Welcome back to a special dual episode of "Beyond ADHD: A Physician’s Perspective" hosted by Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. She is joined today by Dr. Matthea Rentea, an internal medicine and obesity medicine physician, to explore the intricate connections between ADHD, the brain, and metabolic health. This conversation aims to shed light on a topic that is rarely discussed—the intersection of ADHD with eating behaviors and metabolic conditions. Introduction: Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh is a family medicine physician and an ADHD life coach, particularly for healthcare professionals. Her journey with ADHD was one of initial concealment, fearing professional judgment, but ultimately it became a crucial part of embracing her identity and capabilities. This newfound acceptance has been transformative not only for herself but also for those she coaches. Dr. Matthea Rentea elaborates on her journey, highlighting parallels with Dr. Mercado-Marmarosh. As an internal and obesity medicine physician, Dr. Rentea has faced struggles with obesity, which fueled her passion for holistic weight management approaches that go beyond calorie counting and medication. The common professional and personal challenges they share have driven both physicians to advocate for greater discussions around ADHD, executive function, and their implications on lifestyle habits, particularly eating behaviors. Understanding ADHD and Its Overlapping Symptoms A significant portion of Dr. Rentea's patients have ADHD, leading her to recognize patterns like emotional eating and impulse control challenges. ADHD, often misunderstood and mislabeled in females, is especially prone to being overlooked due to subtler symptoms like inattentiveness and internalized stress responses. Dr. Mercado-Marmarosh enumerates key symptoms often associated with ADHD beyond the more commonly known impulsivity and hyperactivity. These include difficulties with executive functioning like emotional dysregulation and time blindness. Understanding these dysfunctions offers a window into ADHD's impacts on daily life, and suggests the importance of creating supportive systems rather than perceiving oneself as flawed. Strategies for Managing ADHD and Enhancing Well-being Dr. Mercado-Marmarosh emphasizes three core strategies which can benefit individuals with or without ADHD: Planning and Time Management: Proper planning can significantly boost productivity and reduce stress. Incorporating simple tools like calendering future appointments or using timers can mitigate issues with time blindness and scattered focus. She advises setting intentional time for tasks and establishing buffer times to accommodate the unpredictability that often accompanies ADHD. Task Initiation and Completion: She advocates for initiating tasks with the aid of timers or favorite playlists. The concept is to break down daunting tasks into manageable time slots, removing the dread and perceived enormity that prevents task initiation. Emotional Regulation: Developing emotional awareness and regulation is crucial. This involves acknowledging and interpreting emotions constructively rather than succumbing to reactive behaviors. Techniques such as mindfulness, deep breathing, and seeking external support through accountability partners or therapists can foster resilience and composure in day-to-day challenges. Interrelation with Metabolic Health and Medication The discussion transitions to how ADHD symptoms and their management, including medication, overlap significantly with metabolic health behaviors. Dr. Rentea notes how certain ADHD medications and GLP-1 receptor agonists can influence eating patterns and impulse control, often reducing cravings for ultra-processed foods. This inadvertently aids in managing obesity—a common comorbidity with ADHD. Dr. Mercado-Marmarosh and Dr. Rentea reflect on their personal experiences, such as fluctuating weight and eating to sustain energy and focus, discussing how recognizing

Parenting a child with ADHD can be both challenging and rewarding. In our recent episode of the Beyond ADHD Podcast, we had the pleasure of hosting Elaine Taylor-Klaus, a renowned author, educator, and co-founder of ImpactParents. Her new book, "Parenting ADHD Now," is a comprehensive guide aimed at helping parents navigate the complexities of raising children with ADHD. Elaine's journey into this field began with her own experiences as a parent of children with ADHD. She understands the daily struggles parents face, from managing behavior to advocating for their children's needs in educational settings. Her approach emphasizes the importance of building a supportive community and seeking out resources that empower both parents and children. One of the key themes Elaine discusses is the necessity of understanding ADHD not just as a disorder, but as a different way of experiencing the world. This perspective can transform the way parents interact with their children, fostering an environment of empathy and support. Elaine encourages parents to focus on their child's strengths and unique talents rather than solely on the challenges associated with ADHD. In our conversation, Elaine shared practical strategies for effective parenting. These include establishing consistent routines, creating a structured environment, and employing positive reinforcement to encourage desired behaviors. She also highlights the significance of self-care for parents, as managing the demands of parenting with ADHD can be emotionally taxing. Elaine’s book serves as a valuable resource, offering insights, practical tips, and encouragement for parents at every stage of their journey. It is designed to help families feel less isolated and more equipped to handle the challenges of ADHD. For those looking to connect with Elaine Taylor-Klaus, you can find her on her website at [ImpactParents.com](https://www.impactparents.com) and follow her on social media for ongoing support and resources. As we wrap up this enlightening episode, we encourage all parents of children with ADHD to explore the resources available through Elaine’s work. Remember, you are not alone in this journey, and with the right tools and support, you can empower your child to thrive.

In this enlightening conversation, Farah Jamil, an executive ADHD coach, shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. She goes in-depth on how she has learned to harness the realities of ADHD as a strength and advocates for more representation of diverse experiences within the discussion of ADHD. As an entrepreneur, she also discusses the intersectionality of ADHD, faith, and executive leadership. Farah offers valuable insights on self-awareness, self-empowerment, self-advocacy, and the importance of seeking appropriate support to thrive. Guest Speaker: Farah JamilMeet Farah Jamil, Founder of Muslim ADHDers and a seasoned Health Executive. As a Certified Executive Coach, she empowers early- to mid-careerists to unleash their inner 'Super Leader' and 'ADHD Superpowers.' Farah hosted the 1st global Muslim ADHDers Virtual Summit, uniting 1,500+ registrants. With 15+ years of leadership experience, an Ivy League graduate, and a global presenter on 'Neurodiversity – Navigating ADHD in the Workplace,' Farah is making a significant impact as one of the 2020 INC 5000 Vision Conference's global Executive Coaches.   Remember to like, share, and subscribe for more insightful conversations and valuable content. Stay tuned for more episodes and join us in the quest for a more productive and balanced life!

