ADHD vs Normal Forgetfulness
When Should You Be Concerned? Everyone forgets where they put their keys. Everyone walks into a room and loses their train of thought. But if you’re finding that forgetfulness is happening constantly, affecting your work, your relationships, and your sense of yourself, you might be wondering whether something more is going on. Below, we explain […]
ADHD and Pregnancy
How Symptoms May Change During Pregnancy If you have ADHD and you’re pregnant, or planning to be, you probably have questions that most pregnancy resources don’t answer. Will your ADHD symptoms during pregnancy get worse? Can you stay on medication? What happens after the baby arrives? ADHD and pregnancy is a topic where the evidence […]
How to Request an EHCP Assessment for a Child With ADHD
If your child is struggling at school and the support they’re getting doesn’t seem to be enough, you may have heard about an EHCP. It stands for Education, Health and Care Plan. Knowing what it is, when to ask for one, and how to make a strong request can make a significant difference to what […]
ADHD at University: Disabled Students’ Allowance
How to Apply for DSA in the UK Starting university with ADHD is already a lot. Longer deadlines, busier environments, less structure, and nobody reminding you what needs doing. Disabled students allowance exists precisely for this. It is government funding that pays for support and equipment to help students with ADHD study on a level […]
ADHD Misdiagnosis
Mistakes That Lead to Wrong Diagnoses Meet Sarah. For years, Sarah was told she had anxiety. Then depression. Then both. Nobody asked about her school reports, her lifelong disorganisation, or the fact that she’d been working twice as hard as everyone around her just to keep up. ADHD misdiagnosis stories like hers are not rare. […]
Why People With ADHD Struggle With Time Management
Time management with ADHD is not just about being more organised. It’s about understanding why standard productivity advice so often fails people with ADHD, and what actually works instead. If you’ve tried planners, alarms, and to-do lists and still feel like time is constantly slipping away from you, this guide explains the neurology behind that […]
ADHD Overdiagnosed: What Studies Say
You’ve probably seen the headlines. “ADHD isn’t real.” “We’re medicating normal children.” “Everyone has ADHD now.” These claims circulate widely, and they create real confusion for people trying to understand their own diagnosis or their child’s. So, this article does one thing: it looks at what the research actually says, not what the headlines claim. […]
ADHD and Menopause: Everything Women Need to Know
You’ve managed. For decades, you’ve found ways to hold it together, keep up, and get through. Then, somewhere in your forties or fifties, the coping strategies that worked stop working. Focus vanishes. Sleep fragments. Emotions feel bigger and harder to manage. If you’re wondering whether this is menopause or something more, the honest answer is […]
ADHD Brain Fog
Symptoms, Causes, and How to Manage It You open a tab to do something important. Forty minutes later, you’re reading about the migration patterns of Arctic terns, and you cannot remember what you originally opened the tab for. Or you’re in a meeting, and someone asks your opinion, and your brain just… serves you nothing. […]
Why People with ADHD Get Overwhelmed So Easily
You had three things to do today. Three. And somehow it’s 4pm, you’ve done none of them, you’ve reorganised your desk twice, googled something you immediately forgot, and you’re now lying on the floor wondering if you’re just fundamentally broken. You’re not. But your brain does process overwhelm differently from most people’s, and that gap […]