THE ROOT CAUSE OF ADHD is... well, according to internationally renowned author and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, every mental disorder has at its root some form of Trauma. That's right! Dr. Maté is the author of 'Scattered Minds', his most prominent book on ADHD. Listen in on our conversation as we journey through the world of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity and propose a new way to look at this so-called disorder. A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, including ADHD, addiction, and Trauma. For more information on Dr. Maté's work, visit www.drgabormate.com For more information on this podcast, visit www.adhdisover.com

RESISTING ILLEGITIMATE AUTHORITY is a powerful interview with Dr. Bruce E. Levine, a clinical psychologist and author, often at odds with the mainstream of his profession. Dr. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models. https://www.amazon.com/Resisting-Illegitimate-Authority-Thinking-Anti-Authoritarian_Strategies/dp/1849353247/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RFEMWK1D4PKY&keywords=resisting+illegitimate+authority&qid=1642195084&sprefix=resisting+ill%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1 Dr. Levine is a regular contributor to CounterPunch, Truthout, Salon, AlterNet, TakePart, Z Magazine, OpEdNews, and the Huffington Post. His articles and interviews have been published in the New York Times, Skeptic, Adbusters, The Ecologist and High Times. He is also on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, and he is on the medical and scientific advisory board of the National Center for Youth Law. He is also an editorial advisor for the Icarus Project/Freedom Center Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs as well as a member of MindFreedom and the International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry. Dr. Levine and I talked about how he sees ADHD from a bird's eye view, how tension is really the driver of an ADHD diagnosis and how parents need to start questioning - and at times resisting - illegitimate authorities. Well, I'm sure you might be asking "How do I know that an authority is illegitimate?" Listen in for yourself to hear how to think for yourself and how to recognize when authorities lack transparency and true interest in the mental health of our children when it comes to ADHD. For more information on Dr. Bruce E. Levine, visit https://brucelevine.net For more information on our podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ATTENTION TO A HIGHER DIMENSION is a podcast with Candace Van Dell. Candace is a powerful New Thought Leader, YouTube Vlogger, author and speaker. Candace was diagnosed with ADHD as a young girl, put on Ritalin and told by everyone to fit in... but she wasn't the fitting in kind. A rebel, an Indigo child, a model and much more... Candace's mission is to assist people in reclaiming their TRUTH. Candace works as a Spiritual Coach offering her soul centered approach to healing emotional wounds and unwanted patterns, which she believes is the roadmap to our highest potential. Candace and I talked about ADHD from a spiritual perspective, exploring the essence of Highly Sensitive people, Light workers, and Indigos. Could it be that ADHD is not what we think if we looked at it from a 10,000 foot view? Listen in to hear for yourself. For more information on Candace's work and her courses, visit http://www.candacevandell.com Some videos on ADHD by Candace Van Dell: "Real Talk on ADD & ADHD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGhNaSUrWM&t=1s "Light Workers, Highly Sensitive People & ADHD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbqwKpU5Hc&t=1s "ADHD vs. INDIGO" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0063a23rYOM&t=180s For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ADHD MEDICATION & VIOLENCE is an episode designed to make parents aware of the dangerous effects of stimulant drugs for ADHD. In 2006, the FDA’s ADHD psychiatric review team called for stronger warnings on ADHD drugs after a safety review found almost 1,000 case reports of psychosis (including hallucinations) or mania related to Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin and Strattera submitted to the agency by drug makers between January 1, 2000 and June 30, 2005. These symptoms came in children with “no identifiable risk factors, at usual doses of any of the drugs used to treat ADHD.” There was a “complete absence” of these ADHD medication side effects in children treated with dummy pills during clinical trials and in many children the symptoms stopped when the drugs were withdrawn and resumed when they were restarted. In addition to the case reports submitted by manufacturers, there were 560 reports of psychosis or mania submitted to the FDA via its MedWatch reporting system. It is estimated that only about 1% of adverse side effects are reported to the FDA. This suggests that over 100,000 children diagnosed with ADHD may have become psychotic or manic while taking ADHD drugs during this five- and-a-half year period. The same safety review reported “numerous postmarketing reports of aggression or violent behavior during drug therapy of ADHD.” In approximately 20% of the cases the behavior was considered life-threatening or required hospitalization. The majority of the reports of ADHD violent behavior were for children and adolescents, most of whom had “no specific risk factors for aggression or violent behavior.” According to the report, “a striking majority (80 to 90% overall) of patients … had no prior history of similar events.” Drug makers submitted over 1,400 reports of ADHD aggression or violent behavior, with over 700 additional cases reported to MedWatch. The FDA report establishes an unmistakable tie between ADHD medication and violence. In 2010, Thomas Moore, a senior scientist at the Institute for Safe Medical Practice (ISMP) and Joseph Glenmullen, a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, published a joint study on prescription medication-induced violence, finding that 31 prescription medications are disproportionately linked to reports of violent behavior. In the study, Moore and Glenmullen extracted serious adverse event reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System, searching for any drugs with 200 or more case reports received from 2004 to 2009. They selected any reports that indicated homicide, homicidal ideation, physical assault, physical abuse or violence-related symptoms, and then used mathematical and statistical methods to identify drugs that were significantly more associated with those reports compared to other drugs. Out of 484 medications they evaluated, 31 (6%) were significantly more associated with violence. All but seven of the drugs were psychiatric drugs. The medications below were the most strongly associated with violent adverse events: Varenicline (Chantix, Fluoxetine (Prozac, Paroxetine (Paxil, Amphetamines, Mefoquine (Lariam, Atomoxetine (Strattera), Triazolam (Halcion), Fluvoxamine (Luvox), Venlafaxine (Effexor), Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) Parents and the public have a right to know what psychiatric drugs do in the brain, the side effects of taking and withdrawing from these medications, and the medical basis — or lack thereof — behind the skyrocketing numbers of children being prescribed these drugs. Resources: https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/medication-induced-violence/ https://www.druginjury.com/druginjurycom/2006/03/adderall_cardia.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1345/aph.1P172 For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

