ADHD IS OVER!

HISTORY DOESN'T LIE is an episode with Matthew Smith, the author of "Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD". Matthew is a Professor of Health History at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare in Glasgow, Scotland. Matthew has written several books and notable articles about the history of ADHD, as well as food allergy, food additives, and social psychiatry. He is a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker and co-edits the Palgrave book series "Mental Health in Historical Perspective.” Here are some links to Matthew's books and articles: "Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD". This book is the most comprehensive history of ADHD, charting its origins in the Cold War and why it became seen as a neurological disorder best treated with drugs. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/H/bo14444518.html "An Alternative History of Hyperactivity: Food Additives and the Feingold Diet". This book - the relationship between food chemicals and ADHD and why the hypothesis that food additives could cause behavioral problems in children - has come in and out of fashion. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/an-alternative-history-of-hyperactivity/9780813550169 "Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails: Boys and Behaviour in the USA”. This open access article demonstrates how, prior to the emergence of ADHD in the late 1950s, behavioral experts were concerned with shy, withdrawn, inactive boys, rather than the kids we now associate with ADHD. The article explains why this all changed, resulting in concerns with hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive children. https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cbmh.236-112017 "Psychiatry Limited: Hyperactivity and the Evolution of American Psychiatry, 1957-1980". This open access article shows how psychiatrists debated how to understand children’s behavioral problems after WWII and explains why neurological explanations and psychopharmaceutical explanations became the norm. https://academic.oup.com/shm/article/21/3/541/1701613 "Hyperactive Around the World? The History of ADHD in Global Perspective". This open access article charts how ADHD has been adopted, adapted, or rejected in different parts of the world. https://academic.oup.com/shm/article/30/4/767/2919401 For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ADHD & Reviews is an episode I've been meaning to do for a while, reviewing some of the negative reviews on our podcast. There is always more than meets the eye and I just find it unfair that most negative reviewers didn't take the time to really listen to our podcast or to reach out and ask to have a mature conversation around it. We're always open to do so. Anyway, listen for yourself and see what you think. For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ADHD & DIVORCE is a deep exploration into the hypothesis that a lack of self love by one or both parents could be the cause for a child to behave in ways that we label as ADHD. Hear for yourself and let us know what you think at www.adhdisover.com

ADHD & SELF LOVE is a downloaded hypothesis that explores the relationship between distractions and our lack of self love. What if we are beings of love, present in the moment and able to focus on what's in front of us only when we manage to remove the distractions that keep us from doing so? What if ADHD is a direct result of a deep lack of self love, due to past unprocessed and unhealed traumas, resulting in a nervous system that's frozen (aka in 'defense mode')? We are so addicted to distracingt ourselves from ourselves that we have gotten used to the noise of the distractions around us and we haven't started to consciously heal the state of our nervous systems... Listen in for yourself and enjoy the ride! For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ADHD & TANTRA is an episode created to disrupt the linear thinking around what can get a human being to stretch her or his ability to pay attention. What if the most powerful modalities that could help someone with a traumatized nervous system to 'unfreeze' that system are not yet recognized as qualified? In his book 'The Radiance Sutras', Lorin Roche, PhD explores the notion that Tantra is 'the practice of stretching ourselves, to extend our capacity for attention to the utmost'. If that's the case, wouldn't it make sense for experts to look into what the practices of Tantra do to a person's nervous system and if over time these practices could cause someone to be more present in life (aka. pay attention)? Listen in for yourself and see what you think about the connection between ADHD & Tantra. For more information on Lorin Roche and 'The Radiance Sutras', please visit https://lorinroche.com/the-radiance-sutras For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