Welcome to another insightful episode of the Exploring Minds Podcast! In today's conversation, we delve deep into the world of ADHD myths with the brilliant Dr. Randie Schacter. Join us as we debunk common misconceptions surrounding ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and gain a clearer understanding of these often misunderstood conditions. Our esteemed guest, Dr. Randie Schacter, a seasoned psychiatrist and advocate for mental health awareness, shares her expertise on ADHD and sheds light on its multifaceted nature. With a focus on fostering community and creativity, Dr. Schacter discusses the challenges and strengths associated with ADHD, offering a fresh perspective that can inspire positive change. In this thought-provoking interview, we explore the impact of COVID-19 on individuals dealing with ADHD, the importance of recognizing symptoms in both children and adults, and the power of creative outlets like pottery to enhance mental well-being. Dr. Schacter's passion for understanding the human mind shines through as she uncovers the dynamic connections between ADHD, anxiety, depression, and the role of self-care. Join us in this captivating conversation as we challenge preconceived notions, provide actionable insights, and ignite a greater understanding of ADHD and its intricacies. If you're ready to gain a fresh perspective on mental health, ADHD, and the myths that surround them, hit that play button and let's dive in together!   🎙️ Guest Speaker: Dr. Randie Schacter Dr. Randie Schacter is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in holistic and individualized care. With expertise in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, she treats individuals from childhood to adulthood. Dr. Schacter's approach is rooted in osteopathic philosophy, focusing on the whole person and empowering them to actively participate in their healing journey. She integrates education, therapy, and medication to create personalized treatment plans. Based in Matthews, she collaborates with patients, families, schools, and other contributors to develop comprehensive wellness strategies. 🌐 Website: silverspaces.org and silverpsychiatric.com

Welcome to another exciting episode!! In this episode, we delve into the world of productivity, technology hacks, and achieving a balanced lifestyle. Our special guest, Dr. Ann Tsung, MD MPH, is not only an emergency medicine and critical care physician, a full-time flight surgeon at NASA, a real estate investor, and a mom, but also a productivity guru who has mastered the art of optimizing time and energy. Join us as we uncover Dr. Tsung's journey of managing her multi-faceted life and her mission to help others regain control of their time and focus. She shares her insights on the power of delegation, the magic of technology tools, and the importance of setting clear priorities. You'll learn valuable strategies to declutter your digital life, supercharge your focus, and achieve more while working less. Dr. Tsung's unique perspective blends medical expertise, productivity wisdom, and real-life experiences, making this episode a must-watch for anyone seeking to enhance their productivity and reclaim their time. Whether you're a busy professional, an entrepreneur, a parent, or simply someone striving for a more balanced life, this episode has something special in store for you. Tune in to discover practical tips, inspiring stories, and actionable advice that will empower you to take control of your schedule and reach new heights of productivity and fulfillment. Don't miss out – hit that play button now and embark on a journey towards unlocking your full potential! Connect with Dr. Ann Tsung: Website: It'sNotRocketScienceShow.com Instagram: @AnnTsungMD Facebook: @AnnTsungMD Ready to supercharge your productivity? Book a complimentary productivity call with Dr. Tsung to uncover customized strategies to save you time and boost your results: Book a Call   About Dr. Ann Tsung:Ann Tsung, MD, MPH is a dynamic figure blending roles as a NASA flight surgeon and part-time ER and ICU physician. She's also a real estate investor and host of the "It's Not Rocket Science Show" podcast. Driven by a transformative journey of self-discovery, she's achieved remarkable milestones like summiting Kilimanjaro, world travels, and real estate ventures. Her productivity philosophy emphasizes human optimization, mind-body connection, and skillful tools, inspiring others to take charge of their lives. Dr. Tsung's mission is to empower individuals to achieve more with less effort, enabling them to prioritize passions and meaningful connections.

Welcome to "Beyond ADHD, A Physician's Perspective" with Dr. Diana Mercado Marmarosh, a dedicated family medicine physician based in rural Texas. In this insightful podcast, we explore the transformative journey of understanding and embracing conditions like ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Today's guest, Craig Clawson, a seasoned journalist and podcast production expert, shares his personal experience with ADHD, revealing the challenges he faced before receiving a diagnosis at the age of 49. Join us as we delve into the link between ADHD and its impact on daily life, family dynamics, and career trajectories. Discover how unlearning certain beliefs and habits, along with seeking professional guidance, can lead to a fulfilled life beyond these conditions. With candid conversations and actionable strategies, this podcast aims to shed light on the potential hidden within every individual living with ADHD. If you're ready to unlock your true potential, gain insights from the perspective of a physician and a professional storyteller, then this episode is a must-watch. Don't miss this empowering conversation as we debunk myths, share personal stories, and inspire positive change in the way we view and cope with ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Join us on this incredible journey of self-discovery and growth. Subscribe now to "Beyond ADHD, A Physician's Perspective" and never miss an episode that will transform your outlook on mental health and wellbeing. Let's navigate the challenges together and embrace the unique gift that lies within each of us.

