ADHD

The rise in ADHD diagnoses looks suspicious to some people. Too many, too fast, too easy. But what actually happened is that the conversation got loud enough for the people who were always missed to finally recognise themselves in it. That's not the system being gamed. That's the system slowly starting to work.

I say the same thing five different ways before I finally know how I actually feel. For a long time I thought this made me dramatic, or needy, or a bit too much. Turns out it's just how my ADHD brain thinks. Out loud.

They tell you the diagnosis will feel like a light turning on. And parts of it do. But nobody warns you about what comes after the oh — the grief for the student who might have done better, the teenager who might have been kinder to herself, the years spent being told you just needed to try harder. This is the side of late diagnosis nobody writes about.

Saying "everyone's a bit ADHD" feels harmless. It isn't. Here's why minimising ADHD as a personality quirk causes real harm, especially for those diagnosed late.

Job hunting with ADHD isn't just hard, it's a full-body, brain-fighting experience. Burnout, rejection sensitivity, and the CV copy-paste trap: here's the honest version nobody's writing.

An honest reflection on my first two years taking ADHD medication, what’s helped, what’s been weird, and what I wish I’d known at the start. I talk about how food, hormones, and timing massively affect how the meds feel, from anxiety spikes and sleep issues to that “speedy” focus and emotional comedown. It’s not a miracle fix, but it does make life less overwhelming; this piece is about learning to work with the meds, not chase the high or lose myself in the process.

So… I’m dating a boy (I know, yuck). But it’s going surprisingly well! ADHD affects relationships in ways people don’t always talk about, from forgetfulness and hyperfixation to deep empathy and loyalty. Here’s my guide to dating someone with ADHD, the challenges, the quirks, and the unexpected magic.

I’m a chaotic neurodiverse girl living in London, muddling my way through adulthood with a love-hate relationship with London, and a knack for finding myself in shit situations.