THE REVOLTING CHILD, A BLESSING IN DISGUISE is an episode with with Lillian Reekie. Originally a Primary School Teacher Lillian became a Parenting Strategist because of her journey with her youngest son who was diagnosed over 25 years ago with ADHD, ODD & Childhood Depression at aged four. Lillian & her husband Andrew decided to take a more holistic approach to helping their son after medication was recommended on several occasions for both her youngest son and herself. It is this very journey and the rollercoaster ride they have experienced over the years that makes them so relatable to so many families struggling with their children today. Over the past 20 plus years Lillian has been featured many times on TV, radio and as an expert guest on parenting summits and podcasts. She has written 6 books based on her family’s journey and has also conducted many hundreds of seminars, workshops and courses both live and online. Lillian has a HUGE passion for empowering parents to enjoy happy and healthy children and relationships. She now partners with her eldest son who is a Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist and conducts online Masterclasses and Parenting courses. Being a Mum of a now adult son who was diagnosed in preschool with ADHD, ODD and Childhood Depression she has many years of experience and now specialises in helping other parents and caregivers of children who are neurodiverse or who may have special needs. She teaches all caregivers, parents, and educators to develop positive and heart centred relationships and to help nurture, grow emotional stability and social connection with their children. As Parents of special needs, and all children, growing and maintaining positive and healthy relationships throughout childhood and into adulthood is imperative. Lillian is also an Advanced Trainer in the ‘Nurtured Heart Approach’ (NHA) which is a beautiful heart centred way of communicating and relation-shipping that she believes EVERY family should understand and learn. She LOVES to share her passion for NHA with as many families as possible! You can download Lillian's book ‘The Revolting Child, A Blessing in Disguise’ for free at her website, book a complimentary 30-minute consultation & watch the recent Masterclass- 'HOW TO PARENT RIGHT SIDE UP TO IMPROVE BEHAVIOUR & STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS!' Email- lillian@parentsupportnetwork.com.au Website/information page- www.parentsupportnetwork.com.au Public FB profile https://www.facebook.com/lillian.reekie/ Parenting FB page- https://www.facebook.com/TheParentSupportNetwork Parenting FB group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/adhdoddasdaholisticalternative ADHD is Over Affiliate Link https://parentsupportnetwork.com.au/go/adhd-is-over-affiliate/ For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

PROUD TO BE ABNORMAL is a response to the feedback we got to Episode 118 - Stop being proud of having ADHD! Who wants to be 'normal'? And why? And says who? What is a 'norm'? Where does it come from? Is Science driving this? Or can we be driving this? Is being Abnormal the new 'unique'? Listen in for yourself and see where you land on the artificial spectrum of 'normal'. For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

CRASH: A MEMOIR OF OVERMEDICATION AND RECOVERY is an episode with former Public School Teacher and Special Ed Speech Pathologist Ann Bracken. Ann holds degrees from Towson University and Johns Hopkins University. She is also a poet, a writer and an activist and her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, including Awakenings Review, Mad in America, Fledgling Rag, and Gargoyle. Ann and I discussed the story of her own son’s ADHD diagnosis and his experience with stimulant medication, as well as Ann’s year-long struggle, trying to get herself off of antidepressants. Her latest book, Crash: A Memoir of Overmedication and Recovery, explores mother-daughter experiences of mismanaged care for depression and chronic pain, and tells the multi-generational story using primary source records, journal entries, and current medical research. For more information on Ann Bracken: Website: www.annbrackenauthor.com Where to buy Crash: A Memoir of Overmedication and Recovery: - PDF and Print versions from www.annbrackenauthor.com - Ebooks, Bookshop, Barnes&Noble, and Amazon.com For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

STOP BEING PROUD OF HAVING ADHD is an episode about the biggest overlooked Stigma: 'The fact that we label people with these behaviors (aka Symptoms) with one of the most disempowering words in the English language - Disorder.' When we label people with ADHD, we stigmatize them with the biggest stigma there is... If we really want to 'advocate' for people who struggle with focus in life, we need to fist get rid of the word 'disorder' in ADHD in the DSM and we need to start making it illegal for ADHD experts, authors and doctors to receive funding from pharmaceutical companies. Period. Any other 'activist' work around ADHD is just fluffy self-promoting, elbow-rubbing nicey-nicey nonsense and frankly a pseudo-moralistic stand in order to look good in front of their peers. Wake up. Cut it out. Get real. Stop the pride. The article mentioned in this podcast: https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/09/influential-neuroscientist-failure/?fbclid=IwAR23GJJ23PfXvIi6zpZl5ye0Lk3HEKVmH4phdr1hV-g1Jn8nBTruPy_-9-k#comments For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

OBEDIENCE PILLS is an intriguing interview with Dr. Patrick D. Hahn, a free-lance writer and independent scholar with a long-standing interest in iatrogenic harm and the medicalization of everyday life. Dr. Hahn is an Affiliate professor of Biology at Loyola University in Maryland and he’s the author of three books: "Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?"; "Prescription for Sorrow: Antidepressants, Suicide, and Violence"; and as of recent… "Obedience Pills: ADHD and the Medicalization of Childhood." Dr. Hahn and I discussed the following questions around ADHD: 1. What is ADHD?  2. Is ADHD a Disorder or a Disease?  3. What are the drugs prescribed for this condition?  4. What are the benefits of drugging kids for this condition?  5. What are the harms?  6. Do ADHD meds cause addiction to other kinds of drugs?  7. Who benefits from this drugging of children?  Here is a link to Dr. Hahn's amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Patrick-D-Hahn/e/B07RJ1KZ2N?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1661113528&sr=1-1 For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com E-mail us directly at hello@adhdisover.coom FB: @adhdisover