 75 is another superfluous Thursday episode as The ADHD Adults again double-fist two episodes in a week, this time on ADHD and headaches. The...
Episode 74 ADHD and headaches
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 74, the ADHD Adults discuss the link between headaches, especially migraines, and ADHD. As usual, Alex the Psycho-education Monkey deliv...
Episode 73 The week in ADHD (10)
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday chaos resumes as The ADHD Adults again double-fist two episodes in a week, this time on ADHD and smartphone use. The Week in ADHD (10) incl...
Episode 72 ADHD and smartphone use
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mrs ADHD returns to join Alex and James for an episode on use/overuse/addiction to smartphones in ADHD. As usual, the episode includes brain-numbin...
Episode 71 The week in ADHD (9)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Week in ADHD (9), again without Mrs ADHD, includes how our week has gone, questions from YOU our listeners, plus some extended thoughts on the w...
Episode 70 ADHD and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A brief reprieve from Mrs ADHD as she had to be somewhere else, episode 70 sees The ADHD Adults Alex and James discuss the use of CBT in ADHD . The ...
Episode 69: The week in ADHD (8)
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chaos resumes in 2023 as Alex, James and Mrs ADHD again try to double-fist two episodes, this time on ADHD and making resolutions. The Week in ADHD ...
Episode 68: New Year, same ADHD
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mrs ADHD joins Alex and James for an episode which definitely isn't about New Year's resolutions (as James thinks it harms the metrics). As...
Episode 67: The week without Robert from Kidderminster (7)
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our usual extra not-special Thursday episode continues to deal with grief after the passing of our noted letter writer, Janes's father Robert from...
Episode 66: ADHD and Grief (RIP Robert from Kidderminster)
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode following the passing of our noted letter writer, James’s father Robert from Kidderminster, the ADHD Adults discuss ADHD and ...
Episode 65: The week in ADHD (6)
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chaos resumes as Alex, James and Mrs ADHD again double-fist two episodes on ADHD and the workplace. The Week in ADHD (6) includes how our week has g...
Episode 64: ADHD and the workplace (2)
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen of Chaos™, Mrs ADHD, now fully ensconced as a member of The ADHD Adults joins Alex and James for an episode on ADHD and the workplace. As ...
Episode 63 The week in ADHD (5)
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In easily the most chaotic episode yet, Alex, James and Mrs ADHD again try double-fisting two episodes on loneliness. The Week in ADHD (5) include...
Episode 62: ADHD and loneliness/isolation
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Due to public demand the Queen of Chaos™, Mrs ADHD, is now a fully-fledged member of The ADHD Adults and joins Alex and James for an episode on ADHD...
Episode 61: The injustice! ADHD and justice sensitivity
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 61, the ADHD Adults James and Alex discuss something they absolutely, definitely knew for ages had some research behind it and definitely d...
Episode 60 The week in ADHD (4)
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The shambolic and surely doomed-to-fail experiment of 2 episodes a week continues, and Alex, James and Mrs ADHD again try double-fisting two episodes ...
Episode 59 ADHD Burnout
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Delight as the Queen of Chaos™, Mrs ADHD, returns for an episode on ADHD burnout. As usual, the episode includes some heavily interrupted psychoeduc...
Episode 58: The week in ADHD (3)
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing to dive blinfolded into a doomed-to-fail experiment, Alex and James again try double-fisting two episodes in a week. The Week in ADHD (3)...
Episode 57 ADHD and pain
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 57, the ADHD Adults James and Alex discuss the issue of pain in ADHD. As usual, the world's worst podcast™ includes pathetically deli...
Episode 56 The week in ADHD (2)
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing to hurtle headlong into our doomed-to-fail experiment, Alex, James AND Mrs ADHD again try double-fisting two episodes in a week. The Week...
Episode 55: ADHD and Masking
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mrs ADHD returns, bringing with her all the chaos that is expected for an episode on ADHD and masking. Despite this, as usual, the episode includes ve...
Episode 54 The week in ADHD (1)
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a doomed-to-fail experiment, Alex and James try double-fisting two episodes in a week. Thursday episodes (for as long as they last.... about 3 we...
Episode 53 ADHD and alcohol
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ummmmmm... so we forgot October has 31 days. So now finishing off ADHD Awareness Month 2022, the latest misshape of an episode discusses alcohol and A...
