Thriving With ADHD

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. We are back and we’ll be talking about the stigma surrounding ADHD with Animo Sano’s PA-C Stefanie Solomon. Tune in as we will discuss: Common Misconceptions: Myths around ADHD, like being a disorder only affecting children or relating solely to hyperactivity, and how they hinder understanding and care. Impact of Stigma : We'...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. We are back with a new episode and this time we are talking about ADHD and Executive functions with MacKenzie Kirchner, a PA-C at Animo Sano Psychiatry. Stay tuned as we’ll be discussing: What executive functions are and how are they  impacted by ADHD? How do challenges with executive functions manifest in both children and adults...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. In this episode, we have a hot topic: How to navigate the national medication shortage when you have ADHD. Animo Sano’s PA-C Maddison Henley joined us to share important information about this issue. Here are just some of the questions we covered in this episode: An overview of the current ADHD medication shortage situation - What...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. We have a fantastic speaker in this episode - one of Animo Sano’s amazing physician assistants, MacKenzie Kirchner. She will be sharing her knowledge on the topic she is very passionate about and that’s Dopamine Detox.  Tune in as we explore: What exactly is a dopamine detox and how did the concept come about? How dopamine affects...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. This time we have a special guest, outside of our Animo Sano team. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to Cynthia Hammer, MSW, Author of Living with Inattentive ADHD and Executive Director of Inattentive ADHD Coalition. Since her youth, Cynthia Hammer was aware of her struggles with attention, concentration, and retaining informati...

Send us Fan Mail This is a part two of our episode on Living with Inattentive  ADHD with our incredible guest speaker Cynthia Hammer, MSW. Since her youth, Cynthia Hammer was aware of her struggles with attention, concentration, and retaining information, yet it was only at the age of 49 when she was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. While the revelation initially crushed her, it eventually allowed...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Thriving with ADHD, dear ADHD community. We are honored to have a special guest in this episode. His name is Dr. Caleb Whiteneck, a psychiatrist who joined Animo Sano's team recently and whose specialty is TMS treatment for depression and OCD. As our listeners certainly know, ADHD as a condition is not usually present alone. People with ADHD have approximately 50 p...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Thriving with ADHD. This episode sees us engage in an important conversation with PA-C Stephanie Solomon from Animo Sano Psychiatry. Our focus? The significant impact of diet and nutrition on ADHD and associated conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD among others.  Here are some of the topics we’ll be  talking about in this episode: 1. Can diet significantly i...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the new season of Thriving with ADHD, dear ADHD community. We are delighted to be back.  Certainly, there is no better way to kick off our second season than having Animo Sano's PA-C, Maddison Henley with us. Maddison and I are going to discuss ADHD in females - How to recognize it, how it presents differently compared to men, why is it often overlooked or misdiagn...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition of the Thriving with ADHD podcast, we are bringing back Jennifer Street, the Collaborative Care Director at Animo Sano Psychiatry, to discuss the collaborative care model from a patient's perspective.  Jennifer highlighted the benefits of this care model for behavioral health treatment, how it can make healthcare more accessible, and how patients can g...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the new episode of Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. Today we are talking about The impact of ADHD on mental health and self-esteem our PA-C Stefanie Solomon. Stefanie brings a unique combination of educational and clinical experience to her role as a Physician Assistant at Animo Sano Psychiatry. Her expertise includes management of chronic illnesses such as diabe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the new episode of Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. Today we are talking about Digital Tools as medicine for ADHD  with Dr. Scott Kollins, but also what the future holds for behavioral health care. Dr. Kollins, is a renowned expert in ADHD, and deeply committed to enhancing patient care quality and accessibility. Dr. Kollins also serves as an advisor to Animo San...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the special edition of the Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. Today we are talking about Collaborative Care Model with our program director Jennifer Street.  In our mission to provide accessible care for all behavioral health patients, we are always looking into innovative solutions.  Collaborative Care Model, is a relatively new concept that basically means provid...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the fifth episode of Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. Today we are talking about mindfulness and ADHD. Practicing mindfulness brings many benefits to our lives and although it might sound counter intuitive, mindfulness as a non-pharmacological tool is increasingly used in ADHD management as it helps with many aspects of the condition.  We are excited to welcome o...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the fourth episode of Thriving with ADHD.  We are talking about Cognitive behavioral therapy and ADHD.  ADHD is a condition that’s treated both with medication and non-medical types of treatments and cognitive behavioral therapy is definitely one of the powerful tools in management of the condition. We have a pleasure to discuss this topic with our amazing PA Maddison H...

Send us Fan Mail Episode #3 is all about ADHD and Sleep. Join us as we discuss this important topic with Maddison Henley, MMSc, PA-C, a physician assistant at Animo Sano Psychiatry.   Learn why sleep is important for patients with ADHD, what are common sleep disturbances, what we can do to improve our sleep hygiene, and more.  Thank you for listening to Thriving with ADHD. This show is produced by...

Send us Fan Mail  We are back with our new podcast episode! This time we are talking about workplace accommodations for ADHD. Should you disclose it? Why? What are the fears? And what are reasonable requests that you can make? Join us for an informative discussion with Grant Crowell.  Thank you for listening to Thriving with ADHD. This show is produced by Animo Sano Psychiatry. For more informatio...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of Thriving with ADHD dear ADHD community. We are truly excited to start this journey with our team, our guests, and, of course, you, our dear listeners. We hope to bring nothing but value and make your life with ADHD a bit easier. Our goal for this episode is for you to learn more about Animo Sano Psychiatry - who we are and why we started this podcas...