Join ADHDer, Dr Mine Conkbayir and husband, the BAFTA award-winning comedy actor, Paul Whitehouse (Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, The Fast Show), as they explore ADHD with diverse celebrity ADHDer guests, professors and specialists in this brand new Podcast series.
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‘I’m ADHD! No You’re Not!’ website!
This website is designed to accompany our Podcast series and is regularly updated – and interactive! We encourage our listeners to share their experiences of ADH‘D’ with us, particularly in line with what our guests share with us during each episode. You can get in touch here.
What’s the Podcast about?
Comedy actor, Paul Whitehouse and I explore the experience of ADH‘D’ with diverse celebrity ADH‘D’ers, as well as ADH‘D’ specialists, researchers and psychotherapists.
Paul typifies the archetypal sceptic, challenging the very concept of ADH‘D’ – partly due to its unfit-for-purpose definition, the recent ‘explosion’ in diagnoses (particularly within the world of comedy) and, the fact that many symptoms present, to a lesser extent, in neurotypical individuals. I provide the theoretical backfill and counter-argument to Paul’s challenges.
This Podcast isn’t just a bit of fun (despite the many laughs we have along the way). I wholeheartedly believe that it plays a vital role in challenging long-held erroneous beliefs about ADH‘D’, while getting ADH‘D’ers and neurotypical folk alike impassioned enough to take a stance and challenge the current deficit model of ADH‘D’. On which note, you’ve probably noted that I insert apostrophes above the ‘D’ in ADH‘D’ – this is because I loathe the term, ‘disorder’. Why? Because we are different. NOT disordered!
So, join me, Dr Mine Conkbayir and Paul Whitehouse, as we chat all things ADH‘D’ with our diverse guests. Do be prepared, though – our conversations are as deep as they are outlandish! I’m talking on the level of UFOs – yes, you read that correctly!
Episodes drop every Thursday morning and you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major platforms:
The Happy Mondays frontman talks about the interactions he’s experienced between ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and drug use.
The international bestselling ‘Stolen Focus’ author shares his insights into different ADHD case studies, touching on depression and childhood trauma.
The actor, presenter and Loose Women favourite, Nadia Sawalha shares her ADHD story, including the impact of medication and home schooling.
British doctor, author, and former Love Island contestant Alex George discusses ADHD coping strategies and alcohol’s impact on mental health.
Comedian Johnny Vegas joins us to discuss how his on-stage personna is the perfect outlet for his ADHD, art therapy and surviving early-life trauma.
The writer and mental health advocate, discusses her latest book The Why Am I Like This? – linking themes to topics faced by the neurodiverse community.
The comedian and Scatter Brain author, shares her witty takes on mental health and immigrant experiences – including being diagnosed with ADHD later in life.
The writer and mental health advocate, discusses her latest book The Why Am I Like This? – linking themes to topics faced by the neurodiverse community.
The Amazing Dynamic Hilarious Dazzling and recently diagnosed ADHDer Denise Welch joins to chat about under diagnosis in women – but no one mention Chipgate!
Impressionist, satirist and ADHDer Rory Bremner joins Dr Mine and Paul Whitehouse in this, the series premier of I’m ADHD! No You’re Not.
