ADHD Resources

Welcome to ADHD Resources,
your comprehensive guide to learning all about ADHD

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, seeking support for a loved one, or looking for effective strategies to enhance daily life, these curated ADHD resources are here to help.

Use the convenient boxes below to jump directly to specific topics or scroll through the extensive list to explore various aspects of ADHD, including symptoms, treatments, coping strategies, and more.

You are welcome to share this resource list with anyone who may find it helpful.

You may email drfreda@thetravelingpsychologist.com if you find any broken links or would like to suggest a resource be added to the list. I generally will not include resources that link directly to individual service providers or those that do not fall within the scope. 

*Please note inclusion on this list does not mean that The Traveling Psychologist endorses the information contained below, that the information is accurate, or that it will be personally helpful to you.  These resources do not constitute medical or mental health care. Please use these resources with your own discretion.

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General
ADHD
Information

ADHD in Women & AFAB Individuals

Executive Dysfunction
& Inattention

Cleaning
&
Organization

Productivity
&
Motivation

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

ADHD
&
Eating

ADHD
&
Sleep

ADHD
&
Autism

ADHD
&
Giftedness

ADHD
&
Relationships

Parenting
With
ADHD

Driving
With
ADHD

ADHD
&
Money

Workplace & School
Support

Social
Media
Accounts

Helpful Products
& Tools

Miscellaneous Information on ADHD

General ADHD Information

Websites

Videos

Podcasts

Books

Articles

Magazine

  • Attention Magazine: Covers current research, therapies, and other topics important to adults with ADHD. Published six times a year by CHADD in both print and digital versions.

Documentary

  • Written by comedians Rick Green and Patrick McKenna, the documentary “ADD and Loving It” follows McKenna as he is diagnosed with ADHD and navigates his condition in daily life. In a humorous but informative way, it discredits many myths about ADHD and earned both a New York Festival Silver World Medal for Best Medical Documentary and the CAMH Foundation Celebrity Transforming Lives Award for 2009.

ADHD in Women & AFAB Individuals​

Executive Dysfunction & Inattention

Tools to Help Improve Focus & Reduce Distractions

  • Helperbird– Chrome Extension with tons of features including changing font and size of font, sticky note to add notes to web pages, adjust layout, autoscroll, dictionary, removes photos or ads, and more. Free and paid options
  • Mercury Reader – Chrome Extension that clears away all the clutter from reading articles – Free
  • StayFocusd – Chrome Extension to block time wasting websites. Free
  • BlockSite – Chrome Extension to block unneeded websites while trying to stay focused.  Can set timers and schedules. Free
  • Freedom – App & Website Blocker for Mac, Windows, Android, IOS and Chrome.  Works across platforms.  Free trial then subscription
  • Serene – App for MacOS that blocks distractors, asks you set goals and shows visual timers. Free trial and subscription
  • Cold Turkey – MacOS or Windows, not on mobile.  Set blocks on websites or apps.  Free version and one time purchase option
  • LeechBlockNG – web browser extension for Chrome/Firefox/Edge. Schedule blocks for certain websites.  Free
  • RescueTime – Time Management Software for Windows and MacOS that collects data of how you are spending your time.  Paid version has option for creating focus sessions where it blocks websites.  Has Free Trial and monthly subscription.
  • Forest App – Android, IOS, Chrome Helps to stay focused on important things in life.  Plant trees and help them grow by staying off your device.  Free on Chrome and Android. $1.99 for Iphone, Paid Pro version available for Android
  • Focusmate – Chrome, Android, Safari – Virtual Co-working to boost accountability. 3 free 50 min sessions per week.  Unlimited for 55 per month
  • Calm – Meditation and sleep
  • Focus@will – Music for focus
  • Headspace – Medication and sleep
  • Mindshift GBT – Anxiety relief
  • Worrywatch: Anxiety & Mood – Tracker, journal
  • Buddhify
  • Sattva
  • Mindful Browsing – A slightly gentler approach to avoid distractions, you can create a list of websites you want to be mindful of and what you’d rather be doing and it will provide a reminder.  It will nudge you to get back to work.  Free
  • Focus -iphone or MacOS  Pomodoro method  You can split work into intervals with breaks.  $4.99 monthly or yearly pricing. 
  • Ublock Origin – Chrome Extension – Open Source – Blocks intrusive ads on webpages. 
  • Digital Assistants- (Siri, Hey Google, Alexa, Cortana, Etc)  Each has different name for the brand/platform

