#ADHD Resources

[rogue-academic]

just wanna share a youtube chanel I found with amazing adhd-friendly study tips - Elizabeth Filips. I don't think I've ever heard her mentioning adhd in a title or a video, so I thought someone searching for adhd study tips might not find her which would be a tragedy because I got almost all of the best study tips that I use from her. hope this helps someone, go check her out

[eosofspades]

quick n easy list of gentle coping mechanisms for bad mental health days / neurodivergent understimulation episodes!! some are more applicable to one or the other but when i'm feeling particularly like a tiger in a too-small enclosure i find doing at least a couple of these things helps me so much

drink water. basic, but annoyingly effective

eat a snack. same as above

stretch! even just some laying down stretches like pulling on your arms and knees (in fact, here's a great tiktok series for "depression stretches" and workouts/physical stimulation you can do laying down/without much movement)

music/podcasts/video essays. your favorite playlist you haven't listened to in a while, a podcast you like/have been meaning to start (i listen to podcasts while i'm drawing!)

draw/color! if you don't wanna draw, a coloring book is always fun. i actually prefer kids' ones.

read a book. i prefer physical books bc i know i'll get sucked back into the social media scrolling for hours if i try to read on my phone. i also recommend a nice tea/hot chocolate/juice with this one.

video games. this can be anything from minecraft to destiny 2, but i usually never give myself time for these, even when i have it (stuck in that phone scrolling). a more action-packed game for mental understimulation, maybe a more mellow one for a bad depression episode.

shower. i am fully aware this tends to take a lot of spoons but even just sitting under running water ALWAYS makes me feel better when i can manage it. it also helps me with adhd overstimulation!

clean/organize. this sounds counterintuitive but i actually do enjoy organizing stuff for understimulation, and cleaner workspaces help with the depression. even if it's something as simple as "put all the pencils on the desk back into the pencil cup."

puzzles/brain games. this one is almost exclusively for mental understimulation but once i get going it makes my depression SO MUCH BETTER, TOO. my niche is getting myself some algebra sheets but this can be anything from math to jigsaws to crosswords to word searches!! some kind of problem solving that engages your brain and requires focus. this one is my favorite because i find it really grounding.

playing an instrument. this is in the same vein as the last one! again, my personal niche is the piano, but this could be any sort of thing. in fact this could even be substituted for some kind of alt hobby all together, like knitting or crocheting or something! again, mostly for understimulation, but gives me the serotonin boost to get through the depression stuff as well.

this is all i have for my list, but i'd love for anyone to reblog and add their own stuff!!

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Knowing and admitting you need help is one thing

but knowing what help you need or how to acquire it or where to even start is a whole other thing entirely.

Anyone have any tips or resources for this?

[my-neurodivergent-education]

Neurodivergent Resources - Websites

Here's a list of some of my favourite websites to do with neurodivergence, specifically Autism and ADHD. I'll add to the list if I find any more good ones. Let me know if you have any recommendations!

Neurodivergent Insights

Key Features: Blog, Shop, Community, Training, Digital Downloads

Content: Autism, ADHD, Education, Practical Advice, Lived Experience

Something I liked: The Autistic and ADHD Nervous System

NeuroClastic

Key Features: Nonprofit, Blog, Shop, Digital Downloads

Content: Autism, Education, Lived Experience, Research, Advocacy

Something I liked: What Is Autism?

