12 Unhinged ADHD Hacks That ACTUALLY Work (don't judge til you try)

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Does your brain feel like 7 highly caffeinated squirrels are barrelling around up there? Does this cause overwhelm, anxiety and procrastination? Do you feel like you can't start basic chores? Here are 12 unhinged ADHD hacks that ACTUALLY work! Chapters: 02:10 Pinch your thoughts 04:17 Start with ‘No’ 07:26 The dopamine menu 10:34 Leave laptop charger at home 13:06 The task finisher hack 14:23 ‘To do list’ VS backlog 16:40 Slower mornings, not earlier mornings 20:07 Tiimo advert 21:24 Just one dish 23:54 Scary hour 25:32 RSD bracelet 30:43 Blink for one minute 31:39 Check your tribe Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter Pre-order Alex’s latest book about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 👉 https://linktr.ee/adhdchatter?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=9ffd8709-06df-444c-9936-c136fbd14d6e Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer Editor: Ryan Faber DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	12 ADHD hacks that actually work.
0:03.5	And when did you put these into practice?
0:05.9	So I think it's important to say, I don't speak about it too much, but before my ADHD
0:11.7	diagnosis, I had a 10-year business career where I started two global social media brands,
0:18.0	one called Unilad and one called Ladbibyl. And it was really interesting
0:20.9	when I got my ADHD diagnosis, I really reflected on the conscious and subconscious hacks that I had
0:29.7	implemented that enabled me to bypass, to get through some of the challenges that I was probably facing with things like
0:39.7	disorganisation and motivation and procrastination.
0:42.8	So I really wanted to put a list together of the hacks that I used that helped me make
0:48.4	Lab Bible, really helped me make this podcast too, to share with the audience in the hope that it will benefit them too.
0:55.9	Great. And so there's 12 of them.
0:58.0	12 of my best hacks, yes.
1:00.9	Right.
1:01.2	I've read through them and some of them are absolutely genius.
1:04.3	They do get better as the list goes on.
1:06.3	They're really, really good, really, really clever.
1:08.0	And then a couple of them are just outright bizarre.
1:12.1	So, yeah, some of them are a bit bizarre, but I think we're incredible problem solvers.
1:18.2	And I think if we let our ability to think outside the box lead sometimes, we're actually
1:24.7	capable of finding really interesting, unique ways to almost hijack our
1:30.9	ability to not procrastinate and looking back on what I was subconsciously doing through my
1:36.3	business career. And in the early stages of this podcast, I think they're, yes, they're definitely
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