Organized!: A guest Post from the Forum

One of our readers shared some of their tips on our forum on getting their ADHD brain organized!

(posted 29 June 2015 )

A List of Things That Help

Post-it notes every where
Calendars with enough space to write my whole day out, then keeping it right beside my bed on my nightstand, glancing at it more than ten times a day (I have only one so as not to miss anything because I only added a task to one or the other)
Alarm clock across the room not next to my bed
My meds (Vyvanse which gets me out of bed every day, and Adderall once it starts to wear off)
A really good doctor; my psychologist is amazing and I hope that you all are as lucky as I am to find a great doc.
Reading! Read as much as you can about ADHD, websites, forums, medicine websites (such as Vyvanse) that offer tips on how to get the most out of your meds and even regular tips for life in general. It pays to be educated!
Getting enough sleep!
One person that you can really talk to and share information that you have read with – there are no excuses for some of my behaviours but it does help that my boyfriend has read some articles which i shared with him that help to explain why I may behave a certain way.

A List of Things That Don’ t Help

Day planner, both digital and non-digital.
Electronic calendars (like on a cell phone and that links to a calendar such as Google Calendar). I just tend to never follow through with entering every single appointment and then setting appropriate alarms for them.
Supplements such as fish oil, vitamin Bs, and others. Maybe they did not work for me because I didn’t take them long enough.

How do you stay organized? Do you relate to any of these? For me, using one simple binder really helped me sort out everything for school.

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[content-block title="Meet Jeff Rasmussen" color="orange"] Age: 18 City: Langley, BC Diagnosed with ADHD in Grade 7 Biggest Dream: I want to change the world for younger kids like me who are punished daily for having ADHD. Fave Class: Mechanics "I've got the plans in my head for a motorized scooter with a gas-powered engine that I'm actually capable of building." ADHD Superpower: "If I'm determined to do something, literally nothing can stop me. Nothing. Not bribes, not bullets... nothing." Fave Food: Hashbrowns (the kind you buy frozen, in a bag) Career Goals: Telecommunications Guru Life-Changing Event: Winning the WDS Scholarship for Real Life School Achievement: Completing Math & Socials 10 in just 8 weeks this summer. "School's like 99% fluff. Summer school is that, minus the fluff." Biggest Struggle: Even though I take medication I still have trouble staying on task, doing boring homework, remembering not to swear when I am angry or staying still through assemblies. (That's where some of my strategies come in.) [/content-block] [content-block title="An Average Kid with ADHD" color="purple"] My ADHD has been really bad and given me every bad experience you can imagine for a kid. Before medication teachers took away my recess, my gym classes, they put me in the hall, I have been suspended from school, and I never did my work because even though my tests say I’m “gifted” I couldn’t do it. When I first learned I had ADHD I was so happy that I wasn’t bad or broken, it had a name and an explanation for what was going on. [/content-block]