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Day 2 – Doing it right(ish)

Leave a Comment / Diary entry / By Frankie

And, golly gosh, it works. Well, possibly. Maybe not. It’s possible that I am just excited about the idea of it working, and that’s what’s clicked me into alert mode. Still, beggars can’t be choosers.

Best background noises for ADHD concentration

Leave a Comment / Article, Personal / By Frankie

It’s really hard to ignore sensory input when you have ADHD. Irritating external stimuli – especially intrusive sound – makes it even harder than usual to concentrate. One thing I’ve found that helps me a lot is having neutral background noise playing through my (noise cancelling) headphones as I work. Here are my top tracks: …

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Sitting at table taking pill

Day 1: Treatment

Leave a Comment / Diary entry, Medication / By Frankie

I’m not meant to take the pill in the afternoon – it’s a morning activity, to avoid insomnia and such – but I’m not here because my ability to engage in delayed gratification is overdeveloped, put it that way.

Day 0: Diagnosis

Leave a Comment / Diagnosis, Diary entry, Doctor visit / By Frankie

The two-hour appointment is not as draining as I was expecting. I rather enjoy the opportunity to talk – largely uninterrupted and without a filter – about my life.

Drinking with ADHD

Leave a Comment / Article, Body & Mind, Featured, Personal, Research / By Frankie

The artificial anger and despair that comes with drunkenness is a frightening phenomenon, and for me it was every bit as addictive as the giddy happiness. I’ve always liked to wallow.

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