ADHD Adults
Adult ADHD is real. And ADHD symptoms such as distractibility, impulsivity, disorganization, and emotional sensitivity impact everyday life. Here, find good strategies for managing time, health, relationships, and more with adult ADD.
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Emotions & Shame
12 Things You Don’t Know About Me and My ADHD
What's it like having ADHD? I'm a master of illusion. I’ll convince you I've got everything under...
Guest Blogs
ADHD Self-Doubt, Shame & Gaslighting
“Gaslighting is deeply personal and driven by reinforced shame, which the victim usually works to...
Guest Blogs
“This Simple Sleep Formula Calms My Racing ADHD Brain”
“The struggle is real but getting a good night’s sleep is possible if you have ADHD. I know this...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
How ADHD Ignites Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
For people with ADHD or ADD, rejection sensitive dysphoria can mean extreme emotional sensitivity and...
Exercise & Health
The Dopamine Deficiency That's Sabotaging Your Health
The ADHD brain craves dopamine, the neurotransmitter that impacts mood, motivation, memory, and more....
ADDitude for Professionals
ADHD in Adults Looks Different. Most Diagnostic Criteria Ignores This Fact.
ADHD in adults looks and acts different than ADHD in children, but clinicians’ diagnostic criteria —...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
“OMG, So That’s Why I Do That?!”
"The ADHD world is curvilinear. Past, present, and future are never separate and distinct. Everything...
Stop Procrastinating
The Procrastinator’s Guide to Getting Things Done
Everyone procrastinates sometimes. You do it more. Maybe you’re a perfectionist. Maybe you get...
Relationships
“I’m Overly Emotional, and It’s Straining My Relationships!”
Emotional intensity goes hand-in-hand with ADHD. This makes us more caring, more loving, and more...
Free Downloads
Your Free Guide to Choosing Your Best Career
While there's certainly no one-size-fits all approach for finding the ideal career, these eight...
ADHD in Older Adults
Q&A: Is It Worth Seeking an ADHD Diagnosis After 50?
ADHD doesn’t disappear with age. Yet many older adults with symptoms of ADHD are misdiagnosed and go...
Emotions & Shame
Never Caught Up, Never Balanced, Never Believed
They say it’s what you can’t see that usually kills you. So why is it that my hidden, silent...
Guest Blogs
“My ADHD Was Hidden Beneath Layers of Success — Until It Wasn’t.”
I’d like for our young generation of vehicles to catch flat tires and other problems, long before —...
Emotions & Shame
7 Emotions That Knock Us Off Our Feet
Nearly a third of adolescents and adults with ADHD list emotional instability as one of the most...
Friendships
5 Ways ADHD Makes Me the Best, Rudest, Most Caring, Totally Frustrating Friend You’ll Ever Have
I'm loyal. I'm funny. I've got ADHD. It makes me who I am. But it can also make me seem uncaring,...