Spotify Playlists to Increase Focus

Cleaning & Organization

Productivity & Motivation

Productivity and To Do List Apps

  • Stuff – Add the widget to your homescreen so you see it whenever you go on your phone.  Allows sorting of to do tasks in Today, Tomorrow, Do Soon, Do Someday categories or add customs.  Tasks not completed today automatically roll over to the next day.  
  • Habitica – Android & iOS App that gameify’s daily habits and tasks to earn rewards. Free
  • Remember the Milk – Web, desktop and mobile – To do List Free or paid versions. Create to do lists- Schedule reminders, sharing ability, break into subtasks, color code tags, can attach files to the task, widgets to easily see what is due, apple watch compatibility
  • Google Keep – Android, iOS- search, color coding. Free  Syncs across app and web
  • My Tomatoes– Web based pomodoro technique timer.
  • Tiimo – Android & Apple, Visual timer, reminders, checklists of tasks, built for neurodivergent people, 1 month free, monthly subscription
  • Alarmy – iOs & Android – Alarm Clock App with loud ringtones or customizable (you can say a message to yourself) Can need to solve puzzles for alarm to stop.  Free with Premium option available
  • Free Timer – Desktop program for widows.  Visual timer, can set multiple at once. Can play music files. Free 
  • Finch – iOS & Android – Free & Paid Versions.  Self Care app that allows you to set daily reminders to meet daily self care goals.  Create a fun companion animal and watch them grow as you complete your goals.  
  • 2do – iOs & Android – Free & paid versions.  To do list app that allows you to create smart lists, tags, get notifications, get notifications when there is a task to complete nearby based on location
  • Asana – iOS, Android, web version.  30 day free trial. Task management software built for teams (can be used individually) Create tasks, project management, messaging, file storage, assign items with due dates, create templates for tasks
  • Clickup – iOS, Android, Web Version.  Free and paid versions.  Productivity/Project Management  app built for teams.  Create tasks, subtasks, make notes on projects and boards.  Has included Docs section, can upload files for review, can mark process of projects/tasks, assign to specific users with due dates.  Integrates into several other programs like google calendar, has chat feature, time tracking ability to automate. 
  • Honeybook – Honeybook is a client flow management system for independent businesses.  Honeybook allows businesses to create lead forms, create templates for client forms, schedule appointments, bill clients, take notes on projects, etc.  Yearly subscription.  
  • Magic To Do from Goblin Tools -Free AI powered website that breaks down tasks into steps in a checklist format. You can choose the level of how much you need things broken down. Can download list. 
  • Amazing Marvin – On the Go Productivity
  • Due – Reminders & Timers
  • Rescue Time – Time tracking
  • SimpleMind Pro – Mind Mapping
  • Todoist – Increasing and tracking productivity
  • Trello – Project tracking
  • Things – Personal Task Manager
  • Forest (iOS, Android) an app that helps people stay off their phones and focus on their work and social situations.
  • Life Cycle – Time & Activities Tracker
  • Freedom is the app and website blocker used by over 650,000 people to reclaim focus and produc­tivity.
  • The 12 Best Pomodoro Timer Apps
  • Focus Booster
  • Alarmed ~ Reminders + Timers
  • Coach.me – An app that helps you put your goals into action.
  • ADHD Health Storylines Mobile App– All your tools for managing Adult ADHD in one place.
  • 30/30– Allows you to set sequential countdown timers to get through each of your daily tasks.
  • ADHD Alarm Clock app– This app is designed to help those with Adult ADHD get to work, school, or their first appointment on time every day.
  • HomeRoutines-An app to manage all of your chores.
  • Wunderlist– Allows users to create lists to manage their tasks on many devices, mobile as well as desktop.
  • RescueTime (Mac, PC, Android) is a free software program that tracks how you spend your time on the computer and sends you weekly summaries along with a productivity score.
  • Time Out is a free Mac app that presents an overlay on your screen at specific intervals (for example, every 15, 30, or 45 minutes) for a set amount of time to remind you to get up, move, and give your body (and brain) a bit of a break from life inside the screen.
  • Self Control (Mac) is an app that lets you block access to distracting websites, e-mail, and anything else on the Internet.
  • ADHD Vibrating Reminder Watch
  • Brain Toss
  • Inflow ADHD – app offers personalized coaching, strategies, and knowledge to help you achieve your goals.
  • Daylio Journal – Journaling and goal setting

