ADHD Blogs

Why You Can't Switch Off at Night With ADHD, and What Helps

Why You Can't Switch Off at Night With ADHD, an...

Sleep isn't a switch, it's a landing sequence. Why the thoughts arrive the moment you get into bed, and the four-step descent we use in our own house.

Why You Can't Switch Off at Night With ADHD, an...

Sleep isn't a switch, it's a landing sequence. Why the thoughts arrive the moment you get into bed, and the four-step descent we use in our own house.

Why Laundry Is So Hard With ADHD, and What Actually Works

Why Laundry Is So Hard With ADHD, and What Actu...

The machine does the washing. The hard part is the eleven small decisions stacked around it. How to take them out, and what to do on the weeks it goes...

Why Laundry Is So Hard With ADHD, and What Actu...

The machine does the washing. The hard part is the eleven small decisions stacked around it. How to take them out, and what to do on the weeks it goes...

What Are Safe Foods for ADHD?

What Are Safe Foods for ADHD?

Safe foods are the handful of meals you know you will eat, every time, without having to plan, decide or push yourself. What counts as one, why they help with...

What Are Safe Foods for ADHD?

Safe foods are the handful of meals you know you will eat, every time, without having to plan, decide or push yourself. What counts as one, why they help with...

What happens to the partner after an ADHD diagnosis?

What happens to the partner after an ADHD diagn...

The short answer: the job you were doing quietly ends, and nobody tells you it's over. The appointments get remembered by someone else. The laundry gets noticed without you pointing...

What happens to the partner after an ADHD diagn...

The short answer: the job you were doing quietly ends, and nobody tells you it's over. The appointments get remembered by someone else. The laundry gets noticed without you pointing...

How do you explain ADHD overwhelm to your family?

How do you explain ADHD overwhelm to your family?

The short answer: explain it as a filtering problem, not a feelings problem. Most brains sort incoming things into background and foreground without being asked. An ADHD brain often doesn't,...

How do you explain ADHD overwhelm to your family?

The short answer: explain it as a filtering problem, not a feelings problem. Most brains sort incoming things into background and foreground without being asked. An ADHD brain often doesn't,...

What is a dopamine menu?

What is a dopamine menu?

The short answer: a dopamine menu is a list of the things that genuinely lift you, written down on a good day so it’s waiting for you on a bad...

What is a dopamine menu?

The short answer: a dopamine menu is a list of the things that genuinely lift you, written down on a good day so it’s waiting for you on a bad...