4 Steps to Getting an Official ADHD Diagnosis
Release Date: 10/09/2019
4 Steps to Getting an Official ADHD Diagnosis
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
This episode provides Dr. Dawn’s perspective on the importance of using the “standard of care” approach to obtain a proper ADHD diagnosis. She breaks down the process into 4 simple steps any parent or adult can use as a guide, to ensure an accurate ADHD diagnosis is made and a safe and effective treatment plan is discussed.
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Why Your Journey from ADHD to Amaze-Ability™ is Important
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
This episode discusses why it is important to embrace your own journey of living with ADHD. No two person's condition is the same as each require different management tools.
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Signs that your child may have ADHD
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
This episode provides information on how to recognize common signs and symptoms that your child may have ADHD and debunks common myths associated with the condition.
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Reframing ADHD
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
Sometimes it can be a challenge to find the bright side of having ADHD, especially when it is commonly viewed in our world as taboo. The “defined” symptoms of ADHD can sound like a list of traits you’d rather avoid. But, these deficits can also be seen as strengths.
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A Supermom’s Hospitality: How “Re-balance” Removed ADHD as the Unwanted House Guest
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
In this episode, I enjoyed the hospitality of one of the amazing grandmoms of a child with ADHD who knows how lonely, tiring and frustrating it can feel with ADHD as the unwanted house guest. Ms. Cecilia discussed how ADHD became a territorial invader: it disrupted home routines, consumed energy and patience, and caused strained relationships. After finding support from other moms she regained control over ADHD’s influence and shifted her priorities to better self-care, and life “re-balance.”
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A Pediatrician’s Perspective on ADHD: Interview with Jarret Patton, MD
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
When a child has a behavioral problem or a learning disability, a parent may feel stuck. Dr. Dawn Brown interviews Dr. Jarret Patton, pediatrician, for his perspective on how to get unstuck. Learn where to start and what questions to ask when you suspect ADHD. Find out what to do when conflicting recommendations arise from the primary care doctor and the psychiatrist. Learn how to improve communication between a child’s providers. Get insight on how parents can help their child reach Amaze-Ability™.
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Let's Transform ADHD from a Learning Disability to Amaze-Ability™
From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™: Children and Adults with ADHD | Total Lifestyle Optimization | Champion Your ADHD™
Fear and frustration are common feelings before and after a diagnosis of ADHD. Dawn Brown, MD, psychiatrist shares the secret behind her ADHD expertise in this inaugural episode of From ADHD to Amaze-Ability™ show. Move from feeling dissed to feeling bliss as you journey into a state of total lifestyle optimization for home, school, work and vacation. ADHD can either disable or it can become a transformation catalyst to Amaze-Ability™, where one enjoys joy and bliss more often than not.
info_outlineThis episode provides Dr. Dawn’s perspective on the importance of using the “standard of care” approach to obtain a proper ADHD diagnosis. She breaks down the process into 4 simple steps any parent or adult can use as a guide, to ensure an accurate ADHD diagnosis is made and a safe and effective treatment plan is discussed.