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria

ADHD & Eating

  • @adhd.nutritionist – Instagram Account
  • @edadhd_therapist – Instagram Account
  • Executive Dysfunction Meals – Facebook Group
  • ADHD and Eating Disorders: Research, Diagnosis & Treatment Guidelines – Attitude article
  • What We Know about ADHD and Food: Article by Child Mind Institute
  • How to Feed Yourself When You Have ADHD – Youtube video from How to ADHD
  • Adapting Intuitive Eating for Neurodivergent People – RDs for Neurodiversity article
  • ADHD Meal Planning: 12 Tips to Take the Overwhelm Out of Feeding Yourself – Andrea Trimarchi
  • How to Meal Plan with ADHD – video from No Getting Off This Train
  • How do you guys feed yourself – ADHD Reddit thread with lots of suggestions
  • Mealime – iOS & Android App – Free and Paid Pro version. Allows for creating personalized meal plans by inputting any dietary restrictions/dislikes and serving sizes.  Will then share recipes and automatically add ingredients to a grocery list for you. There is also a browser extension for Chrome that will allow you to click to add recipes from the internet to your Mealtime collection. 
  • Cookbook – iOS & Android app as well as web version.  Free option or monthly or lifetime plan Personal recipe organizer.  Save favorite recipes from websites, magazines, recipe books or your own and have accessible all the time.  Can import from website, Scan using OCR technology or create your own.  Once recipes are saved you can add personalized tags to make searching easy.  It works online and offline.  It will automatically adjust your measurements when you double or half the recipe.  It will convert from Imperial or Metric measurements. Has text to speech feature and will separate steps to show you one at a time on the screen. Built in timers and can cross off ingredients or steps as you complete them. Adjustable text size. Built in meal planner that you can use on calendar will create a custom shopping list from planned meals. 
  • Anylist – iOS & Android – Free & premium versions.  Create & share lists. Lists can be grouped by category to save time at the store.   Add items with Siri.  Collect and organize recipes.  Meal planning options.  
  • What the Bleep Can I Eat – Free website that allows you to enter any dietary restrictions needs and get a list of foods that are compatible with your needs.  
  • Fig – iOS & Android -7-day free trial then $50/year.  App that allows you to scan food barcodes to check ingredients.  You can customize your allergens/diet.  Works to find complaints foods at 100+ grocery stores and restaurants. 

ADHD & Sleep

ADHD & Autism

ADHD & Giftedness

ADHD & Relationships

Parenting with ADHD

Driving with ADHD

ADHD & Money

Workplace & School Support

Work Accommodations

College Accommodations

Helpful Apps

  • Note Taking Help
  • Voice Dream: For children and adults with reading disabilities and ADHD. Voice Dream Reader allows a student to highlight text which will then be read to them, benefiting learners who comprehend things better auditorily.
  • Grammarly is a Web plug-in that helps with spelling and grammar when you’re typing online.
  • Kurzweil Software: Helps with reading, as focusing and concentrating on text can be challenging for ADHD students. Kurzweil transforms text into speech and also highlights text while students read, aiding in retention.
  • Inspiration Software: A visual learning tool that pairs words with images, turning concepts into graphs, maps, and charts to represent larger ideas and themes. This helps ADHD students organize and track large amounts of information, which is helpful for organizing essays or research projects.
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking: This software turns speech into text. Some teachers encourage ADHD students to use it for free writing and brainstorming so they can get words on paper as they are beginning a new writing assignment.
  • Comfort Contego System: A wireless assistive listening device that captures what is being said in a lecture, processes the sound so the speech is enhanced, and background noise filtered out, and then transmitted to a wireless receiver. This system is traditionally used for the hearing impaired, but it is also an excellent tool for students with ADHD to help them focus in the classroom and filter out background noise.
  • Read & Write: Literacy software is a scan and read program that helps students, particularly those with learning disabilities such as ADHD, with reading, writing, studying, and research. Features include text-to-speech functions, screenshot readers, a digital dictionary, a spell checker, and speak-while-typing capabilities.
  • Evernote: A cloud-based note taking system that lets teachers and students share and search their notes on any device, anywhere. ADHD students can use Evernote as a free organizational tool to help stay on top of schoolwork.
  • Dropbox makes storing, sharing, and saving files easy, and they rolled out a new feature called Smart Sync. All of your files appear as if they are on your computer, but they are actually living in the cloud. This is helpful when you have more than two terabytes of files, and you work on multiple computers.
  • The Blinkist app: Get the key ideas from a bestselling nonfiction book in just 15 minutes. Available in bitesize text and audio, the app makes it easier than ever to find time to read.
  • Headway app: Get inspired by key insights from the non-fiction bestsellers and daily quotes.

