How to Actually Calm an ADHD Nervous System (And Change Your Life)

What you'll learn

• 1 (02:00) **Welcome and Framing the ADHD Conversation** - Dr. Hyman introduces guest Jenna, framing ADHD as a spectrum of neurological differences that can be superpowers if harnessed through regulation.
• 2 (04:38) **Why ADHD Is Diagnosed Later in Life, Especially in Women** - Jenna explains how high-masking, perfectionism, and internal struggle allow ADHD to go undetected until life demands overwhelm coping mechanisms.
• 3 (07:28) **Coping Strategies That Mask ADHD (And Keep You in Survival Mode)** - Jenna reveals how perfectionism, people-pleasing, and procrastination are actually symptoms of being in fight-or-flight, not solutions.
• 4 (10:48) **The Frantic-Crash Cycle: What Gets Misdiagnosed as Bipolar** - Jenna describes the intense highs and collapses that come from living in a dysregulated state, and how this pattern is often mistaken for bipolar disorder.
• 5 (16:55) **The High Cost of Using Urgency as Fuel** - Jenna explains why "I work best under pressure" is actually a trap that leads to burnout and worsening dysregulation over time.
• 6 (19:33) **How Jenna Discovered That ADHD and Dysregulation Are Separate** - Jenna walks through her clinical and personal realization that symptoms people call ADHD are often actually fight-or-flight dysregulation.
• 7 (24:39) **The Three-Stage ADHD Regulation Method** - Jenna introduces her framework for sustainable change: physical regulation first, then mental/belief regulation, then behavioral regulation.

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