That was entertaining to me in that moment in time. So, generally, when you have that combination of symptoms, you have these kids that are capable of doing work, but they're getting bored and so they're entertaining themselves. So, you have a lot of inattentiveness and difficulty focusing and engaging in the task at hand, but you also have some hyperactivity and impulsivity. The symptoms that I was experiencing were very typical for a combined type presentation of ADHD. And I don't necessarily mean bad, just inappropriate for the environment, I guess. Laura: What kind of behaviors were happening around that? Like when you say, bad behaviors or behaving badly. And right after that was just like in very quick order, getting diagnosed, getting medicated, turning things around. And shortly after my teachers talked to my parents about getting me evaluated for ADHD. But yes, at that point I got everyone else to just behave badly with me. Especially now as I've gotten to the point in my career where I recognize how extremely essential teachers are. And in retrospect, I don't know why I did that. So, fourth grade, I always knew I was on the rambunctious side, but we had a substitute teacher that day, and I organized a coup in my classroom and got everybody to stand up on their desks and start chanting. Sasha, I think you need to tell me and the "ADHD Aha!" listeners, about what you described as a riot. And I think your cats are in the background as well. Sasha is a psychiatrist who specializes in ADHD, anxiety disorders, among other things, and she is also busting stigma about ADHD all over social media. And as someone who's had my own ADHD "aha" moment, I'll be your host. I'm the editorial director here at Understood. Laura: From the Understood Podcast Network, this is "ADHD Aha!," a podcast where people share the moment when it finally clicked that they or someone they know has ADHD. And I was like, "OK, yes, I definitely have this. Sasha: My "aha" moment really would be when I went home and after I'd been struggling for a long time in medical school and being able to sit in a safe environment with my parents and have the luxury of actually learning about symptoms and learning about ADHD and learning about "Is this truly what's happening in my brain?" I think when I was able to pull myself away from drowning in my academic place and trying to function on my own, I could actually relate to the symptoms and see what was going on. And get her advice on how to ask kids about ADHD symptoms. Sasha talk about the connection between ADHD and anxiety. Sasha shares her story, including her thoughts on her parents’ decision to not tell her she had ADHD until she was an adult. Now she debunks ADHD myths one by one on social media.ĭr. After discovering her diagnosis, she unplugged from academics to learn more about herself - and about ADHD. But she didn’t find out she had ADHD until much later, when she hit a wall in the competitive medical school environment. She was diagnosed with ADHD in fourth grade after starting what she calls a “riot” in her classroom. Sasha Hamdani is a psychiatrist who specializes in ADHD and anxiety.
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