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Focus, starting, and ADHD

Most advice about focus is written for a brain that starts easily. This area is not. It covers what ADHD actually is, how to make a start when starting is the hard part, how to bring a future consequence close enough to feel, and how to stop paying for it in shame.

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Theme · Treatment and medication
Feelings and focus 16Systems for daily life 9Medication and how it works 8Screens and attention 8Getting assessed and diagnosed 7Bringing the future closer 6Shame and stigma 6Get started 4Exercise, food and other supports 3Self-compassion 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Treatment and medication 2Your sense of time 2Structure and routine 2Remembering to do it 1What ADHD actually is 1
How long you have
A minute 1Twenty minutes 1
When · Under stress
Any ordinary day 48Coming and going 12After a row 4In a change 4Under stress 2When apart 1
About this theme

This explains how treatments work. Never start, stop or change a medication because of something you read here.

Somebody will eventually ask you whether you want what is best for your child. It is a sales line, and knowing that in advance is most of what you need to withstand it.

Parents of a newly diagnosed child are frightened, motivated and often exhausted, which is exactly the state that gets marketed to. The question is…

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If a treatment comes with a contract, take it to a solicitor before signing. Not because you cannot read it, but because that puts a few days between the pitch and your signature.

Being told not to sign rarely helps, and it asks somebody to admit in the moment that they might act rashly, which almost nobody does in front of a…

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