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Hello. Hello. Welcome to Beyond A D H D A Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my A D H D, but I now see it as a gift that helps me show up as the person I was always meant to be. Both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize, That unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Hey, did you hear that? That was the attention? So I just got back from Costa Rica like literally yesterday and. We spend an incredible week there and my tour guide, his name is Carlos and he's from the Mela tribe, and he gifted my husband a wonderful drum that he had. For himself for over 15 years and that's the sign for attention it. Anyways, I wanted to grab your attention as I'm starting this and, uh, let you know that I will be, uh, Putting a hold on my group coaching for a month. I've decided I won't start again until June 19th. So, um, that gives you some time to start going through some of the modules that I already have there, and then when we come together, we can reconvene. I am in Cloud 45 right now after such an amazing transformational ex. Experience that I was able to facilitate in Costa Rica and I wanna share all about it with you. Um, so June 19th, if you are considering the coaching group, you need to sign up now because of course spots are limited. And, uh, I really, really like my. Groups to be small, private, and intimate. And of course there's already some physicians who are going to continue the level of membership and I'm glad to have them. And some of them have been with us for, for a while. But anyways, June 19th, put that in your calendar. Uh, you can come to the 11:00 AM class that I'll be having, or you could come to the 7:00 PM class that I will be having. And so with that in mind, let me tell you about my most amazing week that I just had last week, and some takeaway points and some things that maybe will inspire you to consider it for the next time. What do I start? Uh, I was asked why Costa Rica? So first of all, in September when I went to experience Costa Rica myself, I booked that on a whim. I, my husband and I had gone to Costa Rica for our honeymoon, and that was almost the 11 years ago prior to, uh, September. And in September we were gonna have our 11 year anniversary. So I decided to, um, Book a hotel and the flights and everything without telling my husband. Yeah, very A D H G impulsive. Like I found this amazing hotel and I just could not wait. I didn't want it to be sold out. So I booked everything and then I went, I told my husband, Hey, um, in a month from now, we will be going to, uh, Costa Rica. To celebrate our, our 11 year anniversary. I hope you're coming cause I am going with or without you. Cause this place is divine. And of course he came with and the rest is history. So when we went to uh, Costa Rica, I just. I fell in love with the hotel, with the atmosphere. It just felt like paradise. I love having my own private villa bungalow. It was so cool to hear all the birds, the frogs, uh, to see this logs, uh, in the hotel grounds. And I felt like I needed to bring people to that place to experience it for themselves. And so the purpose of the retreat ended up being. A place where people could dis live behind all their troubles. They could like disconnect and just reevaluate and having fun along the way in doing such, and in a place where it would be non-judgmental and the place. by the R N l um, volcano and the hot springs and the hanging bridges and the Safari River float. So I decided to. Also tap into the indigenous tribe that was around the area, which is called Maku. And I wanted to really learn more about them. Um, they are located near a town called San Rafael aso, which is about. One hour from Launa where we were staying. There's about, uh, 600 people

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work, and re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all. What kind of view you're gonna have after this conference? Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh, I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of. Hello. Hello. I am so excited to have a dear friend of mine here and an amazing person, Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, and we've been knowing each other for some years now. I'm gonna say two or three years. I don't know how long, but it feels like a pandemic sometime. Yeah, it feels like a lifetime, and it's been amazing because. She is here in Texas and she is doing the work of encouraging young adults and teenagers and all the works to have better life. And it's an amazing, right? Yes. And it's an amazing journey that she's been on. And not only that, but she's a really solid advocate for A D H D using as a superpower. Thank you. And she, At all the platforms and not just here and there, but like at the national level. She is been an amazing speaker at the a D conference and she's been there years and years. So anyways, I just wanna bring her today for her to share her story and for her to share a little bit about herself and so that we all can see that we can do wonderful things like. Dr. Carolyn Lentzch-Parcells: Thank you, Diana. Like Diana said my, my full blown full doctorate name is Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells. I'm a board certified pediatrician practicing adolescent medicine in Fort Worth, Texas. And as Diana said, I do, I take care of basically kids and teenagers and young adults, many of whom have a D H D learning disabilities. Or other challenges. And of course myself am also A D H D, human and mom and business owner and all the things. Yeah, and I'm happy to be here. I got to meet Diana through our A D H D nurse and it's been really fun getting to know her. Awesome. So Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: I know that your story is a little bit different from some of our stories in the sense that, yeah, some of us females tend to be diagnosed a little bit later in age. Yeah. And I remember you telling I knew a little bit earlier. So would you mind sharing a little bit about Dr. Carolyn Lentzch-Parcells: that? Yeah, I would love to I consider myself very lucky especially for a woman and especially for a woman of our generation because, like you said, so many of us slipped through the cracks until really recently. And essentially what happened for me was my, my I had a family member who was a younger male and he was getting diagnosed cuz he had more kind of classic symptoms. And my parents looked at that and went, hold on a. That looks familiar and they had already advocated for me throughout my life. My dad would read my summer reading to me because I also have a learning disability in reading, which we didn't know, but he still did that. They got me tutoring and they really supported me all the way through. And then this occurred when I was a junior in high school, so I had a full assessment done and was diagnosed with a D H D combined type and a learning disability and reading and written expression as a junior. At a very rigorous,

