adhd Parenting - the day to day woes

24/01/2025 26 min Episodio 29
adhd Parenting - the day to day woes

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#1 SummaryAs much as we love and embrace our neurodivergent children, raising them is challenging and often leaves us feeling as though we are going round in circles. An honest look at parenting my own two sons and their adhd, one being 13 and non-speaking autistic, the other 21 and at home having dropped out of uni. Sharing the woes experienced with diagnosis; impulsivity in the brain; medication; executive function; disassociation, demand avoidance. #2 Guest n/a#3 Time Stamps0:00 Intro1:25 personal family history on 3 x adhd diagnoses in my two sons and daughter.2:16 Diagnosis and meds for a non-speaking autistic 8yr old7:20 Separating the autism from the adhd8:39 The 21 year old's story of adhd10:54 The day to day woes13:56 Executive function17:06 Disassociation18:31 Demand avoidance21:04 we are both learning, I am learning to not expect a neurotypical journey and to work with who my child is and what he can actually do. 22:44 Extra time in exams whine!#4 Main Pointsfamily history on adhd and diagnosingmeds day to day woes as a parentexecutive function; disassociation; demand avoidancelearning to do better as a parentwrap up with some positivity#5 References n/a#6 Calls to Actionpre-roll: thanks and share#7 Social media n/a#8 Next Episode tbc