Best Gina Peras Podcasts (2025)

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Antidepressants, ADHD & Sleep Apnea: The Overlooked Risks 9:27

9d ago9:27

9:27

Could your ADHD treatment plan be making your sleep—and your symptoms—worse? In this episode, Gina Pera explores a critical but often-missed topic: the overlooked risks of antidepressants and sleep apnea in ADHD treatment. Drawing from her in-depth blog post, Gina unpacks the science, the real-world consequences, and why many prescribers—and even p…

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Telling Your ADHD Partner “You’re Hurting Me” —Doesn't Work! 27:19

24d ago27:19

27:19

This episode is the audio version of my blog post on a sensitive but essential topic for ADHD-challenged relationships: Why the common advice to “just express your feelings” often backfires—especially when ADHD is in the mix. 📝 Read the full post here: Why Telling Your ADHD Partner “You’re Hurting Me” Isn’t Helping https://adhdrollercoaster.org/too…

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The Adult ADHD Diagnosis — How Is It Made? 12:13

1M ago12:13

12:13

With Gina Pera | ADHD Roller Coaster Just thinking about getting an ADHD diagnosis as an adult can feel overwhelming. Where do you start? Who can you trust? In this episode, I walk you step by step through what a thorough, evidence-based Adult ADHD evaluation should look like—and why it matters. 📝 Read the full post here: The Adult ADHD Diagnosis: …

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On With My Vent, in All Its Offensive Glory 28:13

2M ago28:13

28:13

This first-person story paints a vivid picture of what it’s like to move through the world with undiagnosed ADHD: Constantly trying harder—but falling short Wondering why life seems harder than it should be Living with a quiet but relentless sense of failure Receiving constant feedback that "You're not good enough" Whether you're living with ADHD o…

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Cyclothymia and ADHD — A Risk Factor or Misdiagnosis? 7:55

2M ago7:55

7:55

This episode is the audio version of a popular blog post—all about overlap—and confusion—between Cyclothymia (a mood disorder) and ADHD. 📝 Read the full post here: Cyclothymia and ADHD: A Risk Factor—or Misdiagnosis? https://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics-about-adult-adhd/cyclothymia-and-adhd-a-risk-factor-or-misdiagnosis/ In this episode, I expl…

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Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking a Fall 34:04

2y ago34:04

34:04

This is the audio version of one of the most popular posts at the ADHD Roller Coaster blog: "Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking a Fall" Read the full post here: https://adhdrollercoaster.org/the-basics/breaking-out-of-adhd-relationship-dysfunction-after-not-breaking-a-fall/ In this episode, I share a personal story tha…

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What's Up with Concerta and General Stimulant Shortage? 33:40

2+ y ago33:40

33:40

This episode is the audio version of an important blog post, where I break down urgent issues affecting many ADHD medication users: What’s going on with the Concerta authorized-generic (the brand-name product sold as a generic by Patriot, a Janssen subsidiary)? What’s the status of the ADHD stimulant shortage that began in late 2022? Most important…

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ADHD, Empathy, & Dopamine: A Book Excerpt, Study, and Definition 21:14

2+ y ago21:14

21:14

What can a published study — and an excerpt from my first book — explain about ADHD, empathy, and the neurotransmitter dopamine? That’s what this post is all about. I started noticing a remarkable phenomenon 20 years ago. That is, stimulant medication, which targets dopamine, enhances empathy (or at least the ability to act on empathy) for many adu…

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"Self-Medicating with Argument"—Meaning and Connection to ADHD 11:55

2+ y ago11:55

11:55

For many obvious reasons, ADHD-challenged relationships tend to teem with arguments and conflicts. Especially when neither partner knows ADHD is in the mix! Apart from that, why do some people with ADHD self-medicate with argument? What does that phrase even mean? I wrote about this in my first book, in 2008. Since then, we hear about it more onlin…

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Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD? 17:52

2+ y ago17:52

17:52

This podcast draws from a blog post at ADHD Roller Coaster. You can read the full post (and comments) here: Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD? excerpt: A support group for the partners of adults with ADHD? That struck many people as a strange concept in 2003, when I advanced it in the essay below. A decade later, the need sti…

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Evidence-Based Therapy for ADHD-challenged Couples 12:48

4y ago12:48

12:48

Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy TM. Why create a special model for Adult ADHD-challenged couples? Why not just use standard couple therapy? Great questions. I’ll answer them, at least in part, in this podcast. · I first explained in 2008 why standard couple therapy is typically unhelpful in my book, Is It You, Me, or Adult ADHD, including a chapt…

