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. Support the show Written by Alex Conner and James BrownProduced by James Brown and…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…