Managing your ADHD and COVID-19 isn’t easy. The pandemic precautions and restrictions likely feel diametrically opposed to your ADHD coping methods. You may be frustrated, anxious, and exhausted by it all.

It should be apparent by now how tough the past year was for anyone already dealing with ADHD. Perhaps creating structure never came easy. It may feel near-impossible in a time of work-from-home, social distancing, homeschooling, etc.

For people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the holidays are often a time of too many dates to remember, gift lists to deal with, work events, family obligations, and the general pressure to get everything “ just right.”

I am often asked the question “what exactly is ADHD?” Once I was asked this question by a 13 year old boy who had been diagnosed with it, was taking ADHD medication for it, and yet no one ever sat down to explain to him what it was.