Have you ever asked yourself, ‘what’s wrong with me?’ Listen, as your host Eric and his guest Stacey Machelle discuss the challenges she faced in her career and personal life. Stacey talks about her diagnosis with ADD many years ago, and how her prayers and Ted Bundy led her to help.
Stacey is a journalist by training and profession turned actor and stand up comedian. She works as a warm-up comic on A Little Late With Lilly Singh, the late-night talk show on NBC, and she has about a dozen other side hustles. Stacey wanted to come on the show to talk about educating black women who are undiagnosed and untreated.
Listen as Stacey shares her story and how she was diagnosed with ADD over twenty years ago and prescribed Ritalin. Still, since she saw no difference, and decided she didn’t have it and forgot about it. Years later, when she was watching a Ted Bundy documentary, she heard what people said about him and thought hmmm.
Stacey discusses what happened when she disclosed her ADHD to her family and how it has gone a long way to healing the relationship she has with her mother. With her diagnosis, her mother and brother are looking at the possibility of also having ADHD, being very supportive, and learning all they can learn about ADHD.
Listen as Stacy shares, wanting to get the message of ADHD out to the African American community because they will usually suffer in silence, put their head down and not tell anyone. Her message is you don’t have to be silent any longer, talk about your mental health, and get help. She is using her platform as a comedian to raise awareness and put a face to ADHD.
You’ll learn:
[03: 02] Stacey, glad you are here! [03: 12] Stacey shares her background and when she found that she was having challenges that others were not. [05: 59] Stacey speaks about a therapist asking her if she thought she may have ADD. [08: 55] Stacey shares that when she was working at the news stations she was fired and almost fired from many jobs. [10: 48] What did you tell yourself when you had so many challenges in your careers? [12: 58] Stacey talks about her therapist not knowing anything about ADHD. [16: 43] Stacey shares a story of how she prayed for tools and the way her prayer was answered. [19: 27] Stacey discusses Ted Bundy and how she googled her symptoms because she thought she might be a psychopath. [26: 30] What was the response when you shared your ADHD with your family? [27: 51] Stacey shares what happened when she disclosed her condition to a friend of many years. [30: 47] Eric shares one of his favorite quotes from Brené Brown. [32: 33] Stacey shares that her grandparents raised her. [33: 49] Stacey discusses what happened when she told her mother. [37: 23] Has your family been supportive of you and your diagnosis? [41: 30] Stacey speaks about getting information to African American women and showing them the face of ADHD. [43: 42] Stacey feels like nobody in the African American community will discuss mental health issues. [46: 02] Stacey shares that her grandparents’ generation didn’t talk about their problems, but she is sure her grandfather had ADHD. [47: 58] Stacey discusses going through a divorce and how her mother reacted when she set up a go fund me page. [51: 30] She chats about being unmedicated for the last few days because she ran out of her medication. [53: 04] Would you consider reaching out to your church to see if you could talk to the congregation about ADHD? [53: 18] Stacey speaks about starting a YouTube channel and using sketch comedy to address symptoms. [54: 55] What advice do you want to leave the listeners? [57: 42] When you are doing something that is purpose-driven and for others and changing people’s lives, you get taken care of. [59: 10] Stacey, thank you so much for coming on and sharing your story! [1: 00: 26] If you are a regular listener, consider becoming a patron and on our Patreon at www.ADHDreWired.com
https://brain-therapy.com/319-breaking-the-silence-as-an-african-american-woman-with-adhd/
This video series covers ADHD treatment, ADHD medication for children, ADHD medication side effects, and ADHD treatment without medication.
In this video, we cover behavioral therapy, ADHD therapy activities, counseling, parent-training, cognitive behavioral therapy, and child behavioral therapy techniques.
We share more information about what is ADHD in children, how to find a child behavioral therapist near me, create an attention deficit disorder planner, and other ADHD treatment for children.
If you're looking for a child behavioral therapist, help with ADHD behavioral therapy, or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) watch this video.
Specifically, we cover exactly how official and authoritative resources of experts, like:
- the Mayo Clinic
- The National Institute of Mental Health or (NIMH)
- The Child Mind Institute
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- WebMD
- and the American Psychiatric Association
recommend ADHD treatment for children and adults using behavioral therapies to treat ADHD symptoms.
---
These are the exact same resources, Dan Kramarsky,
a school administrator for over 30 years and the lead instructor for our upcoming course on: how to help parents handle the transition to middle school, for their kids with ADHD (more information on our course here:
has used to treat his own ADHD, AND that of his daughter, who is now a successful university student.
---
The whole series will cover 4 standard treatments for ADHD in children including:
ADHD medication: like stimulants, other medications, and how to give medications safely (this video)
Behavior therapy: like social skills training and parent skills training
Counseling: like psychotherapy, family therapy, and lifestyle / home remedies
and Education Services: like school programs, individualized education programs (IEPs), and 504 plans
___
WANT MORE CONTENT LIKE THIS? GET THE ADHD MEMBERSHIP PLUS PLAN:
Visit:
CHANGE THE WORLD FOR KIDS WITH ADHD
Support us on Patreon! Get exclusive perks!
VISIT:
DOWNLOAD OUR EXPERT-CURATED LIST OF RESOURCES
Sign-up for the ADHD Summit and we'll send you our expert-curated list of ADHD resources including:
- General ADHD resources that every caregiver should have
- and ADHD resources specific to school accommodations and education services
VISIT:
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SUMMIT & COURSE ON HELPING PARENTS OF KIDS WITH ADHD
This short preview cannot possibly address all concerns about the topics covered in our summit & course on parenting, educating, and treating children with ADHD.
For more information about Smart Course's best content visit:
SUMMIT:
ADHD Membership:
JOIN OUR EXPERT-LED EDUCATION & SUPPORT GROUP FOR PARENTS OF KIDS WITH ADHD
If you have questions, please request to join our Facebook Group Community:
REACH OUT TO US ON SOCIALS
Subscribe to our YouTube channel:
Follow us on Facebook:
Follow us on Pinterest:
Follow us on LinkedIn: ...
Follow us on Twitter:
or email: support@smartcourse.io
We will respond promptly.
For more information about Smart Course in general, please visit: o
No comments:
Post a Comment