Functional Labs for ADHD Moms: The Three Markers Your Doctor Isn't Reading For You, with Hali Laricey

What is your biggest challenge with ADHD?

You went to the doctor. You said you were tired. They ran your labs. Everything came back "within range." And you still feel terrible.

Hali Laricey has heard this story so many times she built her practice around it. Hali is a Certified Functional Wellness Practitioner who helps women uncover the root causes behind the symptoms they have been told are normal. Brain fog. Exhaustion. Gut issues. The nervous system overwhelm that so many ADHD moms know from the inside out.

In this episode:

• The quick win: a deliberate, deep breath when the overwhelm starts. Count to four, hold, exhale. It is not benign. It is your nervous system getting a reset.
• The CBC with differential and three specific markers (neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes) that reveal hidden infections, viral load, and chronic inflammation most doctors don't read for.
• Why the standard lab range is built around population averages, and what optimal actually looks like.
• The gut-brain-immune axis and why ADHD symptoms get worse when the gut is depleted.
• Vitamin D's real target (eighty or above), the cofactors most supplements miss, and why a Costco bottle alone may do nothing.
• Why Hali stopped being polite about "adrenal fatigue isn't a real thing" after she found it in her own labs.

Hali's message to ADHD moms is the one we all need to hear: you are not crazy, you are not lazy, and your body has been trying to tell you something specific. This episode hands you the vocabulary to listen.

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Resources Mentioned:

Find Hali at halilaricey.com. Download her Dream Labs List (add fasting insulin and ferritin) and book a personalized lab review with her.

• halilaricey.com
• Facebook: functionalwellnesswithhali
• YouTube: @FunctionalWellnesswithHali
• Instagram: @functionalwellnesswithhali
• Guest freebie: halilaricey.com/labs (Dream Labs List)

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Quick Wins for ADHD Moms is a podcast for smart, high-functioning moms with ADHD who are tired of systems that don't work. Practical resets for ADHD burnout, mental overload, and everyday mom life. Find every episode at theADHDmom.com.