Honest as a Mother

Navigating Motherhood: Unraveling Mental Health and ADHD with Christine Cunningham

October 30, 2023
Honest as a Mother
Navigating Motherhood: Unraveling Mental Health and ADHD with Christine Cunningham
Show Notes

Amanda is joined by Christine Cunningham who is a Social Service Worker here in Ontario who specializes in the perinatal period to talk about maternal mental health and parenting with ADHD.

Included in this episode:

  • Parenting with ADHD - what does this look like for Christine? What has her experience been like and what ADHD symptoms did she experience?
  • Grief in motherhood - Christine explains how she wishes she would have received an ADHD diagnosis earlier than when she did and how her life could have been impacted.
  • Labels/Diagnosis - What do Amanda and Christine feel about them? Can a label or diagnosis help you understand yourself more?
  • Learning from our children and what that looks like for both Amanda and Christine.
  • Medication Stigma - ADHD meds and SSRI's.

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