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Welcome to Ask Me Almost Anything, an event where you can ask our guest psychologist almost anything about a topic. Send us your questions, and our guest psychologist Rashida will answer them live on the 28th of March. 



Living with ADHD can feel [insert every emotion known to humankind]. Summing up the experience in one post is difficult because it influences every part of life, from relationships, work, study, communication style, emotions, and physical and mental health. 

 

Navigating a neurotypical world through ADHD-coloured glasses can be extremely overwhelming, so we’re here to hear your concerns and provide information and a safe space to vent. 

 

If you’ve known about your ADHD since you were young, you’ve recently been diagnosed, or maybe you just want to get more information about it –  this ask me almost anything is for you! 

 

Here's a little bit about Rashida 

 

Rashida is a Registered Psychologist in Sydney; Working in Private Practice and feeling honoured to work with the clients she does. With a special interest working with identity, culture and purpose. 

 

A life-long love affair with wanting to understand people, their lives, experiences and worlds, and how it all intertwines and shows up in the way we behave led her down a path of travelling and living all over the world whilst studying Psychology. Passionate about advocating for destigmatizing mental illness and creating a more holistic approach to mental well-being.

 

Also a lover of nature, art, music, chai and sleep - all the great things in life

 

 

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Bre-ROPosted 10-03-2023

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PsychologistRashida
PsychologistRashidaPosted 28-03-2023 07:07 PM

Great question! - I think we sometimes continue to refer to ADHD using previously used terminology like 'ADD' - here is the low down!

 
 
 
PsychologistRashida
PsychologistRashidaPosted 28-03-2023 07:07 PM

There are 3 different presentations - Primarily Inattentive, Primarily Hyperactive/Impulsive, or combined presentation. We no longer use ‘ADD’ as a diagnosis - it is now referred and known as either ADHD, ADHD (Inattentive), or ADHD (Combined).
If you are 16 years and younger you need to meet 6 criteria out of 9 from the DSM-5 (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) to receive a diagnosis. The symptoms also need to be shown in more than one environment e.g school and work place or school and and in your social life.

Adults over 16 years old need to meet 5 out of 9 criteria to meet a diagnosis according to the DSM-5, and also have to have these symptoms be shown in more than one environment. 

 
 
 
 
PsychologistRashida
PsychologistRashidaPosted 28-03-2023 07:08 PM

The common experiences may vary - someone who is presenting with an inattentive presentation may have more trouble focusing on certain tasks, find themselves distracted easily, forgetting or misplacing items, tuning out of conversations, struggling with placing attention on the thing at hand like the conversation they’re in. 

Someone with a Hyperactive/Impulsive presentation may find themselves feeling restless, ‘feeling like they are driven by a motor’, talking excessively, un-intentionally talking over people in conversation, fidgeting and finding it hard to stay still. 

All presentations may experience things like ‘time blindness’ which is basically a difficulty in dedicating the correct amount of time to various tasks, either overestimating or underestimating time towards things. 

People with ADHD are also known to be very creative and able to think ‘outside the box’ more often! 

 
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Bre-ROPosted 28-03-2023 07:00 PM

 

Hey community 👋🏼 and welcome @PsychologistRashida. Super excited to join you all for another Ask Me Almost Anything! 

 

Tonight we’re answering your questions about ADHD, a topic covered a lot across social media these days. I think it’s important to acknowledge that some of us spend a lot of time watching TikToks and reading articles about ADHD, so if you’re feeling drained by discussions about ADHD feel free to come back to this discussion if and when it feels right. 

 

Thank you to those who submitted questions, and let’s get into it!

 
Bre-RO
Bre-ROPosted 28-03-2023 06:50 PM

 

Super keen for ask me almost anything with @PsychologistRashida on ADHD 😊 We start in ten minutes !!

 
PsychologistRashida
PsychologistRashidaPosted 28-03-2023 06:45 PM

Excited to join you all soon!! 

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