Reframing Autism

Key Features: Nonprofit, Blog, Training, Digital Downloads, Podcasts, Webinars, News

Content: Autism, Education, Practical Advice, Lived Experience, Advocacy

Something I liked: Autism Essentials (free course)

All Brains Belong

Key Features: Nonprofit, Blog, Community, Training, Digital Downloads

Content: ADHD, Autism, Education, Advocacy, Lived Experience, Practical Advice

Something I liked: Everything Is Connected to Everything: Improving the Healthcare of Autistic and ADHD Adults

Neurodivergent Narratives

Key Features: Blog, Podcasts

Content: ADHD, Education, Lived Experience

Something I liked: Neurodivergence, Intersectionality & Me

Embrace Autism

Key Features: Blog, Screening Tools

Content: Autism, Education, Practical Advice, Lived Experience

Something I liked: Autism & Camouflaging

ADDitude

Key Features: Blog, Screening Tools, Shop, Community, Digital Downloads, News, Podcasts, Webinars

Content: ADHD, Education, Practical Advice, Lived Experience

Something I liked: Understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

Neuroqueer

Key Features: Blog

Content: Autism, Education, Lived Experience, Advocacy, Research

Something I liked: Throw Away the Master's Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm

ASAN (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network)

Key Features: Nonprofit, News, Digital Downloads

Content: Autism, Advocacy, Education

Something I liked: Welcome to the Autistic Community

Autistica

Key Features: Nonprofit, Blog

Content: Autism, Education, Research, Lived Experience, Advocacy, Practical Advice

Something I liked: Supporting Autistic People Who Are Overwhelmed or Having a Meltdown

[beesandbis]

Hey guys, just wanted to share something for my neurodivergent folks who spend the first two hours of a productive day breaking down every thing they wanna get done into small task.

This thing is fucking magic.

You put in your task, like clean bathroom, than tell it how spicy that task is and how much you need to break it down and....

(this is most spicy level because my brain is just not there today)

Are some subtask still too big? No problem, press the wand again, it breaks them down.

Are some tasks not necessary? Remove them!

Need to switch stuff around? Do it!

This is such a blessing! Holy hell!

Oh and more! If you click the dots, it cn estimate how long each task will approximately take you.

When I heard about this I told all my neurodivergent friends, but I figured it might help some people here as well.

[adhd-money]

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[arijensineink]

Do you hyperfixate like meeeee?

I bid thee, start using the pomodoro kitteeeeee!!!

ポモドロキチ！＜３

I set this and let it run all day long today. I didn't always use the time slots as recommended, but the constant random meowing reminded me to get up and look away from my screen for little bits here and there.

Bonus, you can customize the colors 🥰

[potionpoof]

I'm soooo excited because I recently made a Dan Stevens Korvo voice in ElevenLabs and it sounds so good!! 💙

I'm currently working on a couple of comfort audios, one where he comforts you when you're sad, another one in which he guides you through the process of cleaning your room, and lastly one to keep you calm while you plan out your school assignments.

These comfort audio videos will be specifically tailored to the Neurodivergent community, specifically this with ADHD, Autism, or a combination of both. This means he will constantly reassure you that you should not feel ashamed of yourself or compare yourself to those who don't share the same struggles that you!

Here's a little snippet so you can get a feel for what he sounds like! It's been a few days since I've made this, and have since then been practicing on making more accurate audio. So it wasn't until yesterday that I realized this audio is a little off...

There are times in which you can't hear Korvo's accent. I've been messing around with his voice setting and am seeing good results! His accent is much more prominent now! And I even made two versions of him! One version that speaks in his normal, pompous and cranky tone, while the other is soft and soothing based on a few clips where he sounded that way.

The soft version will be used for most of these audios, as they are meant to be comforting!

I hope you all enjoy being comforted and taken care of by Korvo as much as I did!💙😊

[cea-tide]

Queer/Disability Resources Archive

A collection of queer and disability resources.

The entries are in no particular order. The post is edited with new entries when I come across them.

What is a QPR?

Pronouns master post by @/realtransfacts

Intersex explained

How to tuck DIY

Sex Ed by Scarleteen

Aro+ace resources

Lilacisexual (aspec microlabel)

Non-speaking and verbal autistics terms

Autistic inertia

Why do ADHD kids say "I don't know" so much?

