Adult Women with ADHD: Your challenges and effective coping strategies

Jan '24 (edited) • All Members Post Here

Hi all

Whether you associate with, believe in, or find value in the categories or not...Here's my question for today!

I'm curious if we have any women with ADHD exist in this group and what stategies you have employed for the following and what your sources of support and learning are.

Enjoying Mel today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R0xhDNPfwU

Share your strategies, things that have worked for you!

Difficulty staying organised at home or/and cleaning up
Getting to meetings on time
Using planners etc when you have them but forget that you do
Easily distracted, day dreaming
So many thoughts and ideas you can't see the wood for the trees
Impulsiveness - needing your hit of dopamine or even blurting out an answer or response to someone without thinking things through, or a socially aware level of awareness about other people
Completing projects - prioritising which projects have greatest value
Difficulty listening to other people when they talk
Forgetfulness, losing things - keys, wallet, plans made with friends (or clients)
Lack of time awareness - you lose track of time, you underestimate how long things will take
Constantly on edge, needing to be busy all the time, you can't relax, constant mind chatter
From over active to underactive - unable to work slow and steady
Daily tasks feel dramatically huge
Freezing/decision paralysis

Any other symptoms I've left off?

And here's what#s fabulous about being neurospicy! Feel free to add your own.

-Super creative, a problem solver, we are often successful entrepeneurs

-Expanse of thoughts, ideas, can consider every perspective easily!

-When we go into a flow state...well we DO. When we're fascinated by something (or someone) we truly are!

-We adore novelty so we are willing to expand our sense of who we are because we are often seeking new experiences, so we are often less bound by the habits which form a sense of identity.

What's working for me

1.Imposing some simple structures on myself and utilising work with others (accountability) helps me create structure - so the Monday morning dance party I offered here at 8am, helps me, Friday's Non Linear Movement seshion at 8am, also helps me.

2. Dancing and music first thing in the morning

3. Kindness to my self, being forgiving and curious

4. Willing to learn and re-learn new ways of doing life...HUMILITYYYYYY!!!! 5.Non Linear Movement practice/somatic work/coaching 6.Living imperfectly and seeing the value in not being a perfectionist

Right, over to you!

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