ADHD often makes cleaning and organizing overwhelming.

It leads to piles of paperwork, laundry on beds, and things scattered everywhere. 🧵 Big projects feel impossible.

- Start with one area at a time: a drawer, a shelf, or a corner
- Set a timer for 15 minutes
- Make quick decisions: keep, get rid of it, donate it

Small victories build momentum and reduce stress.

Life with both ADHD and autism (AuDHD) is way different than just one 🧵 Masking feels like a wrestling match.

- The autistic side wants structure. The ADHD side wants novelty and excitement.

- Routines feel too rigid, Social expectations add too much pressure.

It's like half of our brain wants to do everything and the other half is scared of everything.

ADHD can make it difficult to sleep.

The result: low energy, poor focus, and worse symptoms the next day.

Here are some strategies to sleep better with ADHD 🧵 Pay attention to your night routine

- Set a wind down alarm 1 hr before bed
- Skip caffeine at least 5 hours before bed
- Keep a consistent wake up time
- Use your bed only for sleep not for work

Food choices can make ADHD symptoms harder to manage

But they can also make it much easier to live with. 🧵 The wrong food can lead to:

- Stress
- Anxiety
- Mood swings
- Low energy.

Most people never realize that diet might be affecting how their brain works, especially with ADHD.

ADHD doesn’t just affect focus.

If it's left untreated, it can literally make your life shorter 🧵 ADHD makes it harder to manage things that keep us healthy

– Sleep
– Nutrition
– Exercise
– Driving safety
– Stress

All of these add up over time.

It's hard to maintain friendships with ADHD.

- Forgetting plans
- Losing track of time
- Avoiding long social events
- Not texting back

It makes it easy for friendships to drift away. 🧵 Join a class, a club, or a local social event.

Having a repeating activity gives you a reason to show up and takes off some of the preassure.

You don’t need to be entertaining the entire time, just being there counts.

With ADHD you don’t just forget what to do, you forget while you’re doing it.

ADHD brains struggle with memory

Here’s how to make it easier on your brain 🧵 Quick fixes that help right away:

- Write down the next step before you start
- Take a photo so you don’t rely on memory
- Write everything down, even if you think you wont need it

This helps when ADHD wipes your brains hard drive

ADHD isn’t about not knowing what to do. It’s knowing exactly what to do… wanting to do it… and still not being able to do it.🧵 It feels like:
– Wanting to start, but not being able to move
– Waiting until the last second when the panic and anxiety force us to start
– Feeling guilty and burned out constantly

That's executive dysfunction: your brain disconnects intention from action.

Most people with ADHD don’t struggle because they don’t care.

They struggle because time management feels impossible.

Here’s how to stay on task without burning out ADHD makes remembering tasks impossible.

You forget, then remember, and drop the thing you were doing.

You start under pressure and get stuck.

You take on too much and leave things half-done

Social anxiety is not shyness or a personality trait.

Social anxiety is very real, and very misunderstood especially for people with ADHD. 🧵 If you live with social anxiety, you:

- Worry for days before an event
- Avoid conversations or social event
- Feel judged constantly
- Experience panic (nausea, shaking)

ADHD brains love big goals.

But when reality doesn’t match the plan we get overwhelmed with shame,

Real change begins with tiny wins, not massive amounts of effort. ADHDers tend to have an all or nothing way of thinking.

If we can't do it perfectly, it feels like failure.

Flossing one tooth still counts.

Not because of clean teeth, but because the habit of showing up is being built.

Untreated ADHD can become very similar to depression.

No energy. No motivation. Everything feels too heavy.

But it’s not necessarily depression, it can also be ADHD. 🧵 When ADHD is not treated, you start blaming yourself.

“I’m lazy.”
“I’m weak.”
“I can’t trust myself.”

That shame builds up over time until real depression sets in.

An ADHD diagnosis later in life can feel like shock, regret, and relief all at once.

It explains years of struggle and gives you a chance to start fresh.

Here’s how to turned regret into reset. ADHD makes life harder when it's not treated.

- Masking
- Perfectionism
- self-blame

Diagnosis ends the guessing game.

Now you can work with your brain, not against it.

Most people think ADHD is a problem with focus.

But in reality, ADHD almost never comes alone.
It comes with anxiety, mood swings, learning difficulties, and low self esteem.

It's called Complex ADHD, and if you have ADHD, it might help to understand it. 🧵 Over 60% of people with ADHD have at least one other condition.

Anxiety, depression, ODD, learning disabilities, even substance abuse, these aren't separate issues.
They're part of the problem.

If you’ve felt like ADHD medication “isn’t enough,” this is why.

Most ADHD advice is about planners, meds, or habits.
Almost no one talks about food.

But what and when you eat can make a huge difference in your focus, mood, and energy.

Here’s how to eat for an ADHD brain. Start with the basics:

- Don’t skip more than one meal
- Eat protein in the morning
- Eat more complex carbs
- Avoid simple sugars (soda, candy)
- Eat more fiber, especially with ADHD meds

A bad diet means less energy and less focus.

Your phone isn't just a distraction.

For people with ADHD, it can reshape our lives over time.

Here’s how it happens, and what to look out for: It's not obvious at first, but it snowballs quickly.

- You miss a few deadlines.
- Then a project.
- Then a job.

- You cancel plans.
- Forget a birthday.
- Eventually people stop reaching out.

It happens faster than you think.

How to build habits when you have ADHD.

Motivation is unreliable.

ADHD makes everything harder.

We need systems, not willpower.

Here’s how to create habits and routines.

🧵 We can't rely on motivation.

Habits reduce stress, decision fatigue, anxiety and mental load.

They keep you moving even when our brain does not want to.