What is actually happening in my ADHD brain?
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What is actually happening in my ADHD brain?
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I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at 21, but for the next two decades, my understanding of it was basically: I have trouble concentrating.
Now, after my 8-year-old daughter's ADHD diagnosis, I’m realizing just how much that explanation left out.
In this episode, I’m getting into the actual neuroscience behind so many everyday ADHD experiences: dopamine and norepinephrine, the prefrontal cortex, attention regulation, hyperfocus, task initiation, working memory, time blindness, impulsivity, emotional regulation, masking—and why boring-but-important tasks like homework and taxes can feel so damn hard to start.
I also look at what happens when you take an ADHD brain and add major grief and chronic stress. I revisit a painful experience from my divorce that I understand very differently now that I know more about what may have been happening inside my brain.
We also talk about how ADHD was understood when we were kids versus what we know now, what I’m doing differently for Caroline, her new 504 plan, ADHD in midlife women, and why understanding your brain isn’t about making excuses—it’s about replacing shame with information and finding strategies that actually work.
And yes: homework is basically taxes for 8-year-olds.