Tag Archives: adult ADHD
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What Happens With Your Brain When You Make a Decision?
Posted on August 1, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD & Focus.We’ve all been there: we wish to be more creative, more productive, just to find ourselves sometimes doing the complete opposite… thus feeling overwhelmed, stressed, trying to implement a new daily habit, and punishing ourselves for our ‘laziness’. The good news is: changing our habits is hard not because we are lazy, but because our brains […]
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ADHD Symptom Spotlight: Overstimulation
Posted on July 29, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD & Overstimulation.Overstimulation is what happens when there’s too much sensory input for your brain to handle. It can make you feel overwhelmed, irritable, and uncomfortable. Because the ADHD brain isn’t as equipped to filter out sensory input, you’re more likely to have a lower threshold for the amount of stimuli you can tolerate before becoming overstimulated. Read the full […]
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ADHD Symptom Spotlight: Indecision
Posted on July 25, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, Adult ADD/ADHD.We all have to make thousands of decisions every day. Most of these will be small things like what to eat for breakfast or whether or not to bring an umbrella with you when you leave the house. Some of them will change the course of your life, like whether to apply for that dream job […]
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Shopping is a nightmare’: how ADHD affects people’s spending habits
Posted on July 14, 2022 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD, Money Management & ADHD.For most of us, popping to the supermarket is a mundane chore but for Hannah Crawford it’s a task that can fill her with dread. “A supermarket is a nightmare,” says the 24-year-old, who describes going to buy food as “like being a three-year-old in a sweet shop”. Crawford says it can be an overwhelming, […]
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ADHD at Work: 10 Tips for Thriving at the Office
Posted on June 27, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD in the Workplace, Adult ADD/ADHD.Living with ADHD can impact your job performance and confidence. But managing your symptoms at work is possible. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can affect your behaviors, ability to focus, and memory. Learning to manage the symptoms of adult ADHD is possible. Incorporating new strategies and seeking help can make a big […]
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ADHD and Sleep Problems: This is Why You’re Always Tired
Posted on June 13, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Sleep.Does ADD make you tired? Sleep disturbances caused by ADHD have been overlooked for a number of reasons, including the late age of onset. But recent studies confirm that ADD symptoms do not go away at night. Here, understand the ADHD and sleep link and its most common manifestations. Plus, get tips for winding down […]
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Eight Ways to Stop Taking Things So Personally
Posted on June 10, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Mental Health, ADHD Self-Esteem, Adult ADD/ADHD, Emotions & ADHD.IT’S HARD NOT TO TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY. When someone shouts at you on the road, you feel the sting of their anger. When scrolling through social media, you see a picture of a friend out with your other friends—and wonder why you were not invited. When you write a friend or relative to get together, it’s […]
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Clearing the Air on ADHD and ‘Disrespectful Behavior’
Posted on June 3, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD Self Management, Emotions & ADHD.If you have a friend who always seems to interrupt you before you can finish what you’re saying, it can leave you feeling frustrated or disrespected. But if that person is living with ADHD, understanding the symptoms of their condition can help you improve your understanding of their behaviors. This will ultimately lead to better […]
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Hyperfocus and ADHD: Productivity Superpower or Kryptonite?
Posted on May 19, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Focus.Are you ever so engrossed in an activity that time seems to stop and nothing can tear you away? Does it ever seem like you lose a sense of where you are and what’s happening around you? This can be the experience of hyperfocus for many people with ADHD. Hyperfocus is defined as “a phenomenon that […]
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Why ADHD in Women Is So Often Overlooked
Posted on April 28, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls, Adult ADD/ADHD.Why ADHD in Girls and Women Is Often Missed One of the reasons for missing the diagnosis of ADHD in girls and women with ADHD is the difference in the presentation of symptoms. An all-too-neat but helpful synopsis of the problem in children is that ADHD in boys appears in the classroom, whereas for girls, […]
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