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"You forgot because you didn't care enough." Most people with ADHD have been told that — or have told themselves that — more times than they can count.

Dr. Daniella Karidi returns to challenge it. She's a PhD researcher from Northwestern who has spent her career studying memory in ADHD, and her opening argument is one of those ideas that reframes everything that comes after: forgetfulness isn't a failure. It's the default of the system.

This episode also kicks off a new series on ADHD and aging — what happens when the structure we've built around our ADHD starts to change, how to tell normal forgetting from something more serious, and why brain fog in perimenopause and menopause is absolutely not your imagination.

Dr. Daniella Karidi is the founder of ADHD Time and a board member of CHADD Greater Los Angeles. Find her at adhdtime.com and on YouTube at ADHD Time on Air.

Links & Notes

(00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
(01:29) - Join the Community: Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast
(02:48) - Memory & ADHD with Dr. Daniella Karidi
(33:18) - Aging Issues
(39:43) - Declining Cognition, Aging, and ADHD
(55:22) - Visit ADHDTime.com

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ADHD, Memory, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Daniella Karidi, Ph.D.