What is your biggest challenge with ADHD?

You know something is off. You have known for a while. And you have not made the call yet.

Dr. Aaron Dodini is a licensed clinical psychologist behind Axon ADHD. In week three of our October series, he explains what keeps parents from seeking an ADHD diagnosis and what treatment can look like once you have answers.

In this episode:

  • The quick win: put a break on your own calendar before there is a crisis, even a walk with a friend where the kids are off the table.
  • The reasons we wait: labels, guilt, medication worries, "I turned out fine," and the fear that a diagnosis becomes an excuse. Dr. Dodini says most of them are self protective.
  • Why rejection sensitivity makes it harder to ask for help.
  • Why anxiety and ADHD can look alike, why they can show up together, and why treatment differs.
  • How he explains stimulant and non-stimulant options, and why he calls ADHD a brain type rather than something to cure.
  • What can sit alongside or beyond medication: coaching, group support, body doubling, and repeatable systems.

Dr. Dodini's message to ADHD moms: the reasons we wait are human. Naming them is where moving starts.

This episode is for education, not medical advice. Talk with your own provider about treatment.

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Find Dr. Dodini and get evaluated at axonadhd.com.

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