{"podcast":{"title":"ADHD Aha!","slug":"adhd-aha-4325260","podcast_index_feed_id":4325260,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/yjHKUkkH","website_url":"https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c6b4f1f9-b454-4880-9647-4faf19e16689/6cd403af-e229-4292-b650-b14da3ba2159/3000x3000/adhd-aha-cover.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Understood.org","episode_count":135,"summary":"Listen to people share candid stories about the moment it clicked that they have ADHD. Host Laura Key, who’s had her own ADHD “aha” moment, chats with guests about common topics like ADHD and shame, mental health challenges, and more. Through heartfelt interviews, listeners learn about the unexpected, emotional, and even funny ways ADHD symptoms surface for kids and adults.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:20:12.542979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-aha-4325260"},"episode":{"title":"I gave 110% with ADHD. They still told me I’d never go to college. (Rebecca Gonzalez-Ojeda’s story)","slug":"i-gave-110-with-adhd-they-still-told-me-i-d-never-go-to-college-rebecca-gonzalez-ojeda-s-story","published_at":"2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-aha-4325260/i-gave-110-with-adhd-they-still-told-me-i-d-never-go-to-college-rebecca-gonzalez-ojeda-s-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-aha-4325260","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/college-with-adhd","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1245/afp-935247-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/608ae5c9-7135-4564-9708-367bb0e6dc78/episodes/1ab98817-6ce0-4494-92ea-c9a713782d94/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=608ae5c9-7135-4564-9708-367bb0e6dc78&awEpisodeId=1ab98817-6ce0-4494-92ea-c9a713782d94&feed=yjHKUkkH","summary":"A tangled ball of spaghetti. That’s how aspiring therapist Rebecca Gonzalez-Ojeda describes her ADHD brain. Diagnosed with ADHD in fifth grade, Rebecca grew up hearing messages to “just try harder” while struggling with school and self-esteem. It felt like giving 110% still wasn’t enough. Rebecca reflects on painful IEP meetings, discouraging comments from teachers, and the emotional drain of being misunderstood for years. She also shares what it was like “raw-dogging” life after losing access to treatment, then getting re-diagnosed with ADHD after college — and how ADHD medication changed her life.","meta_description":"A tangled ball of spaghetti. That’s how aspiring therapist Rebecca Gonzalez-Ojeda describes her ADHD brain. Diagnosed with ADHD in fifth grade, Rebecca gr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1174,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-aha-4325260/episodes/i-gave-110-with-adhd-they-still-told-me-i-d-never-go-to-college-rebecca-gonzalez-ojeda-s-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-aha-4325260/i-gave-110-with-adhd-they-still-told-me-i-d-never-go-to-college-rebecca-gonzalez-ojeda-s-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}