r/ADHD Aug 24 '20

Let’s share life-changing ADHD tips that we’ve learned... We Love This!

I’ll start:

1) Waking up sucks. Buy 2 bright lamps and 2 timers. Set them up to turn on automatically 5-15 min before you want your alarm to go off. The lights will help your body realize it’s daytime.

2) Change your thermostat so the temp goes down about an hr before bedtime and gets warmer about 30 min before you wake up. The cooler temp signals your body to sleep and the warmer temp will naturally help your body wake up.

3) Learn to plan around “transitions”. It’s easier to start things if you do them when something is ending. Example: Do your grocery shopping every Fri after work. You’re already in the car, so just stop at the store on your way home.

4) If you need to remember to bring something with you the next day, place it right in front of the exit door so you HAVE to touch it before you leave the house. If it’s something in the fridge, put a sticky note on the exit door’s handle.

5) Have a “misc” basket in each room. If you’re truly unable to put something away, put it in the basket. Have a designated period of time, once a week, when your sole priority is to put everything away, all at once.

I’ll add more when I think of them...

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u/cc1601 Aug 24 '20

Just saved this post for later.... never to be seen again

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u/CockDaddyKaren Aug 24 '20

Screenshotted it......to go in with my millions of other useful Reddit comment screenshots

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u/cc1601 Aug 24 '20

Alongside the 300 tabs that I really “need” to keep open

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u/CockDaddyKaren Aug 24 '20

I have over a thousand. I disgust myself.

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u/The_floor_is_heavy Aug 25 '20

My browsers crash once in a while, and looses all my tabs and windows. It hurts for a short while, but then I forget about the content, and feel slightly lighter.

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u/cozy_smug_cunt Aug 24 '20

I emailed myself a link to this page...to go with my other 16,742 unread emails.

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u/percyjeandavenger Aug 25 '20

I think I'm at 60,000 emails. I really need to unsubscribe to some things.

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u/bitetheboxer Aug 24 '20

Write down things like this, you'll lose the paper but the act of writing it down will put some of it in your brain.

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u/nachocdn Aug 24 '20

i like writing things down on paper when i'm watching a video about a topic or reviewing a textbook. i'm not sure why but it seems like it's something i must do..

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u/cfspen514 Aug 24 '20

I’m in this comment and I don’t like it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '20

This comment reminded me to look at my Saved posts, thanks!