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I’ve been very open with medication changing my life for the better, and it has. When I look back to January of this year, I was depressed, unable to care for my kids the way I wanted to, and dragging my way through each day. Today, my mental health has improved and I have more energy than I use

It's wild to me that just 10 years ago, you couldn't diagnose both ADHD and autism in the same person. Wow has medical science changed in just a decade... When people ask me to describe what it's like living with both, it's really difficult to put into words. It truly feels like

Life feels like it’s set to hard mode for many people who are ADHD. It can be a challenge just to get up and going in the morning to begin with. I am not a morning person by nature. These five things are something I do to help set up my day for success. If I miss them, it doesn’t automatically m

ADHD brains have lower than average dopamine. And without medication (and even with medication), filling those receptors to get things done, can be hard. Enter: dopamine menu. You can choose any of these activities to give yourself a little boost of dopamine throughout the day. You might use app

Fidgets are vital to my success as an autistic and ADHD girl who works from home doing content creation and freelance gigs. If I don’t have them, I find myself just kind of staring out into space, getting distracted, or not actually getting much work done. These aren’t necessarily things I would

Cause always make same pattern is so so so boring 😂😂😂😂✨Outfit Details:##handmade #adhder #hobbies #beads

Listen, I get it... If you're anything like me, ADHD is still disabling many days. Even with medication (that I don't take daily) and supplements, managing this neurodivergent brain is hard. The meds don't just fix it all. Here are a few tips that I use to make the most of my time, a

Habit stacking is a term I hear often, but not always associated with ADHD. What I have learned over the years, though, is that this method is one of the only ways for me to reliably build any sort of routine. Being an ADHDer, I often have to consciously do each task every day… None of it really se

Comparing this with the one from last month makes me laugh, mostly because last month was a total disaster. I’m both a little shocked and impressed that this weeks went so well. To top things off, my kids started school this week and I thought it would throw a wrench into my plans entirely. Inst

Sometimes, I feel like it takes me 3 times the time and effort as most of the other people around me. But instad of getting caught up on that comparison, I just do what I can to accommodate myself. I’ve learned that there are three categories these seem to fall into: physical, executive function

Cause always make same pattern is so so so boring 😂😂😂😂✨Outfit Details:##handmade #adhder #hobbies #beads

My period is the worst time of the month for me, and when I say this to people, they often think I am being dramatic. But I sleep all day, eat 10x the food I typically do, and am emotionally dysregulated weeks before it comes. My moods are all over the place. I’ve not been diagnosed with PMDD,

Task paralysis is one of my biggest struggles with ADHD. It sometimes feels impossible to just start. To be totally honest, sometimes it is impossible for my brain to do it. But using a dopamine menu or just trying 5 minutes can pick me up enough to at least do some of the things I needed to ge

A lot of times, ADHDers associate dopamine with buying new stuff. And let’s be real: that’s a thing. If I walk into The Rack and leave with a cartful of new stuff, I feel pretty good. But there’s ways to get this feeling without spending a ton of money. This week, I went to Spirit Halloween. I t

Since switching medications, I have had a massive uptick in my creativity. While I welcome this when it comes to work, it can sometimes make it difficult if it sparks something else that isn’t high on my priority list. For example, I had planned to carve pumpkins with my daughter for Halloween…

ADHD roll call, who knows the struggle?! First let me say: this will not happen over night. You putting your items in the same space will not suddenly solve all of your problems… But it’s a good start. It took me a few solid weeks of keeping my bag in the same place for my brain to realize that&

Something I’m learning when my diet meets my ADHD and autism, is that every week is going to look different. One week, I am fully on top of meal planning and happy with my choices. Then there are weeks like this one where I am struggling with energy and as a result, end up eating processed and p

I’ve been very open with medication changing my life for the better, and it has. When I look back to January of this year, I was depressed, unable to care for my kids the way I wanted to, and dragging my way through each day. Today, my mental health has improved and I have more energy than I use