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ADHD, Empathy, And "Raising a Narcissist" 14:11

4y ago14:11

14:11

Author and Adult ADHD Educator Gina Pera explores the complex relationship between ADHD and empathy. She shares a compelling story from Taylor J., a mother with late-diagnosis ADHD who feared her daughter's apparent lack of empathy signaled narcissism. Yet an ADHD diagnosis and subsequent treatment revealed a different narrative. Gina delves into h…

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Blindsided by the ADHD Diagnosis: One Wife's Story 10:32

4y ago10:32

10:32

· How can you be blindsided by an ADHD diagnosis? It’s easy. · Our culture has alternate explanations for virtually all ADHD-related challenges—e.g. depression, anxiety, and trauma. Even in this 21st Century, the mental health profession has not caught up to the science. · When we finally learn, we are shocked: Why did we not know this before? · Ho…

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How Did You Learn About ADHD?— results from the ADHD Partner Survey 8:46

4y ago8:46

8:46

What was your “light bulb” moment—when you discovered the possibility of Adult ADHD for yourself or your partner? In this podcast, I share results from the ADHD Partner Survey—the most comprehensive study of Adult ADHD lifestyle issues, particularly as regards relationships. The survey question was: “How Did You Learn Your Partner Might Have ADHD?”…

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Adult ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling the Pieces 13:14

4y ago13:14

13:14

ADHD and sleep. It’s like any other ADHD-related topic: complex and variable with the individual. Nothing about ADHD is simple—or cookie-cutter. These common sleep challenges can also adversely affect marriage and relationships. Including your relationship with yourself! Learn how to discover accurate causes, not based on potential misinterpretatio…

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I Wish I'd Known Earlier About Adult ADHD—results from the ADHD Partner Survey 10:20

4y ago10:20

10:20

Adult ADHD was made an official diagnosis in 1994. For years before that—and years after as well—millions of people struggled without benefit of diagnosis. We humans love to solve mysteries. And when we don't have accurate explanations, we tend to create alternate narratives. Typically, this is not helpful. In this podcast, I share selected results…

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Can ADHD Affect Your Sense of Smell? 10:26

4y ago10:26

10:26

Why learn about potential ADHD-related physical manifestations? Because, I believe, it helps us to move beyond seeing ADHD as simply about "focus" and "distractibility." When my husband, whose ADHD late-diagnosis inspired my work 20 years ago, seemed unable to detect a powerful scent, I started sleuthing. Could this, too, be related to ADHD—or some…

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Did Mrs. Murphy Abuse the Stimulant Benzedrine? Or Did She Have ADHD? 11:36

4y ago11:36

11:36

Welcome to an historical—and musical—perspective on the early stimulant Benzedrine and how its legendary misuse might have created lasting stigma around ADHD and neurostimulants. Harry “The Hipster” Gibson wrote and performed Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine in 1944. Some medical historians would place 1944 smack in the middle of th…

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Antidepressants, ADHD & Sleep Apnea: The Overlooked Risks 9:27

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Telling Your ADHD Partner “You’re Hurting Me” —Doesn't Work! 27:19

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The Adult ADHD Diagnosis — How Is It Made? 12:13

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On With My Vent, in All Its Offensive Glory 28:13

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Cyclothymia and ADHD — A Risk Factor or Misdiagnosis? 7:55

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Breaking Out of ADHD Relationship Dysfunction—After Not Breaking a Fall 34:04

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What's Up with Concerta and General Stimulant Shortage? 33:40

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ADHD, Empathy, & Dopamine: A Book Excerpt, Study, and Definition 21:14

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"Self-Medicating with Argument"—Meaning and Connection to ADHD 11:55

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Why A Support Group for the Partners of Adults with ADHD? 17:52

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Evidence-Based Therapy for ADHD-challenged Couples 12:48

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ADHD, Empathy, And "Raising a Narcissist" 14:11

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Blindsided by the ADHD Diagnosis: One Wife's Story 10:32

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How Did You Learn About ADHD?— results from the ADHD Partner Survey 8:46

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Adult ADHD and Sleep: Puzzling the Pieces 13:14

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I Wish I'd Known Earlier About Adult ADHD—results from the ADHD Partner Survey 10:20

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Can ADHD Affect Your Sense of Smell? 10:26

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Did Mrs. Murphy Abuse the Stimulant Benzedrine? Or Did She Have ADHD? 11:36