Webinar Recording: The Double Whammy of Chronic Illness and ADHD with Emily Whelden

Did you know that people with ADHD are at greater risk of developing chronic illness? Having a chronic illness impacts ADHD and ADHD impacts chronic illness. Having ADHD makes consistent performance more difficult because of impaired executive functions: remembering details, making choices, establishing self-supportive habits, organizing information, planning. Adding in a chronic illness, which also makes consistent performance difficult is a double whammy for many with ADHD. In the presentation, we discuss how you can better manage your ADHD in order to improve chronic illness health outcomes by making changes in your habits, via tracking and by talking to and advocating with your healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn what current research indicates about the interaction of ADHD and chronic illness.
• Participants will have a better understanding of the impact that ADHD has on the management of chronic illness.
• Participants will have specific takeaways that allow them to take action to advance their health through better ADHD management in the context of chronic illness.

Who: Emily Whelden

Biography

Emily Whelden is an attorney-turned-coach who has trained extensively in ADHD. As an attorney with ADHD and chronic illness, Emily experienced first-hand the lack ofresources available in the legal field and left her practice of law to become a coach to other like
her.

Emily enjoys working with high achievers who have a new ADHD diagnosis or are struggling with other health concerns in addition to their ADHD. As a former attorney who also has multiple chronic health issues, she understands how difficult it can be to manage life while dealing with ADHD and a chronic illness.

Learn more about Email on her website, www.dixonlifecoaching.com, or on LinkedIn.

Download Emily’s Free Gift

In this free guide, learn how to organize your health information in a simple and easy-to-use format. We include a step-by-step workbook that takes you through the process of building a health notebook, teaches you how to use it, and helps you build a plan for updating it.

Download My Health Cheatsheet: A How-To Guide for Staying Organized with ADHD and Chronic Illness here.