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CHADD
The largest ADHD organisation in the US. Reliable, evidence-based explainers on adult ADHD, plus a directory of local support groups.
Resources
Places to start
Places to start
when you don’t know where to.
A short, honest list. We’d rather point you to six things that genuinely help than forty you’ll never open.
If today is a hard day
In the US: call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time, any day. In the UK: call Samaritans on 116 123, or text SHOUT to 85258. If someone is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
If you’re the person who always holds everything together, asking for help can feel like the one thing you’re not allowed to do. Please do it anyway.
Understanding your own brain
Getting informed
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ADDitude
Deep, practical archive on adult ADHD and parenting with ADHD. Good place to search a specific symptom you’re struggling with.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Autistic-led, which matters. The clearest writing anywhere on what support should actually look like, from people who need it.
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National Autistic Society
The best UK starting point for diagnosis pathways, workplace rights and school support — for adults and for kids.
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Our podcast
Start with episode 2 if you were diagnosed as an adult, or episode 3 if the evenings are what’s breaking you right now.
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Talk to us
Sometimes what you need isn’t a website. If you want to ask a real question of a real person, the inbox is open.
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The five-minute reset
For the moment you can feel it coming and you’ve still got thirty seconds of choice left.
- Say the sentence out loud. “I’m overloaded and I need five minutes.” Agree on it with your family in advance so it isn’t an argument.
- Change the input. Dim the lights, kill the TV, step outside. Sensory load is usually doing more damage than the actual problem.
- Move something. Walk to the end of the road. Carry the bins out. Regulation is physical before it’s mental.
- Drop the standard, not the relationship. Toast for dinner is fine. Snapping at someone you love because you were determined to cook is not.
- Come back and name it. “I got overwhelmed. It wasn’t you.” Kids build their whole model of emotion from watching the adults around them repair.
- Don’t audit it tonight. Working out what went wrong is a job for tomorrow, with more capacity than you currently have.
Nothing on this site is medical advice, and we’re not clinicians. If something here rings true, take it to a doctor or a therapist who can actually assess you.