into my shopping list tab on my computer and then i forget what tab i was in before what work was i doing so yeah just little things like that have been super useful i also got asked in this section what people could do to help or support partners with adhd or like i guess friends with adhd maybe communication genuine honest open communication and respect will take you a long way stuff that they might need that you might be able to provide but also stuff that's going on with adhd that might be affecting you ways to compromise ways to make it work for everyone i think is really important and one of the things i saw online i thought was genius idea is like instead of splitting chores NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN in the way you might traditionally think of so like you do the hoovering i do the dusting because a lot of the time people with adhd will start tasks and then lose interest about halfway through the person with adhd just starts all the tasks does half of the task and then the other person finishes the task or vice versa that's such a simple thing and like it's still the same amount of work but it's just split in a way that's like unusual to how you're supposed to do stuff but in the end it's it will work better finding unique solutions that work for you and your life and your friendship or your relationship i think makes a lot of sense and finally do i regret getting diagnosed this is a question i got quite a lot actually and i was sort of surprised because i was like no should i have a couple other people kind of also were saying like does it really make a difference if i can just do all of these tips and tricks and things i hope you deal with adhd like do i really need a diagnosis to tell me i have it that is very much fair enough and as i said like any kind of advice that people give around like how to deal with adhd you can take regardless of whether you even have it or not however i will say that like without diagnosis i would not have been able to get medication and that has been extremely useful i also think that having this confirmation has helped like really recontextualize stuff about myself that i was maybe insecure about or i felt like were flaws even though i know and like within my brain i'm like i'm not doing this on purpose like i am actually actively trying to not do this thing that i know is making people frustrated or making people feel like i don't respect them or appreciate them or anything like that also obviously that like access to work grant that i just talked about like you need to have a diagnosis to be able to access that so it's definitely worth looking at once you get diagnosed like what happens then is the start of like another journey so i think that that answers all the questions those were just my experiences but if you have had different experience or have something that you think i didn't cover or something that's like specific to where you live that you think other people might find useful then obviously please please put it in the comments if you'd like to help support this channel and me in living a adhd friendly like freelancing life then a link to my patreon is going to be in the description or you could check out today's sponsor fabulous which is the number one self-care app which helps you build better habits and achieve your goals using behavioral science backed research
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