Is ADHD Medication "Changing" My Child? The Truth About Neurotransmitter Balance and Good Enough Parenting with Sara Nudd, PMHNP

About this episode

Dr. Courtney Lynn discusses ADHD medication and Good Enough parenting with expert Sara Nudd, exploring the balance between mental health and parenting pressures.

“If I just try harder, my child wouldn't need this.” “I can exercise my way out of this depression.” As parents, the pressure to "optimize" our families often turns us into "Human Doings" who are stuck in a state of high-alert. We treat clinical struggles as personal failures. But what if the path to a healthier family wasn't through perfection, but through balance? In this episode of Kids These Days , Dr. Courtney sits down with Sara Nudd, PMHNP, founder of The Mama Co-op. Sara shares her incredible "in the trenches" journey from being a 21-year-old mom navigating a medical crisis in the pre-internet 90s to becoming an expert in pediatric and maternal mental health. We dive deep into the science of ADHD medication, the safety of maternal mental health support during pregnancy, and why Good Enough parenting is actually the gold standard. In this episode, we discuss: The Internet Gap: Navigating medical crises in the 90s vs. the information overload of parenting today. Data vs. Connection: Why your child’s behavior is a more important "data point" than any app or thermometer. The Inhaler Reframe: Why mental health medication is a tool for regulation, much like an asthma inhaler is…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Courtney Lynn

Guest: Sara Nudd

Topics covered

• ADHD medication
• maternal mental health
• Good Enough parenting
• neurotransmitter balance
• parenting challenges
• mental health support

Keywords

• ADHD
• medication
• parenting
• mental health
• dopamine
• maternal health
• pregnancy
• balance
• neurotransmitters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Mama Co-op

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