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2020. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh . I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs. And some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. I am so excited about today's topic, which is the relationship between metabolic syndrome and A D H D. I see this in my practice every single day. People look at me like, oh my God, she's a genius. It's not that I'm a genius, it's that I have firsthand real life experience with it myself. It, when you have that real life experience, you're able to pull it out and make connections that somebody else might not have. So again, let's go through what is D H D A? D H D is a neurological neurodevelopmental. Disorder that affects our executive function and our executive function is this mental task ability to complete tasks, right? So most of us, when we think about D H D, we think about the usual things like attention. It affects attention, okay? We think about impulse control, we think about the hyperactivity. Many of us might not be aware that there's more than those three. There is 12 executive functions and all of them, or some of them could be affected and sometimes one day more than the other. And so when we talk about that, it's. Important for you to know, because if you don't realize that task response response inhibition. Task switching. Task initiation task. Completion management of time planning, prioritizing emotional control, time awareness, all those metacognition. There's so many of them. There's 12 of them that can get affected, and if you're not aware of that, you might be blaming yourself and thinking you have this character. Defect is part of your condition, and you'd be surprised how many times my clients have this aha moments and even my patients when I asked them, okay, gimme all the things that you love about yourself and gimme all the things that you dislike about yourself, and many times all the things they dislike about themselves. Are part of those executive function, and there they are sitting thinking that they are broken and they have a character flaw because they can't seem to do X, Y, and Z, when in reality it's part of their condition. And why am I talking about this? I'm talking about this because metabolic syndrome a set of symptoms or a. Things that come together. For example, if you have high blood pressure, if you have high blood sugar levels, if you have excess abdominal adipose tissue or fat around your waist, or you have any. Cholesterol levels that are elevated. All those four things put you at risk for developing metabolic syndrome. And what people don't realize is that A D H D is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is, Affected how much dopamine levels are around. So usually your A D H D tends to be unfavorable when your dopamine levels are low, and you tend to do well with your A D H D when your dopamine levels are high. And so certain things like food can really increase your dopamine levels. And so that makes sense why, three o'clock, two o'clock, you might be looking for candy or for something f

Dr. DIana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2020. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs. And some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Hello. Hello. I am so excited about today's topic. It is called Unleashing the Power of A D H D, heroes and Healthcare. It is a topic that is obviously very dear to my heart because. I am one of those A D H D health providers and also I work with a D H D clients who are physicians who are healthcare providers. I actually use that type of information to apply for a conference in Rome that I got selected to, to go speak about in July. So I'm super excited about that. But anyways, today, We wanna talk about why. I really think when we lean into those healthcare providers or physicians who have adhd, it is so important to do and again, we all know that when we step into a room where the community just gets us, it makes a world of a difference. It's having that real life experience that can really make a difference. Between how you handle whatever you're going through and how the other person handles whatever they're going through. The A D H D hero has been in the trenches battling their own symptoms coming out on the top, and when they share their real life experience, it just, Becomes obvious that they have superpowers and strategies and they can use this to show others. They too are on a journey. A D H D is a lifelong condition and it can get easier if you know how to deal with it because you understand it firsthand. I always tell my own patients just because I'm talking to them about it, it doesn't mean like I have all the answers and it doesn't mean I'm a hundred percent. Got it under control because it is a journey. One day you show up fully, a hundred percent charge. Another day you show up. 20% charge based on the task that you're having at hand is how you are going to deal with whatever comes your way. But having real life experience makes a big difference because you can just almost tell them exactly what they're thinking because it's your brain that is so similar with theirs. But again I also wanna point out that there is a spectrum. So it's not like a hundred percent of everything that I tell you that I'm doing is you're gonna do. I'm always very careful with that because it. It almost becomes like gaslighting, right? Instead, it's important to ask yourselves what usually works, what doesn't work, so you can start to create some insight with that. I don't know if you're aware or not, but the AMA released a survey in 2016. It actually stated that 30% of US medical students. Had disclosed that they had H adhd. It is very likely in your healthcare team you have somebody with H adhd. So it's important to point them out if they want to, right? So that they too can relate to each other and come up with a community to support each other. Brain power, like they get to tap into their brain power with their ADHD brain. These heroes are unique it that they have this unique perspective. And they have obviously a wealth of knowledge about th

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave work at work. And re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain. So that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to, um, learn all about, uh, what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello, hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs. And some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Well, hello. Hello. I am so excited today. I have a dear friend of mine who has also actually been one of my coaches and, um, I have her here and I'm so excited. Uh, That we are gonna be talking about, uh, energy. We're gonna be talking about how sometimes we get so drained and we wonder like why we are so tired. And this is, um, my physician friend. This is Dr. Oxana Ormonova. And I'm might have mispronounce that, but I'd like to call her Dr. Oxana Ormonova. So tell me a little bit about yourself, Dr. Oxana. Dr. Oxana Ormonova: Well, um, thank you so much Janna, for having me here. It's such a treat, but, um, anyway, so I was born near Mongolia and I grew up in Siberia and I went to medical school in Siberia. And since I was a child, I was very intuitive and I could see things that people could not perceive, right? Yes. And at the same time, I was very, very sensitive. I was sensitive to other people's emotions, um, other people's problems, what they were going through. And, uh, my mom was a physician and I used to make rounds with her, you know, in the hospital when I was four years old. So, and I always wanted to help people and I always wanted to heal people. So naturally I went to medical school and. Even when I was in medical school, after my lectures, I will go to local clinic and I would put, um, I did hands-on healing where I will put hands-on, uh, people and they were getting better, so their pain was going away. Uh, they were saying like, oh my God, what did you do? Right? Um, finally, I'm, I'm feeling better and I would go home and I would be just, You know, exhausted. I, I will be just go straight to bed. And I was not realizing back then that I was putting, you know, taking all the energy and absorbing all the emotions. All the pain, and I was, um, taking it on. And then, um, also many years ago in my training, I was doing, um, rheumatology elective. And of course I was, uh, thinking, oh my God, it's going to be so easy. It's not a surgery rotation. Right. I can, um, get plenty of sleep. It's going to be like a, you know, uh, almost like a vacation, you know? Right. And so after a few days working, and again with outpatient clinic in this rheumatology, Office office, I started feeling depressed. I was getting all the aches and pains, my joints were hurting, and I was young and I said, what's the heck, what's going on? And I was looking to, um, my attending and she said, oh, it's, it's okay. I feel like that all the time. And she said, why don't you start taking, um, just. Small dose of antidepressant, you can just take half a pill of antidepressant. And I said, oh my God, I'm in the beginning of my medical training. If I start taking antidepressant now, what I'm looking down through, this is not a solution. And so, um, and throughout my journey, journey, um, I've been on a, again, um, I tried a lot

