Episode 16: ADHD Diagnosis Crisis

Undiagnosed ADHDers can’t cope. The NHS can’t cope. And we can’t cope with constantly hearing from listeners just how broken the ADHD (in particular the adult ADHD) diagnostic system is! We haven’t started this podcast to get internet points, we’ve done it to help others like us. We get multiple messages daily telling us our ramblings are helping people feel validated and less alone in their suffering, which is incredible! BUT, what we really want is to help (even in a tiny way) to influence systemic change, so that ADHDers that need/want to access medical diagnosis/treatment don’t have to suffer like they are!This very emotional episode, in which we share just a handful of the countless experiences we get sent, our @adhdasfemales Instagram story poll results, followers suggestions for how to change the broken system, and our own, is fuelled by rage at the injustice of how many undiagnosed adult ADHDers are being treated by medical professionals. It’s not all ranting and feet stomping though, we promise! This isn’t about pointing the finger, it’s about potential problem solving.. and there is some joy in it too. ADHDers need help, the NHS needs help, CHANGE IS URGENTLY NEEDED. We need to come together and understand this crisis from both sides and start a new system to save lives! *Trigger Warning* Alongside swearing, this episode contains topics such as medical negligence, false accusations of abuse, body shaming, ADHD denying, severe mental health struggle and suicide. Support the show

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Late diagnosed ADHDer turned Activist Laura Mears-Reynolds invites you aboard the late ADHD diagnosis roller coaster!   After a lifetime of unknowingly battling a brain disorder and feeling like an alien, I’ve discovered there’s a whole planet of us! YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Join me and the Leopard Print Army in  ‘unmasking’ and owning  our ‘TOO MUCH’-ness! With the help of very special guests, including the likes of: bestselling Authors Clementine Ford & Davinia Taylor, ITV This Morning's Dr Nighat Arif,  The ADHD Adults, ADHD Love, Catieosaurus, Life Actuator, BBC Morning Live’s Riyadh Khalaf, Forever Yours Betty, Adulting ADHD and many more! Only an expert by my own lived experience which I share with a hope to help others and push for systemic change so that ADHDers can be treated both medically and with the respect they deserve. Together we will make change happen! (And we can have a few laughs along the way at the most ADHD things we’ve done!) All episodes prior to Oct ‘23 feature & were edited by Dawn Farmer.  Laura continues the ‘safari’ solo, as hell hath no fury like a ‘hun’ late diagnosed with ADHD.