17 ADHD Hacks That Actually Work (The last one is a MUST)

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Do you want to truly master your ADHD? Does your brain feel like 10 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 17 life changing ADHD hacks that will change your life. Timestamps: 02:26 Memory bracelets 04:06 Body doubling 06:25 Frozen chopped vegetables 07:49 Toothbrushes 09:59 Clothes bins 10:59 Chargers 11:25 Icebergs 13:03 The 2 minute rule 14:13 The ideas shelf 18:02 Reusable shopping bags 19:19 Can I let you know tomorrow 20:29 Tiimo advert 21:49 Don’t put it down, put it away 22:36 Free subscriptions 24:09 Always look back 26:31 2 things at once 27:04 Under one minute 27:51 Self awareness 36:26 Audience submitted hacks Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter 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	We're going to go through 17 ADHD hacks that actually work.
0:04.3	Right.
0:04.6	And how do you know that they actually work?
0:06.4	Is these things that you do?
0:08.1	Tried them all.
0:08.9	Tried and tested all of them.
0:10.7	Really?
0:11.7	Well, having spoken to 250-odd people now on the podcast,
0:16.4	and thousands of people at events, these are the ones that keep on coming up.
0:21.4	Some of them are quite obvious,
0:24.4	and some of them are a bit out there and a bit quirky,
0:27.0	but often they're the ones that I feel work the best.
0:30.4	And then we've got some user ones as well.
0:32.8	People have sent some in at the end.
0:34.7	Yes, some users submitted ones at the end.
0:36.5	I just feel like a lot of ADHD hacks that already exist out there are,
0:44.2	they must be written by neurotypicals because they don't work.
0:47.4	And I mean ones that just advise you to buy another notebook, for example.
0:51.8	I listened to that, and I had so many notebooks that had the first page
0:57.5	filled out and then abandoned. Why does that not work? What is the fantasy of a new notebook
1:06.4	that ADHD people fall for all the time? Well, they're so fun to buy.
1:16.4	I think you get a bit of dopamine when you're in the shop or you're on Amazon and you see the colorful new notebook.
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