ADHD Women and Money: Taking Charge of Your Finances If you are a neurodivergent woman who struggles with money, you aren’t alone. Managing personal finances can often feel like an uphill battle, especially for women diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The intersection of ADHD symptoms and financial responsibilities …
Kristen McCLure MSW LCSW Five Steps to Finding Your Strengths as an ADHD Woman
Finding Your Strengths as an ADHD Woman: A Path to Joy, Authenticity, and Balance Discovering and embracing your strengths is essential for ADHD women to live a joyful, authentic, and balanced life. Society often highlights your weaknesses, leading to burnout, stress, and feelings of inadequacy. However, by focusing on natural strengths, …
What You Need to Know About OCD and ADHD
↑ You can listen to this website How are OCD and ADHD related? Women with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) want to understand how mental health conditions, like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), can overlap. The similarities in their symptoms create confusion, and many women feel ashamed of their OCD symptoms, leading them to …
Understanding ADHD and Dopamine: Regulation Ideas
Understanding Dopamine: The Brain’s Chemical Messenger Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a crucial role in how we feel pleasure, think, and plan. It’s heavily involved in the brain’s reward system. Dopamine helps us keep going when we want to quit and helps us feel good when we accomplish things. …
Why ADHD Makes Now So Tempting: A Guide to Temporal Discounting
What is Temporal Discounting? Temporal discounting is when you prioritize immediate, smaller rewards over tasks with long-term benefits. ADHD brains have a preference for this, which can lead to challenges in getting tasks done at work, managing finances, and maintaining self-care. But remember, this isn’t your fault—it’s just how your …
ADHD and Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Living with ADHD often involves managing a complex array of “symptoms” such as restlessness, impulsivity, and persistent mental chatter. Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is a scientifically supported technique that can significantly help reduce these “symptoms ” by teaching individuals to alternate between tensing and relaxing different muscle groups. This …
ADHD Masking in Women: Signs, Causes, and the Hidden Cost
You look like you have it together. You meet expectations. You show up. You get things done. But underneath that, there’s constant effort — tracking, remembering, managing, holding everything in place so nothing slips. And most of the time, no one sees how hard it actually is. This is often …
ADHD and the Default Mode Network
What is the Default Mode Network (DMN)? The Default Mode Network (DMN) is a network of interconnected brain regions that is most active when the mind is at rest, such as during daydreaming, introspection, or mind-wandering. This network plays a critical role in self-referential thoughts, memory retrieval, and envisioning the …
Understanding the Connection Between Alexithymia and ADHD
Understanding the Link Between Alexithymia and ADHD Alexithymia refers to difficulty in identifying and describing emotions. Initially recognized in the 1970s, it’s now understood as a personality trait impacting both psychological and physical health. Although not classified as a distinct disorder, alexithymia significantly affects emotional processing and regulation in various …
ADHD Women and Fibromylagia
🗝️ TLDR/ Key Takeaways Overlap: Fibromyalgia and ADHD often co-occur, sharing symptoms like pain, fatigue, and cognitive challenges. Treatment: Addressing ADHD can lead to improvements in fibromyalgia symptoms, particularly cognitive issues like fibrofog. Holistic Approach: Combining medications, therapy, and lifestyle changes is often the most effective strategy. Self-Help: Incorporating stress …