ADHD IS A RESPONSE TO STRESS is a powerful episode with renowned NYC psychoanalyst Erica Komisar. Erica is also a parent guidance expert and author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters as well as her most recent book ‘Chicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.' Erica is a psychological consultant who brings parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings including The Garden House School, Goldman Sachs, Shearman, and Sterling and SWFS Early Childhood Center and she has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX, and NPR. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY as well as a Contributing Editor to the Institute for Family Studies. Erica and I talked about ADHD over diagnosis, over-medication, the possible real causes of ADHD behaviors and the theory that ADHD is a response to stress in our environment... For more information on Erica, please visit https://www.ericakomisar.com To purchase Erica's latest book, got to https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Little-Sky-Isnt-Falling/dp/0757324002/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SLOD8FQD64TQ&keywords=erica+komisar&qid=1640034022&sprefix=erica+komisa%2Caps%2C340&sr=8-1 Erica's infamous Fox & Friends appearance I mentioned during this episode: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6011977753001#sp=show-clips For more information on our podcast, go to www.adhdisover.com

ALL BRAINS MATTER is an exploration of the terms 'Neurodiversity' and 'ADHD as a Superpower' and how many ADHD adults and/or parents of children with ADHD might be hiding behind such alternative labels or perhaps that those terms might be misused? Listen in for yourself to see if you agree, disagree or if this sparks any other potential topic. Feel free to reach out to us anytime if you have a suggestion for a topic or if you'd like to be a guest on the show. For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

THE ADHD DIAGNOSIS SURVIVAL GUIDE IS HERE! is a quick episode to announce the release of our interactive PDF Survival Guide that's now available on our website. It was designed to help parents navigate the first few confusing and overwhelming weeks or months after an initial ADHD diagnosis. We've been there and we know how important it is to think calmly and clearly. There is so much information out there and unfortunately most of it is skewed, incomplete and one-sided. We wanted parents to get a glimpse of both sides before choosing what's best for their child. You can download the FREE INTERACTIVE GUIDE directly at www.adhdisover.com. Let us know your thoughts, we'd love to hear from you. hello@adhdisover.com

MOMMA KNOWS BEST is a heartfelt episode with Lauren Thomas, a community health educator who builds greenways and trails in her local community. Lauren is also a mom of an 8-year-old son who has been recently diagnosed with ADHD by her own pursuit. 

Through the journey of this diagnosis process, Lauren began to reflect on how it isn’t her child who has a disorder, but instead that he’s a participant of a disordered, attention-sucking cultural environment. Lauren offers a perspective on how the natural world can teach us about human development, including celebrating phenomenology in plants and in minds, and considering childhood as a greenhouse. 

Lauren and I are going to talk about how a long term work project kept her away from being present with her son, why she started to question the main stream narrative around ADHD and what’s next for her son and her family after the initial diagnosis. For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

GOOD SCIENCE OR GOOD MARKETING is my reading and interpretation of Jonathan Leo's 2000 SKEPTIC magazine article entitled 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Good Science or Good Marketing.' In this article Leo asks the most important questions that are simply not to be ignored if we're really after the discovery of the true causes and the most effective treatments for ADHD. There simply aren't enough valid and applicable studies to prove the points that the main stream experts are making around ADHD. Unfortunately, those incomplete and one-sided narratives have most parents quickly turn to stimulant medications as the quick fix solution for their children. Listen in and hear for yourself how Big Pharma's ADHD marketing departments are clearly putting the [marketing] cart before the [science] horse. For more information on Jonathan Leo, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Leo To get Jonathan Leo's book 'Rethinking ADHD: From Brain to Culture' (co-authored by Sami Timimi)visit https://books.google.com/books/about/Rethinking_ADHD.html?id=oJlMDwAAQBAJ For more information on our podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com

DOPESICK is a short episode about the Hulu show of the same name, telling the true story of Purdue Pharma and the release of their pain killing opioid 'OxyContin'. I wanted to explore a healthline article that talks about the same pharmaceutical company pushing a time-released ADHD medication called 'Adhansia XR'. Could it be that when it comes to ADHD medication that Purdue cleaned up their act in just a few years? Could we count on them not to use the same shady tactics they used on their Oxycontin release for Adhansia? Listen in and judge for yourself... we think it's worth a listen and a reflection. For more information on Hulu's Dopesick, visit https://press.hulu.com/shows/dopesick/ To read the Healthline article mentioned, got to https://www.healthline.com/health-news/adhd-medication-now-available-to-young-children#High-potential-for-abuse For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com