ADHD & academics Women & ADHD

“Too smart” for ADHD: a note from myself at 17

Editor’s note: a previous version of this post appeared on April 2, 2015. At various points in my adult life, people have told me I can’t have ADHD. I’m too smart. Too organized. I’ll set aside the insidious myth about ADHD and intelligence for another day. However, the upshot is, someone can appear “smart” and […]

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Mental Health Task Management

Part of knowing my worth is remembering what I’ve accomplished

Life with ADHD can get pretty hectic — especially if you’re like me and have the industrious, “driven by a motor,” always needing to do something, never able to relax variety. At the end of the day, I want to feel tired. I also want to feel like I’ve accomplished something. While I have no […]

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