AuDHD Expert: What Female AuDHD Really Feels Like, THIS Trait Makes You Vulnerable!

About this episode

Dr. Samantha Hiew discusses the nuances of AuDHD in women and offers insights on self-advocacy and understanding ADHD and Autism.

Dr. Samantha Hiew is a highly specialised female ADHD and Autism expert with a PhD in medical sciences. She’s here to give you a detailed crash course in AuDHD and help you spot it. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:57 What AuDHD feels like 04:29 Sam’s story 26:29 Tiimo advert 28:09 Fearing your self diagnosis is wrong 30:14 How to spot AuDHD in women 35:48 When your partner doesn’t understand 37:48 How to advocate for yourself 40:02 How Autism can mask ADHD 40:52 The AuDHD RSD experience 47:16 Difference between RSD and narcissistic rage 48:24 How autism can parent ADHD 49:57 AuDHD Hacks 51:50 Most requested audience questions Visit Sam’s website 👉 https://samanthahiew.com Join Sam's AuDHD programme 👉 https://hub.adhdgirls.co.uk/AuDHD-Women-Intersectional-Scientific-Lens Find Sam on LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahiew/ Join the Patreon community 👉 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ADHDChatter Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Pre-order Alex’s latest book about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 👉…

People in this episode

Host: Alex Partridge

Guest: Dr. Samantha Hiew

Topics covered

• AuDHD
• ADHD
• Autism
• female experience
• self-advocacy
• mental health

Keywords

• AuDHD
• ADHD
• Autism
• self-diagnosis
• RSD
• mental health
• advocacy
• female ADHD

Sponsors

Tiimo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ADHD Girls, Patreon

Books & works: Now It All Makes Sense, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

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