By anonymous, submitted 17 July 2021 I was told by friends I had ADHD before I ever suspected it myself. I always struggled to focus in class, preferring to do activism work or even just play games at the back of class at University, and back in Secondary I used to doodle… something I thought was normal. The idea that someone could pay attention to…
by Jess Chadderton, submitted 14 July 2021 In follow up to my first blog i’ve spoken to at least a dozen friends — brilliant humans, both men and women — who suspect they have ADHD and are considering pursuing a diagnosis. I just want to say: knowing that other people might be able to find some answers because i shared my experience is all i…
by Jess Chadd, submitted 14 July 2021image https://www.mindful.org/eight-ways-to-care-for-your-amazing-brain/First publication https://jess-chadd.medium.com/finding-out-why-im-not-fitting-in-a5b2876270f3 Today I finally got an appointment confirmed with a psychiatrist and I’m so damn excited about it. I know, what? It sounds a bit weird and scary. Am i ok? Mostly, yes. Is there something going on with my brain? Probably, yes. My life has overall been pretty fantastic. I remember saying to friends a couple of…
Sbubmitted 25 May 2021, by Tessa Schoots I got officially diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 7. When I was 4 years old, my parents already saw that I had way too much energy, that I spoke fast and loud and that I had no concentration whatsoever. They took me to a doctor who did the usual tests on me and he already could…
By Anonymous, submitted 19 May 2021 I always knew I was different. What a cliché start for an article like this, right? It’s true, though. Most neurodivergent people feel different from their peers from a young age on. A lot of us don’t find out why until much later. Either our difficulties weren’t picked up on as children, or maybe our parents didn’t want to…
by Anonymous, submitted 13 May 2021 Where do I start? Knowing today, what I didn’t know before, by learning how girls and women are affected differently by ADHD, and how many others just like me haven fallen through the net. Yes, I was one of those girls who went through childhood, and adolescence, and adult life without knowing or being recognized by those around with…
By Anonymous, submitted 20 May 2021 I have a month to do it. There’s this thing I have to do -what is it?Write an essay? Tell a story? I can’t quite remember what it is, exactly but it’s important, and it’s due in about: Over three weeks – I have time to get it all done. That leaves me lots of time to:Move large objects from Place a. To Place b.(subject to change…
By Anonymous, submitted 27 April 2021, United Kingdom My ADHD journey started around 2 years ago when my son, now 6 started school. Since he was a toddler I had joked (really half joking, half serious) that he might have ADHD and he was noticably more active than other children when I took him to numerous groups and activities. Once he started Nursery more often…
by Penny Banks, submitted 27 April 2021 I had never considered myself to have ADHD as I thought it was something people grew out of, and at school I was a quiet dreamy girl always off in my own world, too nervous the teachers wouldn’t like me to do anything but be perfect in school, not a loud, violent, disruptive boy who got kicked out…
By Beth Paul, submitted 26 April 2021 When you hear the term ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder what do you think of? If you are like most people then an image of a six year old boy running around a classroom enters your brain. Or, perhaps, you are familiar with the inattentive form of ADHD, previously known as ADD, so you imagine the girl…