Episode 52 ADHD Mythbusting (part 2)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 52 completes the double-fister on 'ADHD Myths', bringing ADHD Awareness Month 2022 to a close with what, continuing from part 1, is ...
Episode 51: ADHD Mythbusting (part 1)
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 51, the first of a double-fister, brings ADHD Awareness Month 2022 to a close with what is easily our most pathetic, shambolic and unprofess...
Episode 50: ADHD and emotional regulation
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 50, we've hit a half-century! Continuing ADHD Awareness Month 2022, this latest dog tod of an episode discusses emotional dysregulation in...
Episode 49: Fitting in with ADHD: Square pegs in round holes
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 49 carries on with ADHD Awareness Month 2022, and the ADHD Adults James and Alex talk about being square pegs in round holes; the way in whi...
Episode 48: Sharing your ADHD Experience (with ADHD as Females)
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 48 kicks off ADHD Awareness Month 2022, and ADHD Adults James and Alex are joined by some proper podcasters in the amazing Dawn and Laura from...
Episode 47: Parenting with ADHD (Part 2)
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the delayed second of a double-fister, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss parenting with ADHD from a father's perspective. As James has zer...
Episode 46: ADHD and Imposter Syndrome
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 46, the ADHD Adults James and Alex discuss the almost incredibly unresearched issue of imposter syndrome in ADHD. As usual, the world's...
Episode 45: ADHD and Sex
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 45 of The ADHD Adults sees James and Alex discuss the incredibly awkward (for Alex) subject of sex, which can be a problem area for adults wit...
Episode 44: Parenting with ADHD (Part 1)
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a double-fister, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss parenting with ADHD from a mother's perspective. As James and Alex are pro...
Episode 43: ADHD and Prison
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 43 of The ADHD Adults sees James and Alex bring in a ringer, the lovely Maria, to discuss the very real and important issues of ADHD and the c...
Episode 42: Grieving for what might have been...
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 42, James and Alex discuss the commonly reported sense of 'grieving for what might have been' if we had known earlier about our ADH...
Episode 41: ADHD and driving
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 41 of The ADHD Adults sees James and Alex discuss the commonly asked question of 'Does ADHD make me a bad driver?' (in James's cas...
Episode 40: Going on holiday with ADHD
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 40, the ADHD Adults James and Alex discuss the almost inevitable shitshow of going on holiday if you have ADHD. As usual, the world's w...
Episode 39: ADHD Coaching
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 39 sees the ADHD adults discuss ADHD coaching, and embarrassingly (as they are both ADHD coaches) the lack of evidence that it actually works....
Episode 38: ADHD and Exercise
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 38, the ADHD Adults James and Alex discuss exercise and ADHD. As usual, this simply awful podcast contains psychoeducation on the subject d...
Episode 37: ADHD and Internalised Stigma
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37, the second part of a double-fister, sees the ADHD adults discuss the internalised stigma adults with ADHD often experience. Alex the P...
Episode 36: ADHD and External Stigma
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 36, by far the angriest and sweariest episode yet, the ADHD adults discuss the external stigma associated with ADHD. As you might expect, t...
Episode 35: ADHD and ODD
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35 sees the ADHD adults discuss ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), or oppositional defiance disorder as Alex keeps calling it. As u...
Episode 34: ADHD and ASD
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 34, the ADHD adults discuss ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As usual, the shambolic podcast contains some evidence-based psychoedu...
Episode 33: Special Guest Episode - Tom Watson
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33 of The ADHD Adults sees Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, join Alex and James to talk publicly for the first time abo...
Episode 32: The ADHD Tax
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 32, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss the ADHD Tax, the combination of financial and other costs associated with living with ADHD. As ...
Episode 31: One year on: James beats Alex to death (finally)
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 31 of the ADHD adults is a review of what has changed since the podcast started, for James and Alex and ADHD in general. Alex reminds us what ...
Episode 30: Cannabis and ADHD
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 30, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss the really difficult to talk about without incriminating themselves subject of cannabis use and ...
Episode 29: Sit still and don’t interrupt! Symptoms of hyperactive ADHD
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 29 is the second part of a two-parter, getting back to basics; focusing on the core diagnostic element of hyperactivity/impulsivity. As usua...
Episode 28: Pay Attention! Symptoms of inattentive ADHD
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 28 is the first of a two-parter, where we get back to basics; focusing on the two core diagnostic elements of ADHD, inattentiveness and hypera...
