Charlotte Fry

You've bought the planner. Downloaded the app. Colour-coded your calendar. Tried the time-blocking, the body doubling, the Pomodoro technique. You've read the productivity books. You've watched the TikTok videos. You've implemented systems that worked brilliantly for exactly two weeks before slowly, inevitably, everything fell apart. Sound familiar? Most people with ADHD have tried dozens of strategies. Some worked temporarily. Most didn't. And when you've tried that many things and nothing...

The UK government is currently running a six-week trial with 300 teenagers, testing different levels of social media restriction, full bans, one-hour daily caps, night-time curfews. The aim is to assess the impact that limiting social media use has on family life, sleep and schoolwork. It’s part of a wider consultation that has already received nearly 30,000 responses from parents and young people. Good. It’s about time. But here’s the thing. If you have ADHD or you’re raising a teenager who...

If you have ADHD and you smoke, vape, or find nicotine weirdly hard to quit, this post is for you. People with ADHD are two to three times more likely to smoke than the general population. They start younger, get hooked faster, and have significantly lower quit rates. This isn’t a moral failing. It’s a brain thing. And once you understand the neuroscience, it makes complete sense. The numbers first Around 40–43% of adults with ADHD smoke, compared to roughly 14% of the general population....