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work, and re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all. What kind of view you're gonna have after this conference? Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in a personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits, We're just as important as learning the new set of skills. Hello. Hello. How is everybody doing today? I have a very special friend with me today and I'm excited because I've been wanting to get more men to come to my podcast so that we can share all the resources. So I have a very special guest his name is Simon Arnold. And he comes all the way from Germany and isn't it exciting? And he's here to talk to us about his journey with how he got diagnosed with A D H D, but also he's actually like changing the world. He has a book and it's called The 13 Hour Life Coach. And so I wanted to just bring him here and. Have him talk to us about why he wrote the book, and I will explain a little bit about his book a little bit later. But first I wanna introduce you to him and hear how he came about. And I, some of this that I'm asking is in the book, so you gotta. Buy the book, but he will, he'll give us Simon Arnold: a preview. Yeah, exactly. Thank you so much Diana, it's so nice to see you again. Really? So yeah, I'm the 13 hour life coach and I was diagnosed with a D H D Wow. Three years ago now. And I went to a psychologist and he basically flipped his book through with what ADHD was and said, I think you're right. And I was like I'm right here. And I needed to help myself. There was really no. Help for adhd, certainly three years ago, and I wrote, I think about 107 strategies to help me live with A D H D. And And I find them to be working. So yes, . Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Awesome. I'm gonna just read what the back of his book says, because this is gonna give us so much material to dive into the conversations of this book. Simon realized one day that the external life. Distractions had disappeared and that he could read and comprehend a book for the very first time. And he came to face with his inner voice. We all know about that inner voice, right? He was recently diagnosed with a D H D and he labeled his inner voice or he Big Mo and Big Mo basically, Is able to add clarity to his life while he's on medication. So that's the key here. He feels like he's able to concentrate for about a full 13 hours while he's on medication and every da every day. When Big Mo leaves, then he realizes that he's thrown into a world of confusion together. Big Mo and Simon. Learn to figure out a D H D in a unique way of using diaries. So he's able to understand himself through those moments of clarity. Not only does he do that, then he turns around and he creates a successful. Group in his town in Germany so that he could, they could each help each other learn strategies every day. He has clarity and then confusion, but obviously a strong bond happens now here he is being a coach for others. So tell us what was it like to finally get Simon Arnold: medicated? Okay, so I was, It was during my diagnosis process, really. My son already had ADHD and was medicated for it. I was completely under doctor's orders, allowe

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave work at work. And re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain. So that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of. Okay, so today's theme is one that I've been coaching a lot of my clients on, which are. What are the parenting hacks that could keep us sane? So A D H D, and how to chill or how to keep us sane. And so I'm so excited to talk to you guys about this. It's a discussion that is real. So here's some strategies that might be helpful and please feel free to send me a text or an email. Leave a comment in the podcast letting me know if these are some of the hacks that you yourself are using or you want to use. If you tried them, did they work out or not? I can't wait to share the story. So first of all, , you need to establish a routine. Children with A D H D tend to thrive on routines and structure. How we do this, it doesn't have to be necessarily step by step, but the more that you have a daily routine regarding meals or homework or playtime and bedtime, the more likely you can provide stability and predictability for your child. Number two, use some visual aids. These could be anything like calendars or chore charts to-do lists. They can be very helpful, not just for the children, but also for you so you know what's coming up. And I have found some of these really nice big. Chore charts or to-do lists like at the Dollar Store or the Dollar Tree, and they can help your child stay organized and stay focused on the task. And it could be very rewarding to just check it off, know what is expected next. Number three, provide positive reinforcement. This is a very powerful tool that can. Help your child realize that they have gifts and they have strengths. And no matter how small a task is that they completed, it can help to boost their self-esteem and to encourage good behavior. So if you notice that they picked up their laundry and they actually went. Put it where it needs to be done, thank them for that. Or if they, if you notice that they took off their shoes and they left them in the same place where you had already had a discussion that they should be at, so that you know where to find them, like positive reinforcement can really make a difference. Or saying, Hey, I really like how you handle that, or, I really liked what you did with that interaction, can make a big difference. Number four. Is mindfulness. It's a technique that can help you manage stress and stay calm in the face of a challenging situation. When we as parents are practicing mindfulness, it can be a way to role model for your kid that they. Can to stay present in the moment and practice. Mindfulness can be done in different ways. It might be that you stepped out into nature and took a walk for a few minutes. It might be that you did a three minute Headspace meditation or that you did a three minute tapping solution meditation, or it could be you chose to slow down long enough to see what was going around you and being more present. Another hack number five is to really prio

