The ADHD Adults Podcast

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 negatively.   As usual, the three poorly presented elements of psychoeducation, personal reflections and tips are covered.  As usual,  correspondence from listeners, probably including something from  'Robert from Kidderminster' and Alex is forced...

In Episode 26, the ADHD Adults (Alex and James) discuss hyperkinetic movements, which include tics.   As usual, the three shambolic elements of psychoeducation, personal reflections and tips are covered.  Will Alex get back on track and score a point in  'What has James forgotten, lost or mislaid this week?"  As usual, we have some correspondence, probably including something from  'R...

Episode 24 deals with the ridiculous but persistent question of whether ADHD is 'real'.  Evidence for 'realness' is discussed, as well as personal reflections about how we have dealt with situations where the validity of ADHD has been questioned.  Will Alex continue to score points playing 'What did James lose this week?" and there is more correspondence, probably includin...

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 this is,  there are some personal reflections about our sleep (or lack of), and some tips to improve sleep patterns.  Will Alex score a point playing 'What did James lose this week?" and will the usual correspondence from 'Robert from Kidd...

Trigger KlaxxON (as Alex pronounces it...) Episode 22 covers the very emotive subject of how ADHD can affect our eating behaviours.  Alex the psychoeducational monkey tells us how and why this is,  very personal reflections from James about his eating disorder are shared, as is some advice on how to manage preparing food and our eating behaviours.  Another game of 'What did James lose this wee...

In Episode 21, the ADHD adults James and Alex discuss that thing we all seem to do - procrastination. As usual, the podcast contains psychoeducation around why we put things off,  personal reflections on how procrastination has affected our lives (especially at work)   and some  'Top Tips' are shared, mostly by Alex of course. 'What did James lose this week?" returns largely now b...

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 on www.boogalooradio.com, Mickey 'Beans' O'Brien off talking to them yet.  Topics include what life is like now, upcoming projects and how bad Mickey at doing accents Written by James Brown and Alex Conner. Produced by James Brown and JBH...

In this first Special Guest Episode, James and Alex talk to the musician and host of the 'BeansonBoogaloo' radio show on www.boogalooradio.com, Mickey 'Beans' O'Brien. Topics include life before a diagnosis, how diagnosis helped Mickey and her well trained shitting cat. Written by James Brown and Alex Conner. Produced by James Brown and JBHD Ltd. Social media contacts: @theadhd...

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 navigate. As usual, there is some psychoeducation about how hormonal changes might complicate ADHD,  our personal reflections (only joking, Mrs ADHD does this bit) on ADHD and hormonal changes and we share some  'Top Tips' (Largely from Mrs AD...

In Episode 17, the ADHD adults Alex and James cover 'executive function', the set of higher-level thinking skills which are, well. As usual, the podcast contains some psychoeducation about what executive function is,  our personal reflections on how not having executive function skills like planning, working memory and inhibition impacts us and we'll share some  'Top Tips' (wil...

In Episode 16, James and Alex tackle the thorny, misunderstood issue of hyperfocus. For once, there is some decent psychoeducation (because James wrote it),  our personal reflections on how hyperfocus impacts us and some  'Top Tips', which for once James meaningfully contributes to (this is debatable).  'What did James lose this week?" returns and Alex reads out 'totally real&...

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' of ADHD. As usual, there is some psychoeducation around what the comorbidities are,   personal reflections on our comorbidities (James's list is so long you might want to play that bit at 2x speed) and some  'Top Tips'.  'What did Jam...

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 with a lack of activities or structure in time off. As usual, there is some psychoeducation (sort of),  painful personal reflections on how this affects us and some  'Top Tips', which as usual mostly come from Alex as James's are just rubbi...

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 have ADHD. As usual some psychoeducation (loosely speaking), incredibly painful personal reflections on on our relationship issues which are so bad we couldn't even mock each other and some  'Top Tips'.  'What did James lose this week?&...

In Episode 12 James and Alex discuss the issue of 'getting shit done' which often leads to procrastination. As usual the three parts are psychoeducation, personal reflections on how a lack of task management causes issues for us has affected us and Top Tips.  'What did James lose this week?" continues to Alex's annoyance and Alex gets more emails, some of them real.  James doe...

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 discussion centres around if a diagnosis is needed, what it feels like to be 'diagnosis hesitant' and the stigma around being labelled as 'ADHD'.  'What did James lose this week?" continues and Alex gets more emails from our 10 listen...

In Episode 10,  James and Alex discuss an aspect of impulsiveness....impulsivity...impulse control? Anyway, they discuss impulse spending. As usual, some psychoeducation, personal reflections on the issue and our Top Tips (James hasn't got any).   'What did James lose this week?" continues and Alex gets more emails from our 10 listeners. James buys too many guitars and Alex forgets he...

In Episode 9 James and Alex discuss the commonly reported phenomenon of 'object invisibility', which is like 'out of sight out of mind' on steroids. As usual some psychoeducational (loosely speaking), personal reflections on how it has affected us and Top Tips.  'What did James lose this week?" continues and Alex gets some emails now we have 10 listeners. James has a fat n...

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 waiting. In this episode, Alex discusses with Sam what it is like to wait for a diagnosis, and what the nightmare of living with James is like. A twist on  'What did James lose or forget this week?" takes place, and in general, an awful time is...

In Episode 7, possibly the least professional episode yet, James and Alex discuss the commonly co-existing ADHD issue of anxiety. Content includes psychoeducation around why we get anxiety, how to deal with it (or not) when it comes plus the usual personal reflections.  'What did James lose or forget this week?" continues, so does Alex manage to get a point this week? James still refers t...

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 many of the issues that ADHD adults have. Whether it's impulse spending, anxiety around parties or any of the many other issues that Christmas brings,  it can be a weird old time. As usual, personal reflections, top tips and 'What did James l...

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 'reasonable adjustments, and personal reflections on when and how ADHD made their jobs difficult.  'What did James lose this week?" continues. James wears a ridiculous shirt and Alex talks about waking up disliking himself. Written by James Brown and...

In Episode 5 James and Alex discuss 'time blindness', a collection of issues associated with lacking proper perception of time, which is very common in adults with ADHD. Topics cover what time blindness is, James and Alex's experiences of having time blindness, the second instalment of  'What did James lose this week?" and some top tips.  James losing his trousers features hea...

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 working memory is, a new game called 'What did James lose this week?", James and Alex's experiences of having next to no working memory and some tips.  Alex's special gold pen and James's hair but being a bum transplant are also c...

In Episode 3 Alex and James discuss how almost all adults with ADHD have rejection sensitivity. Topics covered include; why we feel rejection so painfully, personal experiences of RSD and the usual top tips.  James's almost quits his job over a bad joke and we learn Alex thinks about being abused when walking his dog. Written by James Brown and Alex Conner. Produced by James Brown and JBHD Ltd...