Carolyn Mallon is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who treats women with ADHD, and her own late ADHD diagnosis didn't come until she was 28, more than a decade after dropping out of high school undiagnosed.

She's now the founder of Balanced Mental Health, a neurodivergent-affirming practice in Concord, New Hampshire. In this episode, Carolyn and Jorie talk about why ADHD medication gets dismissed as a crutch, the misconceptions that keep high-functioning women from ever getting evaluated, and why ADHD symptoms often get worse during perimenopause. Carolyn also shares how her own diagnosis changed the path for her two kids, and the practical strategies she uses with her patients and in her own life.

In this episode:

1. Why ADHD medication isn't a crutch, and what it's really treating
2. The misconceptions  ...