Dr G's ADHD Chat

Dr G's ADHD Chat

Hosted by: Dr. Terry James Gingras, PhD

A show trying to make the world safe for ADHDers. Providing scientifically verified information about issues related to ADHD -- Parenting, relationships, education, health, behavior management, and adulting with ADHD.

Episodes

133-ADHD-To Neurotypical Spouses

Season #1

If you are a neurotypical married to a spouse with ADHD, this show is for you. Be married to an ADHDer requires a special kind of patience and acceptance. I have been married for over 50 years and only recently has my...
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132 ADHD- 3 Important Skills for Parents

Season #1

Parents of ADHD children need to have 3 very important skills-resilience, Intention and self awareness. Resilience makes it possible for you to come back after a bad day and learn from it. Intention so you can plan...
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131 ADHD-an Explanation Not an Excuse

Season #1

It’s not easy having a child with ADHD, it’s not easy being a person with ADHD. How successfully we adapt to ADHD has to do with our attitude towards our situation. You have to accept that it’s up to you to adapt and...
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130 Why Coaching is Better for ADHD

Coaching is a system. Of helping people improve their performance that is particularly effective for ADHD. It is action-oriented and oriented to improving performance immediately. It is not involved in analyzing the...
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129 ADHD-Lifetime Employment for ADHD

After several sessions governing various aspects of employment throughout life for ADHDers. This is for parents of ADHDers and adult ADHDers trying to figure out where to focus their efforts in terms of getting...
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128 ADHD-Best Jobs-Structured, Detailed

Another in our series on the best jobs for people with ADHD. This time we’re discussing Jobs that help and ADHDer generate more dopamine because they are so detail-oriented and so structured. This means that mistakes...
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127 ADHD-Best Jobs-Naturally Intensive

In this episode in our series on the best jobs for ADHDers, we’re covering jobs that demand attention and boost dopamine because they are naturally intense. These are jobs that don’t allow for slow reaction time or...
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126 ADHD-ideal Jobs-Independe’nt Action

Ideal jobs for ADHDers have many different characteristics. Today I’ll be discussing jobs that allow a lot of independent action. ADHDers don’t typically do well in overconrolled environments unless there is a lot of...
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125-ADHD-Jobs, Structured Type

We have been discussing the ideal jobs for ADHDers. We’ve established that high intensity jobs work well because the intensity stimulates dopamine production in the ADHD brain. Today I’ll be discussing jobs that work...
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124 ADHD-Entrepreneurship-Ideal or not so much

`One of the big concerns ADHD parents have is whether or not their child will be able to find employments as adults. I just returned from a podcasting conference and about 70% of the participants had ADHD. Does this...
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123 ADHD-Best Jobs for ADHDers

When my ADHDer was struggling with school amongst other things, I worried about how he would be ale to fit into society? What kind of work could he do? I did a lot of research on that one and then he picked a career...
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122 ADHD: How I Do An Evaluation

Evaluating ADHD is a complicated procedure that requires a lot of experience mainly because there is not a single instrument that can determine ADHD. This leaves the evaluator with having to rule out the other...
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