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2020. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of. Hello. Hello. I am so excited today I have a very special guest, Dr. Ta Lupe au. A Lugo is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who helps to empower youth mental health by providing diagnostic assessment and treatment as well as educational to parents and caregivers about these disorders and how to ensure that they look after their own mental. While caring for their children. She's the founder of St. John Kapp and the Emotions Ambassador Program, where she's actively involved in education and advocacy and our. Which is the area of youth mental health. She's the host of Walking on Eggshells with Dr. Talu podcast and has a YouTube channel under the name St. John Cap. So today's topic, obviously, if you haven't gathered anything from what I just said, is very important because it always feels like we're walking on eggshells either with our kids or sometimes ourselves, whenever. A D H D is a diagnosis and so I'm so happy to have her here today to share her experience about why she is doing what she's doing. Dr. Totulope Alugo: Thank you so much. Thank you for having me today. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Awesome. You have a son, is it a son or a daughter that was diagnosed with a Dr. Totulope Alugo: No, I don't. I just have I'm, cause I'm a psychiatrist, I deal with this every day in my clinic. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Gotcha. So it feels like you have a thousand kids, huh? ? Dr. Totulope Alugo: Yes. They're like my kids really Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Yes. Yes. Because you see them grow up. , you see them from day one and all the way till they're 18, so it feels like you, you have a thousand kids. . . Dr. Totulope Alugo: I watch them go from elementary school to, they go to university. So I'm like a mom in that area. ? Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Yes. So tell me what got you into this special like niche, because I know you could focus on anything. You could focus on why this tell me. Dr. Totulope Alugo: I did a general residency in psychiatry, but then I did a rotation in child adolescent psychiatry and I just, Really loved it because I realized that I had an opportunity for early intervention because I believe that if you can intervene early, you can change a child's trajectory. And you can also help a family really early by treating a child. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Yes. Yes. You're so correct. I'm often. Shocked how it makes such a difference as we're growing up, right? Things that people might do can really. Enhance or sometimes not so much enhance how we ourselves interact with the world, and especially before the age of seven. It can make a big difference, but that doesn't mean that you can't unlearn or you can't support them later on when more knowledge comes. comes along. Of Dr. Totulope Alugo: course, of course. Whenever you get an intervention, it's always helpful. Yes. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: . What have you noticed th

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave work at work. And re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain. So that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello, hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in a personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the. Hello. Hello. How are we doing today? I am so excited to have a dear friend with me, Dr. Mary Leung, and she is in New York, but. She is actually from Hong Kong and I am so excited to talk to her today. She's a, he heon physician who is actually helping other physicians start to live the life of their dreams. So She herself is gonna tell us her journey, but she realized that charting was not the thing to do every day, all the time, . And so we are gonna have a conversation on why it is important to realize that it, you know, you can take breaks, you can reset, you can do things your way. And whether you have a D H D or. You can still live the life of your dreams. And she's here to share her story and to share how she's now helping others do the same. Dr. Mary Leung: Wow. Thank you for the amazing introduction. Time . Anytime. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Anytime, . Dr. Mary Leung: All right. So I guess a little bit about myself. Yes. I grew up in Hong Kong and both. Parents of physicians, I mean, they're retired now. But when I was growing up they would they, they really loved their career and what, what they, what they were doing. And sometimes they would talk about, Patients like what they would do with each other during dinnertime. So for me it was a natural exposure to medicine and being a doctor and I thought, you know, grow, growing up I was always taught to always help people, you know, whatever we can do to help, help. And so it was just natural for me to to say, Hey you know what? I wanted to be a doctor too, just to help. And my parents never forced me into medicine. And my other siblings, they're not in medicine at all. And so I think this medical path was just a natural thing for me. I think it suits my personality too, So so then fast forward to. 12th grade that my parents decided to send me to the United States to study. And that was 12th grade and of course, senior year in high school, it was kind of a cultural shock. And I went from not speaking English outside of English class at school to speaking English all the time. And I remember I had to translate, you know, in my head from Cantonese to English before I, I would speak, you know, sentences and And I was taking all these advanced courses, American history, that I didn't know much about and applying to colleges all at the same time. So it was and of course living away from home. So all these things came together. And I think even though it was quite a different and stressful year, it really helped. Who I am and it really make me grow a lot as a person. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: So, Mary, tell me during that time, did you decide which boarding school you wanted to go to or like how did you arrive which one you were coming in the US. Dr. Mary Leung: Oh yeah, so I am I actually applied, so it was kind of like a college entrance process and so how I chose was I actually o

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the sixth so that you can rest rediscover your strengths, reconnect with yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave work at work. And re-energize. This is the invitation for you to make 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain. So that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado. Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of. Hello. I am so excited to be chatting with you guys today about a really cool topic that most of us might not be aware about. And so it's, you're in for an amazing treat. Today we are gonna be talking about essential. Oils, and I want to introduce you. A real close friend of mine, Dr. Ann Huntington. She's actually a physician. She's an internal medicine trained hospitalist medicine physician, and she's also a fellow of the American College of Physicians. And she. She's been very busy during this pandemic. She has lots of expertise in quality, patient safety, peer review, privileging and credentialing. And she was actually the director, medical director of over 50 hospitalists. And she was able to successfully lead them through this pandemic and help all the patients and her colleagues. She really believed in lifestyle. And she thinks that this is the foundation to medical care and integrative medicine. And she is actually the founder and c e o of give more Naturally it's l C and it All about essential oils, and she's launching an unbranded C m E course for physicians on the safety and research of essential oils as an integrative tool. So she's gonna tell us all about how she got into this area and if there's any tools or tips that might be helpful for focusing or for improving our mental health. So I'm super excited about today's. So Dr. Huntington, as I've always, everybody probably already heard it in my intro, but you and I are having a conversation as two colleagues, but these are just our opinions, right? These are not meant to be Taken as we are their physician. So they have to go talk to their own physicians and figure out whether this is for them. But anyways, Dr. Huntington, tell me how you got into this essential Dr. Ann Huntington: oils. Thank you and thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Thanks for that introduction. I guess I'll go backwards to my outpatient practice for about seven years after I finished residency, I was an outpatient doc, primary care internal medicine doc. And then I also did inpatient medicine as well, a hybrid role and As I got into that role, I realized there were so many things that I wish I could do that I just didn't have all the tools for. I could certainly help people control their chronic diseases, very complex situations, and, get tight control of their diabetes and their hypertension and really help them. But I started delving into lifestyle medicine and as many people know and our listeners will know, lifestyle medicine is really the status and practice, study and practice of medicine through a healthy lifestyle. So through whole food, plant-based medicine whole food, plant-based diet, regular exercise, appropriate sleep and stress management, and reducing toxins and healthy relationships, and all of those things, and that really became a foundation. For my practice, I really was f

