Thank you for the great tips. One suggestion: If you struggle to tell time on an analogue clock, as I do, you can still find it helpful to put oversized digital clocks all around your home and use a digital watch with count-down and up timer, and hourly chime features. There are also colourful visual timer clocks and phone apps available. I do this for myself and my kids. (And I set all the clocks 10 to 20 minutes ahead as we are always running minimum 20 minutes late.) I have dyscalculia, a learning disorder related to numbers and math, and 2 common symptoms can be difficulty reading analogue clocks and time blindness. Dyscalculia is a learning disorder that can co-occur and overlap with ADHD, as it does with me.
I have discalculia too! I have so much trouble reading clocks and calculating time. I often get confused about the time and misinterpret it. I have trouble with both analog and digital clocks, but I found that the 24 hr military clock is a little easier for me!
@@thefarmgirlfelter489 Yes, that's absolutely me as well! I'm either 1 day early or 30min-1hr late. Stress and menopause makes it so much worse. I have tried to use the 24 hour clock, but as I don't work in a hospital or with the military, I muddled up the -12hr calculation when I have to convert AM/PM times used by everyone else. Brains are so complex! Differences in neurodevelopment can be both shared, or vastly different. I have dyscalculia but my son is gifted in math! (But, unfortunately, he's still time blind due to our shared ADHD ;-)). I love to write (but can't spell); he has an LD in Written Expression. Is this just matching or inherited DNA "code" that manifests differently in each person? I think in the future we'll develop much more sophisticated ways of identifying neurodevelopmental differences than the limiting diagnostic labels we use today. I've only started to figure these things out in my 50s. I'm so grateful to neurodiverse content creators like Ritu. Thanks to them we can finally find community and share support and valuable information to help us build confidence and develop positive compensatory strategies to make life easier and more fulfilling for ourselves and our children. I get upset when I hear people dismiss neurodiverse content creators and accuse them of spreading misinformation causing people to self-diagnose. I spent 50 years feeling defective because "experts" deemed it unnecessary and too complicated to include females in research into neurodevelopmental conditions until recently (as well as the vast majority of medical research). I could not have received a diagnosis (in my case for ADHD, Inattentive Presentation) previously, because experts did not generally "believe" it could exist in adult females until this past decade. My son would also not have received his diagnosis until recently, because it was not generally "believed" that gifted children could also have learning challenges. Thank goodness neurodiverse people (and those who love them) can now find each other, share our experiences, and empower one another to self-advocate and seek out the help that we desperately need.
Also, women should be aware that their capabilities may vary drastically depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle and if they are perimenopausal or post-menopausal. I wish I had known about how my hormone fluctuation affected me when I was younger so I could have tracked my cycles and managed my expectations of myself accordingly. We shouldn’t have to beat ourselves up about or power-through something that is entirely out of our control. Research has proven that neurodiverse women are more likely to suffer from more severe menstrual symptoms such as PMS and PMDD, and that ADHD cognitive symptoms are exacerbated during perimenopause and after menopause.
Thank you for the great tips. One suggestion: If you struggle to tell time on an analogue clock, as I do, you can still find it helpful to put oversized digital clocks all around your home and use a digital watch with count-down and up timer, and hourly chime features. There are also colourful visual timer clocks and phone apps available. I do this for myself and my kids. (And I set all the clocks 10 to 20 minutes ahead as we are always running minimum 20 minutes late.) I have dyscalculia, a learning disorder related to numbers and math, and 2 common symptoms can be difficulty reading analogue clocks and time blindness. Dyscalculia is a learning disorder that can co-occur and overlap with ADHD, as it does with me.
That's a really good point about reading analog clocks. I'll take that into consideration when I talk about this tip in the future. Thank you
I have discalculia too! I have so much trouble reading clocks and calculating time. I often get confused about the time and misinterpret it. I have trouble with both analog and digital clocks, but I found that the 24 hr military clock is a little easier for me!
@@thefarmgirlfelter489 Yes, that's absolutely me as well! I'm either 1 day early or 30min-1hr late. Stress and menopause makes it so much worse. I have tried to use the 24 hour clock, but as I don't work in a hospital or with the military, I muddled up the -12hr calculation when I have to convert AM/PM times used by everyone else. Brains are so complex! Differences in neurodevelopment can be both shared, or vastly different. I have dyscalculia but my son is gifted in math! (But, unfortunately, he's still time blind due to our shared ADHD ;-)). I love to write (but can't spell); he has an LD in Written Expression. Is this just matching or inherited DNA "code" that manifests differently in each person? I think in the future we'll develop much more sophisticated ways of identifying neurodevelopmental differences than the limiting diagnostic labels we use today. I've only started to figure these things out in my 50s. I'm so grateful to neurodiverse content creators like Ritu. Thanks to them we can finally find community and share support and valuable information to help us build confidence and develop positive compensatory strategies to make life easier and more fulfilling for ourselves and our children. I get upset when I hear people dismiss neurodiverse content creators and accuse them of spreading misinformation causing people to self-diagnose. I spent 50 years feeling defective because "experts" deemed it unnecessary and too complicated to include females in research into neurodevelopmental conditions until recently (as well as the vast majority of medical research). I could not have received a diagnosis (in my case for ADHD, Inattentive Presentation) previously, because experts did not generally "believe" it could exist in adult females until this past decade. My son would also not have received his diagnosis until recently, because it was not generally "believed" that gifted children could also have learning challenges. Thank goodness neurodiverse people (and those who love them) can now find each other, share our experiences, and empower one another to self-advocate and seek out the help that we desperately need.
I love the right hand rule… this will save me sooo much time trying to figure out what to do next ❤️❤️❤️ Hope you are doing well ❤️❤️❤️
Also, women should be aware that their capabilities may vary drastically depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle and if they are perimenopausal or post-menopausal. I wish I had known about how my hormone fluctuation affected me when I was younger so I could have tracked my cycles and managed my expectations of myself accordingly. We shouldn’t have to beat ourselves up about or power-through something that is entirely out of our control. Research has proven that neurodiverse women are more likely to suffer from more severe menstrual symptoms such as PMS and PMDD, and that ADHD cognitive symptoms are exacerbated during perimenopause and after menopause.
I have pmdd and its like im a differant person from day to day and week to week. It is sad and scary.
Great tips! I think these might actually work. Thanks for sharing. Great work!
I use the only 1 thing a day rule even at 34 yrs old 😅
I wish I had discovered this sooner! It would save me so many overwhelm earlier on in my life.
Well done girl your reaching more subs and all the best 😊
Thank you so much for your support. It means so much!
@@NeurodivergentMom your welcome 😊
These will help. I can feel it 🤭
They are simple. and that's why they work! LMK how it goes for you.