During my Live Stream I discuss Emotional Regulation with ADHD and the difficulties and challenges we face when it come to regulating our Emotions and how it plays a big part in working with our ADHD.

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had a live stream show about ADHD, anything to do with ADHD.  

here I discussed Emotional dysregulation, Symptoms, ADHD medication, and more.

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Due to a mix up at the Doctor's office I was not able to get my prescription refilled in time to avoid missing days without any ADHD meds.  Because it's a controlled substance I was not able to get an extension for a week without first seeing my doctor for a renewed prescription.  It's been what you could say a "Mixed Blessing"

mostly because my symptoms the Vyvanse is used to control or minimize were not really affecting me at all or very minimally, this has lead me to believe that I need an increase in my daily dosage (from 50mg to 60mg) in order to further help minimize the ADHD.  I know that it took 3-4 days before any symptoms even began to appear and when they did it was so minute that I had to truly focus in order to be sure there were any at all.

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ok everyone, I have been waiting a long time to have a guest of this quality and ability to explain ADHD as well as anyone can!  

(https://www.tamararosier.com/) Tamara Rosier, PhD, is founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, where she and her staff work with individuals with ADHD (and their families) to learn strategies and develop new skills to live effectively with ADHD.  She has written a book "Your Brain's Not Broken" 

In this episode on ADHD we discuss how emotion plays into ADHD and believe me, does it ever!  Emotional regulation issues play a huge part when it comes to ADHD, how we as adults function and all the issues it creates for us.  

From personal experience I can tell that I understand my ADHD way more now today after this interview with Tamara than I did before!!   I am sure that you also will understand your own ADHD after listening to this episode.

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I have ADHD, there's a good chance you are listening to this podcast because you too have ADHD!  Now tell me, how do you explain to someone about your ADHD, the why's the how's the what's about this disability if you have such a hard time understanding what you know about it?  learning and comprehending the information that is out there for you to learn can be extremely hard to do, especially considering our condition.  So how can you possibly succeed in explaining your ADHD to anyone if you can't figure it out for yourself?

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Those with CPTSD will easily struggle when it comes to socializing in any situation that we are presented with.  Weddings, Parties, fun night out, group of friends, family gatherings and so on.  The stress it creates causes us to experience flashbacks to when we experienced trauma and being social or avoiding social awkwardness will be extremely difficult and often overwhelming.  For many of us we just won't even bother attempting the social interactions we face because it feels so much better and safer to not go and avoid any possible shame, humiliation and fear that we believe WILL happen if we go!

Please listen to this podcast about how someone with CPTSD struggles with socializing and experiencing social awkwardness.

https://medium.com/invisible-illness/why-we-struggle-socializing-with-complex-ptsd-f6c15cdbf8b2

https://crappychildhoodfairy.com/2019/10/19/has-cptsd-made-you-socially-awkward/

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Procrastination involves a tendency to delay a task or decision that needs to be completed by a specific deadline. Everyone procrastinates sometimes. When faced with a task that we just don't want to do, many of us will put it off until tomorrow, setting it aside until we feel less overwhelmed with all our other responsibilities or simply waiting until we have more energy to tackle the task on a new day.

I procrastinate because I feel that I'd rather do something that doesn't feel tedious or time consuming and a lot of the times this causes me to hold off and wait, often until I really have no choice but to do it.

https://www.verywellmind.com/adhd-and-chronic-procrastination-20379

https://www.additudemag.com/why-do-i-procrastinate/

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A new season means new hopes and dreams for everyone with ADHD and CPTSD.  This season will be even more exciting and educational than the first!  

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Exposure to complex trauma in early childhood leads to structural and functional brain changes. Structural changes alter the volume or size of specific brain regions. Proven structural changes include enlargement of the amygdala, the alarm center of the brain, and shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain area critical to remembering the story of what happened during a traumatic experience. Functional changes alter activity of certain brain regions. These include overproduction of stress hormones in childhood that can wear down the immune system and lead to depletion by adulthood of hormones necessary tolerate and recover from stressful situations encountered in daily life.

this is really important to understand, it gives us amazing insight to how our brains change due to the trauma we experience as a child and I have 2 articles that are really good examples and show us what goes on inside the brain when we experience a traumatic event.

PLUS!, there's more evidence in the articles that show that many of us who were diagnosed with ADHD are likely actually suffering from CPTSD!

https://www.complextrauma.org/complex-trauma/the-effects-of-complex-trauma-on-brain-development/#:~:text=The%20effects%20on%20brain%20development,behavioral%20and%20health%20risk%20trajectories.

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Debbie Hampton is a survivor! @dlhampton she has lived through a life of neglect, abuse, suffering and ultimately a near death experience that led her to the steps she took to become who she is today.  

After having a brain injury because of a suicide attempt she had to re-train her brain so she could live her life again and this showed her that she can be strong and independent and make the most of her life.   In this podcast we talk about Neuroplasticity in the brain, that we can always change how our brains are wired that it is never too late to make changes and become stronger, more aware and heal from our pain and our trauma.  

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