ADHD requires some work to manage and if you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by that, believe me you are not alone. Working with your ADHD takes time and if you’re going to manage it while living your regular adult life it is going to take a little bit of education and support. It isn’t impossible at all, you just need to know what pieces of your life you need to focus on to make things flow a bit more smoothly. Here are some ways to make that happen for you! Have a doctor you can trust Treating your ADHD is one of the most important pieces of thriving with ADHD in adult life. Contrary to popular bel ..read more

When people think of who will be there and support us when we need it the most we thin of our friends and family. When I was newly diagnosed I used to spend a lot of time explaining all the things I was experiencing and learning about ADHD to my friends and family. I was trying desperately to get them on the same wavelength as me. After a while I was totally worn out and so were they. It was frustrating and confusing. How was I supposed to make them understand me?If they couldn’t understand how could I still count on them to support me in times of need? Here’s a little about how I did it. I ga ..read more

Many of us don’t know that fatigue can be a part of our ADHD symptoms, but it is true. Living with less sleep because many of us have sleep challenges, living with comorbid conditions like depression and anxiety, and then actual sleep disorders like restless leg syndrome, insomnia, and sleep apnea can make it feel impossible to get appropriate rest. If this is you, you absolutely are not alone. I myself live with these sleep disorders and since we’re in the middle of SAD season, all I want to do is hibernate. This simply won’t do. How do we fix it? Fix your sleep routine I know that we talk ab ..read more

Many of us have heard of body doubling but are unsure of what it is exactly or if it could work for us. Body doubling can be a wonderful tool to increase your productivity and make work a little less frustrating for you. What is it, you ask? Body doubling is assembling with a person or a group of persons either in person or online to work on the activity of your choice. The work you’re doing can be exactly the same or completely unrelated. There isn’t a lot of research on why it works the way that it does unfortunately, but many people agree that it works very well for them. Let’s talk about s ..read more

I can remember as a child being in constant trouble because of my forgetfulness. I forgot assignments, I forgot chores, and I forgot why I walked in a room as soon as I got in there. It wasn’t until I became an adult and learned about ADHD that I realized my forgetfulness is a part of my ADHD diagnosis, and not some terrible character flaw of mine. Through the years I have become better at remembering things and I came to share some of the things I do to help me remember what is coming up on my schedule or what I need to bring along someplace. Calendars are essential I used to really hate cale ..read more

When I started this journey of telling the experiences I was having as a Black woman with ADHD out in the world, it was a wilderness. There weren’t any other resources online sharing that experience. That has thankfully changed as time has passed and many other creators have thrown their hat into the ring and started sharing their experiences and their knowledge online so that Black people could benefit from it. I am so glad to see these spaces popping up and I wanted to make you aware that they exist if you’ve never heard of them! They are not the only spaces by a long shot but they are three ..read more

Burnout is a state that most of us are hoping to avoid but sometimes it happens. It happened to me in 2023 and I want you to know it is a hard thing to live through. My burnout left me feeling exhausted, frustrated and very depressed. It isn’t an easy thing to live through but if you find yourself in a state of burnout I can tell you that it isn’t impossible to survive it at all. What is burnout, you ask? According to Healthline,” burnout is a state of mental and physical exhaustion that can zap the joy out of your career, friendships, and family interactions.” During the winter conditions lik ..read more

Why is it so hard to set goals? Setting realistic goals can be a challenge for anyone, but it can be particularly difficult for those with ADHD. ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects an individual’s ability to focus, organize, and prioritize tasks. This can make it difficult to set and achieve goals, leading to feelings of frustration and discouragement. However, setting realistic goals is not impossible for those with ADHD. With the right strategies and support, individuals with ADHD can learn to set achievable goals and work towards ..read more

Depression and I have been together for a long time, and it is possible that it has ben for you as well. The symptoms of depression are so similar to my ADHD symptoms that it can be difficult to see the symptoms creeping up on me until it is far too late. Depression creeps in on me like a fog, swallowing everything that I care about. It makes it difficult for me to do my work, or even to enjoy play. Those feelings of worthlessness and fatigue make me want to just lie down and take a nap. Here are some symptoms of ADHD and depression that can be very similar and make depresssion harder to spot ..read more

Being a person who is not only living with ADHD but also several mental illnesses in a trench coat, I have learned a valuable lesson about doing everything myself. One of those things has been learning to ask for help when I need it. It isn’t as simple as it sounds. To ask for help you have to first believe that you deserve it and even further you have to realize you’re in need of help at all. So many of us wait until we are drowning in our situation before we can even consider help. ADHD doesn’t wait to show up and neither should we deprive ourselves of the help we need. Here are some places ..read more