Cansu's ADHD Diary
Methods to try and sourced guides about living with ADHD, written by an adult who has it. This is the English edition of a Turkish blog; the articles are translated from the originals.
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What Is Inattentive ADHD? ADHD Without Hyperactivity
Not the ADHD that cannot sit still, but the one that drifts away quietly. Symptoms of the inattentive type, why it is noticed so late and why it is missed in women.
6 min - MediumGuide
What Are the Symptoms of ADHD in Adults?
How ADHD looks in adulthood: symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and inner restlessness, how the criteria change for adults and why a list is not enough.
6 min - Medium
Time Blindness in ADHD: Knowing the Clock, Not Feeling the Time
Time blindness is not being able to feel in the body that time has passed. Where it comes from, what it leads to and methods that make time visible from outside.
6 min - Medium
Task Paralysis: Knowing What to Do and Being Unable to Start
Task paralysis is being unable to start although you know the job. How it differs from procrastination, what lies beneath it and practical steps that open the lock.
6 min - Medium
Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD
Emotional overflow is not in the diagnostic criteria, yet most people living with it say it is the hardest part. Why it happens and what really helps.
6 min - MediumGuide
ADHD in Women: Why Diagnosis Is Late, and the Role of Hormones
An explanation for the years I could not find myself in the definition. Why ADHD is seen late in women and how the picture changes across a lifetime.
6 min
More articles
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What Causes ADHD? Causes, and Things That Do Not
What is known today about the causes of ADHD: the share of heredity, prenatal factors, association versus causation and things shown not to be causes.
6 min - MediumGuide
ADHD or Anxiety? Telling Them Apart
Both disrupt focus and both cause restlessness. Three signs that tell them apart, the overlapping symptoms and why it can be both.
6 min - MediumGuide
Are ADHD and Autism the Same Thing?
The two pictures are often confused and often occur together. Where they look alike, where they differ and what it means when both are present.
6 min - MediumGuide
Does ADHD Go Away, or Does It Continue Into Adulthood?
What happens to an ADHD diagnosis made in childhood, the fluctuating course found by long follow-up studies and what it means in daily life.
6 min - MediumGuide
The 12 Most Common Myths About ADHD
A boys' disorder, you grow out of it, everyone is a bit like that, medication is addictive. The claims heard most often and what the research says.
6 min - MediumGuide
What Is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)?
A small criticism that topples a whole day, an unanswered message that will not leave the mind for hours. What RSD means and what the evidence says.
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About this site
I started this site as a record for myself, because if I do not write down what I try, I cannot remember three weeks later what worked. Then I noticed other people were looking for the same thing. Read more about who writes this and how.
Nothing here is medical advice. Questions about diagnosis, medication and treatment belong with a qualified clinician.