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: [00:00:00] Come join me May 1st through the 6th, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2023. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello, hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of. Well, hello. Hello everybody. I am so excited today. I have a very special friend with me, Dr. Brittany Panico, and she is from Arizona and she's a physician. She's a rheumatologist. She's an. Autoimmune guru. Okay. A guru. Okay. So she's gonna talk to us about all the things but I wanna tell you about her because it's very special. She is a board certified internal medicine doctor, and she's an also adult rheumatologist with experience both in inpatient and outpatient. And she is, Her platform is that we need to make sure we are doing this together. So she's an advocate for shared decision making and she really wants you to realize that we're a team here that you know, while I might not know everything, you might not know everything, but when we put our heads together, Everybody wins Your health wins. And she is the chief of rheumatology at Summit Rheumatology and Gilbert, Arizona. So today we're gonna have a really cool talk about how sometimes steroids can make her A D H D misbehave a little bit . . Also, we're gonna talk about how sometimes we need to be aware that, again, when we are deciding that the course that we are getting from using certain medications are not, Exactly what we want. We have to have this conversation about decision making so that we can pivot or figure out what the next best thing could be. So, without further ado, I wanna invite Dr. Brittany Panko today to share with us how she got excited about rheumatology. Dr. Brittany Panico: Thank you so much Dr. Mercado. So Yeah, I'm really excited to be here and basically, like Dr. Mercado said, I practice adult rheumatology and really, really want my patients to be a part of the team. So when we talk about medications, when we talk about diagnosis and what that means to you as a patient, , it's really important that we're all on the same page together. So excited to chat about different things that can contribute to either A D H D exacerbation or more trouble concentrating or trouble at work or at school or at home. So yeah. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: So how did you land with ad with rheumatology? Like is that something you knew you wanted to do all the long, when you were in medical school or, or did just come about once you were like deciding towards the end? Dr. Brittany Panico: So I became interested in a rheumatology actually, after a dermatology rotation. I noticed that a lot of patients with psoriasis were coming in and really struggling with wanting to talk more about their condition, about more about how they felt, how their bodies felt. And in dermatology it was about treating their rash, their psoriasis, and we would see patients. You know, talk about medications, talk about prescriptions, and then the attending would often say, now you go see your rheumatologist. And I didn't really know what rheumatology was at that point, but it really trigger

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Come join me May 1st through the 6th, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2020. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mecado Marmarosh . I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs. And some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Oh my goodness. I am so excited today. I have an amazing treat. New Year, new goals, right? So I have a really good friend of mine here. It's really so important to have him here. He's one of been one of my guest coaches and. Been treat and the, it went wild. My group went wild when we had him. He is actually an a lawyer and his name is Dr. Oh, sorry. I'm so used to saying doctor. But he is an honorary doctor in our group. Okay. So Marshall Litchy and I might have mis spelled or Miss said that, but he's here and he will tell us all about himself. And he actually has a D H D and he coaches lawyers with a D H D. What an amazing service that is. And he has his podcast and he's just changing the world on his end. And so I'm so happy to have him here today. Marshall, would you tell us a little bit about us about. Marshall Lichty: Yeah, you bet. I'm Marshall Litchy and yeah, I'm a lawyer, a Juris doctor, which the JD doesn't quite have the same ring that the MD does. And yeah, I practiced law. I do no real lawyering these days, but I practiced law for about 15 years. And I was 43 when I was diagnosed with a D H D. For a lot of folks it will resonate with them that I had a kiddo who was having some STR struggles in school and we got curious about it and brought 'em to a specialist doctor, diagnosed him. And as we were sitting in that meeting room, the doctor says, kinda looks at my wife and says, Now is there anybody else in the family that you know that has any of these characteristics? And all the heads snap over to me. And and then I got, I did some assessment and I did a full on assessment. I did the whole nine yards and kind of diagnosis. And my life has been very different ever since then in almost all good ways. At the end of. Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Tell me, when you look back and they were asking you those questions, could you see all those characteristics in yourself as a kid, as a as a, high school and college? Could you see any of those things? What stood out? To you. Marshall Lichty: I think I, I was talking about this with a client of mine yesterday. If you're the mango juice and you're trying to read the label, you have a hard time doing it because you can't see the label, you're inside the bottle. And I think there were some elements of it that I saw plain as day, but some of them I just didn't. Really see them or I didn't know what I didn't know. And it was the, as diagnosticians, yes. Any, anybody who has a clinical practice knows that there's a gaping difference between somebody who really has thought about what they might have and they've been on the internet and they might be, Self-diagnosing a bunch of stuff, but they've been in the symptoms, they've been in the differential diagnosis, and they know what to play with so that it makes your job easier. Sure, you gotta talk 'em down from having cancer, but at least they