Episode 27: Adapting to an ADHD Diagnosis
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 27, Alex and James discuss the challenge of adapting to a diagnosis of ADHD, and how it challenges our identity, both positively and negati...
Episode 26: ADHD and hyperkinetic movements
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 26, the ADHD Adults (Alex and James) discuss hyperkinetic movements, which include tics. As usual, the three shambolic elements of psyc...
Episode 24: Is ADHD real?
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 24 deals with the ridiculous but persistent question of whether ADHD is 'real'. Evidence for 'realness' is discussed, as we...
Episode 23: ADHD and Sleep
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 23, the ADHD Adults cover the frustrating impact ADHD can have on sleep. As usual, Alex the psychoeducation monkey tells us how and why ...
Episode 22: ADHD and Eating Behaviours
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger KlaxxON (as Alex pronounces it...)Episode 22 covers the very emotive subject of how ADHD can affect our eating behaviours. Alex the psychoed...
Episode 21: Procrastination and ADHD
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 21, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss that thing we all seem to do - procrastination. As usual, the podcast contains psychoeducation a...
Episode 20: Special Guest Episode Mickey Beans (Part 2)
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of the first Special Guest Episode, James and Alex haven't managed to put musician and host of the 'BeansonBoogaloo' radio show ...
Episode 19: Special Guest Episode Mickey Beans (Part 1)
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first Special Guest Episode, James and Alex talk to the musician and host of the 'BeansonBoogaloo' radio show on www.boogalooradio.com...
Episode 18: ADHD and the menopause
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 18 brings in a ringer, Mrs ADHD, to help Alex and James cover how menopause and peri-menopause and ADHD are such a difficult combination to ...
Episode 17: What is 'executive function' and why don't we have it?
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17, the ADHD adults Alex and James cover 'executive function', the set of higher-level thinking skills which are, well. As usual, t...
Episode 16: Hyperfocus
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 16, James and Alex tackle the thorny, misunderstood issue of hyperfocus. For once, there is some decent psychoeducation (because James wrot...
Episode 15: Comorbidities of ADHD
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 15, Alex and James discuss the massively long list of shit that ADHD often comes with, or to be more technical the 'comorbidities' ...
Episode 14: Domestic Anxiety
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 14, James and Alex discuss a form of anxiety Alex has made up (but it is very real in ADHD), the temporal or domestic anxiety that comes wi...
Episode 13: Relationships with ADHD (Valentines Shmalentines)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13, which is painful to listen to, James and Alex discuss the issues that commonly occur in relationships where one or more partners may ha...
Episode 12: Task Management (or 'Getting Shit Done')
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 12 James and Alex discuss the issue of 'getting shit done' which often leads to procrastination. As usual the three parts are psych...
Episode 11: Deciding if a diagnosis is needed...
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 11 James and Alex are joined by Tom, who feels he has the symptoms of ADHD but isn't sure if he wants to get a diagnosis. The discussio...
Episode 10: Impulse Spending
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10, James and Alex discuss an aspect of impulsiveness....impulsivity...impulse control? Anyway, they discuss impulse spending. As usual, ...
Episode 9: Object Invisibility
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 James and Alex discuss the commonly reported phenomenon of 'object invisibility', which is like 'out of sight out of mind'...
Episode 8: Pre-diagnosis Experience
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 8, James and Alex are joined to James's horror by James's wife (AKA Mrs ADHD), Sam, who has been referred for diagnosis but is wa...
Episode 7: ADHD and Anxiety
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7, possibly the least professional episode yet, James and Alex discuss the commonly co-existing ADHD issue of anxiety. Content includes psy...
ADHDadultUK Christmas Special 2021
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special and not at all festive Special Episode, Alex and James discuss how Christmas (or any large festival-type event) can be a trigger for...
Episode 6: ADHD in the Workplace (1)
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 James and Alex discuss how ADHD is a protected disability in the workplace, how to go about engaging with your employer for 'reasonab...
Episode 5: Time Blindness
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 James and Alex discuss 'time blindness', a collection of issues associated with lacking proper perception of time, which is very ...
Episode 4: Working Memory
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 James and Alex discuss how working memory, a special type of short-term memory, is often lacking in adults with ADHD. Topics cover what w...
Episode 3: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 Alex and James discuss how almost all adults with ADHD have rejection sensitivity. Topics covered include; why we feel rejection so painf...