Social Media Accounts

Facebook Pages

Facebook Groups

Instagram Accounts

Tiktok accounts

  • Adhd_love
  • Kamden_adhd
  • Connordewolfe
  • Catiosaurus
  • Deezymunny
  • Danidonovan
  • olivialutfallah
  • thepsychdoctormd
  • adhdcoachsheila
  • the_adhd_lady
  • kristenmccluretherapist
  • coachanaurban
  • ndwellness

Helpful Products & Tools

Text Read to You

  • Natural Readers – Program and browser plug in that can read websites, pdf documents and more. Can use free voice options or there are paid subscription options
  • Speechify – App & chrome extension that can read webpages, pdf documents, can take photos of papers and upload for it to read. 
  • TTSReader – Reads out loud webpages, texts, pdfs. Free, no downloads needed however Webpage contains several ads 
  • SpeechNinja – AAC Text to Speech Reader that helps people speak out loud- Free 
  • Read & Write for Google – Chrome Extension. Free & premium options Makes documents, web pages, and google drive files more accessibly to meet your learning style.  Text to speech with highlighting, text and picture dictionaries, word prediction, create voice notes in google docs
  • Most smartphones have built in screen reading settings that can be utilized consult the settings of your device. 

Speech to Text

  • Most smart phones have the ability to push a microphone button on a keyboard and it will convert your speech to text.  
  • Google docs – Control+Shift+S  Allows you to be able to talk and Google Docs will convert your speech to text. You will need to speak to add the punctuation.
  • On Windows can use Window button + H to dictate 
  • List of Speech to Text apps for writers 
  • Google assistant/Siri/Alexa all have many voice activated commands. 

Video Adjustments

  • Video Speed Controller – Chrome or Firefox extension –  Allows you to speed up or slow down any HTML5 video with quick shortcuts. Use the speed indicator to control the video or use shortcut keys on the keyboard.

AAC apps

  • TouchChat – for ipad/iphone Provides ability to communicate turning a board like app into spoken word.   Paid
  • Proloquo2Go  – Works on Iphone, Ipad, Apple watch  Symbol based app that creates text to speech.  Paid
  • iCommunicate – Create visual schedules, communication boards, flash cards, choice boards, ability to use real world pictures.  Paid

Screen Brightness Adjustments

  • Utilize screen settings on your device to invert the colors (dark screen with light letters)
  • iPhone accessibility settings can apply low light filter to dim the screen further.
  • F.Lux – Download as an app or in browser to adjust screen lighting to your environment  Free with donation option
  • Dark Reader – Browser extension or app version for iOS. Open Source.  Enables Dark Mode on various websites to improve readability for some folks preference. 

Password Manager 

  • Lastpass – App & Browser plug in – Saves all log in and password information.  App version has fingerprint authentication for ease of use.  Free and paid versions
  • 1password – Android, iOS, most browsers – Stores all your account information (log in and passwords) securely in one place.  Autofill. $36/year
  • Phone Management
  • National Do Not Call Registry – For US Residents – Prohibits telemarketers from calling your personal phone number.  (It does not apply to businesses you have a relationship with, charities, political groups, debt collectors or surveys

Email Management

  • Gmail has a schedule send feature.  Need to send an email but want it to be delivered at a later time/date?  Complete your email then use the schedule send button to select a date of later delivery and it will automatically send at that time. 
  • Gmail – Create a new message and don’t send so it saves in your draft folder.  Use this to create templates of regularly sent messages.  Then, just copy and paste the text into a new email each time you need to send a message.  
  • Settings in each email program can allow for a prompt if there hasn’t been a response after a specified number of days
  • Boomerang for Gmail- Browser Extension.  Allows for pausing inbox.  Can schedule emails to send at future dates. Set reminders to follow up if you don’t hear back. Free and paid versions.
  • Chuck app for iOS – Got 1000s of emails to clean up? Chick helps organize and allow you to batch delete as well as unsubsidized easily. 
  • Unroll.me -app or desktop version allows you to easily unsubsidized and manage your emails from subscription lists.
  • Clean E-Mail – Managing your email inbox

Products

Digital Assistants

Below are suggestions for some tasks that these assistants may be able to help with to streamline your life.  Most allow you to give it voice instructions. You will need to verify with your device type if it is capable of doing the specific task listed and how to set it up.

  1. Set timers
  2. Set reminders
  3. Create calendar events
  4. If using a Google Home/Amazon Echo  type device you can say “Hey Google, Where’s my phone” and it will call it for you, even if muted!
  5. Add items to lists which have been set up to sync (grocery lists, to do lists, ideas)
  6. Can set routines to complete tasks connected with other smart home devices (turn off lights, adjust temperature, lock doors, etc.)
  7. Play music
  8. Ask quick questions with somewhat straightforward answers so you don’t have to use your device
  9. Look up a recipe and have it read the steps to you
  10. Ask the time
  11. Check the weather
  12. Read your calendar for the day to you
  13. Ask it to remember something for you, “Hey Google, Remember that I put the carseat straps in the top cabinet in the garage.”  Then later, you can ask, “Google, what did I ask you to remember.” and it will list it. 

Miscellaneous Info

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