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: [00:00:00] Come join me May 1st through the sixth, so that you can rest, rediscover your strengths, reconnect yourself and those physicians like you who are ready to leave, work at work and re-energize. This is the invitation for you. 2023 your year. Join me in Costa Rica in this really amazing, non-judgmental, intimate decision community. I am gonna show you how to rest and how to recharge. Let's transform your brain up so that you can start to dream the life that you always wanted this year in 2020. I can't wait to learn all about what kind of year you're gonna have after this conference. Take care. Hello, hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Deanna Mecado Mar. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now. See it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize that unlearning some of my beliefs. And some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Well, hello. Hello. I am so excited to be sharing with you a very nice friend, colleague that I've been chatting with before we started, and I probably should have just hit record because that conversation was amazing already. But I am so excited that she's here. She. All the things. And so hopefully I'm not gonna mess up her name. We practiced, but I'm gonna try. So, Ms. Reen Abk she is actually a family medicine physician. She's a psychiatrist, but she's an integrative addiction psychiatrist. Yoga instructor, Reiki energy healer, and the list goes on and on and on and on. And guess what? She's an amazing person with adhd. Oh my god, I found the unicorn. Right? Sounds crazy. But as you guys know, we tend to be multi-passionate and multi curious, and we are lifelong learners. And so I am so excited to have her here today because she's gonna talk to us about the relationship that A D H D and trauma can have. And I was just explaining to her that, you know, the more and more that I look into it that's why now I'm actually getting. I didn't tell her, but I'm working towards getting my certification also for trauma so that I can in further integrate into my course because I, I try to be very careful with my teaching because I don't want you to feel like, you know, everything I'm saying is exactly one size fits all. There's not such thing, and I want you to try all the tools and walk away with the ones that make the most sense. But I am so excited to have her here. I would love for her to share a little bit about her story and then she can tell us a few things about trauma or anything she wants to tell us. I'm so excited. Dr. Nesrin Abuata: So thank you Diana, for having me. I just as you said, I got training in, I'm a family medicine doc, a psychiatrist, and I feel like my life story, the overarching theme is all about integration and how do we connect the mind and the body. I am originally from Israel. I was born there, grew up there, and then I came out here from my medical training. If you've ever been to Israel or heard on the news, we're always unfortunately making it on the news. There's a lot of trauma and. Trauma, big T trauma or small T trauma. So Big T trauma is things that are obvious that everybody sees it on the news and they're small Ty trauma, that it's the experience of what you undergo that puts your nervous system at a risk and not feeling safe. That's a small ttra, so having grown up in that kind of place, I was just telling Diana as we started, when you're a fish swimming in the water, you don't know that you're in the water until you step out of it. And my growing up, I grew up in, in a lot of trauma without knowing it or understanding it. what you would think of as abnormal here because it's not everyday kind of life over there. Growing up it was ki part of my life, and as I was going through med school an

Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: hello. Welcome to Beyond ADHD, a Physician's Perspective. I am Dr. Diana Mercado Marmarosh. I'm a family medicine physician practicing in rural Texas. I used to be hindered by my adhd, but I now see it as a gift that helps me show up as a person. I was always meant to be both in my work and in my personal life. In the past two years, I've come to realize, That I'm learning some of my beliefs and some of my habits were just as important as learning the new set of skills. Hello. Hello. I am so excited to be here today. I have a very special guest, Dr. Steven Le Leis and I'm Might have missed up, that please. Correct. Dr. Stephen Lewellis: Yeah it's Luis. It's a hard one. All my patients get it wrong, so don't worry about it All , Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: Dr. Leis. And I think I messed it up again, but don't worry about it. I'm gonna call him Dr. Steven . No worries him for today. He's in a and he's an amazing husband, of course, father, and he's trained in NYU and Stanford. He's a board certified. An investor and outside of his medical practice, he's passionate about spending time with his family and in strengthening the collective voice of physicians on social media, educating fellow physicians about personal finance and life. Planning and investing in private real estate. As you can see, he's multi-passionate and I love this about him. And so today we're gonna have an interesting discussion about what is going on with him. He shared with me that he recently came to realization that he has a D H D diagnosis. And as you guys know, in my podcast, I've interviewed many female physicians and a few male physicians and we were just having this discussion about, I would love to talk to everybody because it's so important to have the perspective of different voices cuz their matter, our stories matter and a is a spectrum. So I'm so excited to have him here today. Would you share with us what's been going on in your life lately? Dr. Stephen Lewellis: Yeah. Can I call you Diana? Is that okay? Yes, of course. Great. Or Dr. Diana I am very grateful to be here. First of all, it's really nice to be on your show and I'm really impressed with what you've built so far. And I'm happy to tell you a little bit about myself. But as with a, we can get a little time tracking. A little warped for us. If I'm going too far, just cut me off and go down a line of questioning. But again, my name is Dr. Steven Luis, and I live in a relatively small town in central Wisconsin, wasa, Wisconsin. I'm a practice here as a board certified medical dermatologist. Hi, . And I am at home as well with my wonderful and very supportive and lovely wife and two small children. So we have that in common. I have a three-year-old boy and a seven month old girl. So lot of changes recently, and my job was relatively new. I've been there for a year and a half. Finished residency in 2019 right into the pandemic with kids and jobs. So a lot of changes happened at once and a lot of challenges, and that led me down a road slowly and a little bit painfully, but finally a road to really addressing some underlying mental health issues that. Suspected maybe in the past, but never had the never was intentional enough to address them or was brave enough or whatever it was until it really reached a tipping point in 2022. Essentially, that was the year that I took charge of my mental health, and I've already seen dramatic changes just from that probably about a six month journey since I first asked my primary care doctor to help me with what I was Dr. Diana Mercado-Marmarosh: struggling. He said hi to my daughter who just came and jumped in . And so if you guys are wondering who is he saying hi to ? Yeah, sorry. No. I, no, I'm just clarifying . But she's walking away. . But I wanted to ask you what do you mind sharing what you were struggling with? I, you said time blindness was one. What else? Dr. Stephen Lewellis: Sure. Yeah. Time blindness. I