Climbing the Walls

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Climbing the Walls

From Understood.org, Climbing the Walls is an investigative limited-series podcast that explores why women weren’t diagnosed with ADHD for so long — and how the massive uptick in diagnoses since the pandemic is changing the ways we think about ADHD.

Season 1

  1. I didn’t want to have ADHD

    EPISODE 1

    I didn’t want to have ADHD

    When Danielle Elliot finds herself among the many women diagnosed with ADHD during the pandemic, she gets curious. Why women? And why now? This question takes her to northern Michigan, to meet a friend’s mom.

    30 min
  2. She wrote the book on women, shame, and ADHD

    EPISODE 2

    She wrote the book on women, shame, and ADHD

    Sari Solden was looking for answers. Why was she having memory issues? Why couldn’t she get her life organized? Where did this feeling of deep shame come from? Sari’s books have changed the lives of generations of women with ADHD. Her early research uncovered the truth that the disorder looks different in women.

    35 min
  3. How social media changed ADHD forever

    EPISODE 3

    How social media changed ADHD forever

    As ADHD content explodes during the Covid pandemic, countless people seek care for the first time, including many Black women. mm But new telehealth rules also open the door for potential misdiagnosis.

    36 min

  4. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Introducing “Climbing the Walls”

    From Understood.org, “Climbing the Walls” is an investigative limited-series podcast that explores why women were historically underdiagnosed with ADHD — and how the recent surge in diagnoses is reshaping our understanding of ADHD. Join host Danielle Elliot, a health and science journalist, as she digs into the recent rise of ADHD diagnoses among women. She weaves scientific insights with personal stories — including her own. Through candid conversations with mental health experts and women who’ve been through it, Danielle starts getting answers to some of her big questions around the surge in ADHD diagnoses, like: Why women? And why now?

    2 min

    Trailer

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    From Understood.org, Climbing the Walls is an investigative limited-series podcast that explores why women weren’t diagnosed with ADHD for so long — and how the massive uptick in diagnoses since the pandemic is changing the ways we think about ADHD.

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