HRT DIY (harm reduction)

Voice pitch analyser

No Pronouns FAQ + my pronoun closet script

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief resource list

Pap smear / cervical cancer tests also for trans women

Stimuwrite, a writing help for neurodivergent people

Accessible Gardening (book)

Safe binding and sizing advice

Transfeminine science: estrogen HRT

[manuka-honey-dog]

Does anyone know any good online ADHD tests?

I did the BetterMindset one only to be hit with a “pay for your results” and its more than i currently have in my bank account. Any recs would be appreciated!!

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

Resource: Help Post

I told my dad that I wanted to change psychiatrists, since I’m supposed to be trialing adhd meds/doses (only started in March) and I didn’t feel safe doing that with this psychiatrist. Dad asked what I meant, and I explained that the dr was very clearly biased against adhd/adhd meds and I couldnt be open with her, and that a lot of psychiatrists have this bias. Dad, for all his efforts to be an (extremely performative) autism- and abuse-recovery-supporting Pure Ally uwu, said:

“sounds like Bullshit”

he asked me “where I’d heard this information”, and I said that along with trusted online sources, there was a ton of anecdotal evidence, the entire adhd community, and MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

He said “come back with Real Sources” and then proceeded to get aggro at me for being angry “because I live in his house” (and he’s still being a dick????) and then tried to accuse me of some kind of “addiction to constantly changing psychiatrists” and a bunch of other bs while I desperately tried to signal that the conversation was O V E R.

anyway I’m looking for some AcTuAl SoUrCeS to convince my father (who is, like me, obviously autdhd but never been treated) that the stigma I and the adhd/autdhd community experience.... is real. 

[leomonae]

hey guys so I met this nice lady whilst waiting to see my psychiatrist, whose late teens son has just been diagnosed with adhd (inattentive subtype). we got to chatting and she was wondering about books to help her understand better so she could support him. anyone got any recommendations I could pass on, ideally ones written by people with adhd themselves? if nothing comes to mind, a signal boost would still be very much appreciated!

the main things I tried impart in our brief discussion were, like... don't be so focused on his productivity that you forget the goal is his happiness, what's most obvious and annoying for other people isn't necessarily the part that's hardest for us so listen to what he says he wants and needs, medication is great but you still gotta learn a whole bunch of life skills and coping strategies you were never able to learn before, no really don't stress too much I dropped out of educational institutions like three times and I'm doing just fine, and make sure to see how the meds affect him before you let him drive. mine make me need to go nap for an hour every afternoon when they're at peak concentration.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Having ADHD does not mean what people think it means. It’s so exhausting having to explain that all the time

[adhdandcomics]

"adhd is the easiest disability to have" “sure plenty of people have adhd but most people are faking” “people are abusing the resources that WE need so that’s why i can’t get my adderall!”

there has been an artificial shortage of all adhd medication for the past 4 years in the US. every investigation into this shortage has returned with the unequivocal result that simply nobody thinks we need it enough to solve the problem.

so they point fingers at the “faker” gaming the system to get adderall who “thinks” they have adhd or is “abusing stimulants to get ahead” for a problem that Our system MANUFACTURED.

so we would be at each others throats instead of realizing that our government and big pharma is to blame for all of this. because their First priority is to punish addicts and to punish folks with adhd and to punish anyone who relies on medication. over everything else. even over profit.

[hashtagmushlove]

6/13/2023 - DadHD

I have ideas that fly through my mind every day, and it just so happens, that ChatGPT is able to bounce these ideas off my mind very well, in a very productive manner, very, very quickly. So quickly, that I can almost create a whole business during a work day. Enter DadHD: The High Definition Father. I want to start a support group, that contains resources for fathers with ADHD and fathers to…

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

“alt text for more info” “turn on cations for more info” no actually this is not where more info goes. These have a very distinct purpose. There are plenty of other places for more info. If you’re going to make your post inaccessible, the least you could do is not use accessibility tools at your own leisure for whatever purpose you see fit.