ADHD Meds, Burnout & Chaos—We Pulled Topics from a Box

04/09/25 • 28 min

No script. No prep. Just two ADHD coaches/experts pulling random topics out of a box and seeing where the conversation goes. This episode of Hypercast: Topic Roulette hits everything from meds and burnout to career chaos and academic struggles—unfiltered, emotional, and full of “same here” moments.
👉 If ADHD life feels messy and unpredictable... you’re not alone.
📌 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
✔️ ADHD awareness vs. advocacy—what’s the real difference?
✔️ The truth about ADHD meds (side effects, grief, and mental clarity)
✔️ Feeling lost in your career? Let’s talk ADHD job struggles
✔️ Academic burnout and why so many ADHDers feel behind
✔️ The random career test that said “ballerina” 🤯
✔️ Our raw reactions, real stories, and some ridiculous tangents
🎧🎥 Watch/Listen Next:
🎥 ADHD & Burnout: What It Really Feels Like and How to Recover
🎧https://hypercastpod.buzzsprout.com/2328723/episodes/15647635-beyond-exhaustion-a-guide-to-adhd-burnout
🎥 ADHD Reset https://youtu.be/HoEnW9SCbGo
🎥 Invisible Disabilities at Work (with Jessica Hickstead) https://youtu.be/JKsbmhpkGe0
🎧 Focus Forward Podcast with Hannah Choi https://www.beyondbooksmart.com/podcast?wchannelid=y1lzulxlcs&wmediaid=6s2jbc7q2e
🎥 ADHD & College Success with Hanna Choi https://youtu.be/3rmB9i-Tndg
🎙 Hypercast’s Co-Hosts:
Melissa Llewellyn Snider
Melissa is an ADHD coach and the Executive Producer of Hypercast. She offers 1-to-1 coaching and corporate education.
📍 https://likemindcoaching.com
Brianna Morton
Brianna is an ADHD coach and therapist intern. She’s passionate about helping individuals navigate ADHD challenges.
📍 https://understandingadhd.ca
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Can’t Keep Up? The Hidden Cost of ADHD & Unrealistic Expectations

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Feeling like you're always behind—even when you're doing your best?
In this episode of Hypercast, Melissa and Brianna unpack the complicated relationship ADHDers have with expectations—from perfectionism and time blindness to burnout and shame. Whether it's society's demands or the pressure we put on ourselves, we explore how to reframe what “realistic” even means.
👉 Need more support? Work with Melissa: https://www.likemindcoaching.com
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Melissa Llewellyn Snider is an ADHD coach and the Executive Producer of Hypercast. She supports individuals and organizations through 1-to-1 coaching and corporate education.
Website: https://www.likemindcoaching.com
Brianna Morton is an ADHD coach and therapist intern. She’s passionate about helping ADHDers navigate everyday life with more clarity and self-compassion.
Website: https://www.understandingadhd.ca
🧠 What You'll Hear In This Episode:
Why ADHDers internalize unrealistic expectations
How memory, perfectionism, and emotional intensity shape our self-image
Strategies for managing time blindness and task friction
Letting go of the pressure to be perfect
How to communicate expectations in relationships
Why “just try harder” isn’t the answer—and what actually works
💬 Have your own experience with ADHD & expectations? Drop it in the comments!
#ADHDExpectations #ADHDBurnout #HypercastPodcast #NeurodivergentLife #ADHDPerfectionism

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You Might Not Know Who You Are (Because of ADHD Masking)

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If you’ve lived a lifetime of masking, you might not genuinely know who you are.
In this episode of Hypercast, we dig into ADHD masking—what it is, why we do it, and how it shapes everything from our identity to our relationships, mental health, and even our ability to meet basic needs.
Whether you’ve been masking without realizing it, or you’re in the thick of unmasking and trying to figure out what’s actually you, this conversation holds space for the grief, the confusion, the fear—and the hope that can come with finally being seen.
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Melissa Llewellyn Snider – ADHD coach & Executive Producer of Hypercast
🔗 https://likemindcoaching.com
Brianna Morton – ADHD coach & therapist intern
🔗 https://understandingadhd.ca

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Hypercast: An ADHD Podcast - ADHD Meds, Burnout & Chaos—We Pulled Topics from a Box

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Hypercast Topic Roulette #1

[00:00:00]

[00:00:00] Melissa: we scoured the internet looking for the most recent topics that people with A DHD are talking about, and we've put them into, it's not a hat.but it's into a box.

[00:00:10] Brianna: me, let me, let me reach through the, I wanna draw one.

[00:00:14] Brianna: welcome to Hyper Cast.

[00:00:16] Brianna: Welcome to Hyper Ca