Links from ADHD UK Support Groups
To help people get the links shared in the support groups they attend we have collated them into this website.
Inclusion below means the group lead distributed them. Inclusion is not an endorsement by ADHD UK.
2022.12.20 Ask an ADHD Coach with Tony Coward
The ADHD UK front page for the work information:
Platforms that can help with body doubling:
- https://www.focusmate.com/
- https://flown.com/
- https://www.producthunt.com/products/focusmate/alternatives
Self-assessment tools mentioned by Tony that could help to get your GP surgery to progressing things:
- http://contentmanager.med.uvm.edu/docs/default-source/ahec-documents/adult_adhd_self_report_scale.pdf?sfvrsn=2
- https://www.intermed.com/content/uploads/Wender-Utah-Rating-Scale.pdf
- https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ecbb3be0-07d3-47f1-9eda-8f26e8c59fbc/downloads/ADHD%20Adult%20%20Form.pdf?ver=1659896280600
Diagnosis pathways for adults:
Right to choose:
2022.12.16 Advice for the Newly Diagnosed with Sarah Bickers
- Workshop run by Sarah & Gordon: Understanding Your ADHD Workshop | ADHD UK | Store
https://store.3.10.200.154/product/understanding-your-adhd- workshop/> - Useful 2 page factsheet:
https://www.remploy.co.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Disa bility%20awarene
ss%20factsheets/Attention_Differences-Oct17.pdf - Support & Guidance for work: ADHD and Work | ADHD UK
https://3.10.200.154/adhd-and-work/ - ADHD 2.0 book : ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving
with Distraction – from Childhood Through Adulthood (Audio Download): Edward
M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey, Fred Sanders, Random House Audio: AmazonSmile:
Books
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ADHD-2-0-Essential-Strategies-Di straction/dp/B08
774ZVTC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=G1BQQ24TJ713&keywords=adhd+2.0&qid= 1671199991&sprefi
x=adhd+2.0%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1 - Couples Coach: Melissa Orlov – she has a website, books & courses – ADHD and
Marriage | Learn to thrive in your relationship (adhdmarriage.com)
https://www.adhdmarriage.com/ - ADHDAdultUK Instagram bio:
https://linkin.bio/adhdadultuk?fbclid=PAAaYrmQKon0-6i0fR47nG rwgBN1IYUh6gCHxw
dBRSGRnac7Wzi8X_nzFn9A4 - And the link to their events page for talks on the science of ADHD: Public
Talks – ADHDadultUK | The UK’s leading adult ADHD charity
https://www.adhdadult.uk/public-talks/ - The way universities approach ADHD is about to change because of a concensus
statement put out by the British Medical Council (BMC): University students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a consensus statement from the UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN) | BMC Psychiatry Full Text: (biomedcentral.com) https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/ s12888-022-03898-z - ADDitude magazine’s Ultimate Guide to ADHD Medication: https://www.additudemag.com/download/ultimate-guide-adhd-medications/
2022.12.15 ADHD & Mid-Life Women Support Group with Emma Healey
ADHD UK page on Right to Choose
How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 days of compassionate help
How Not to Murder Your ADHD Kid: Instead Learn How to Be Your Child’s Own ADHD Coach
Why Will No One Play With Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Kids Make Friends and Thrive
2022.12.08 ADHD and Women Support Group with Katherine Mengardon
“Katherine’s Netflix recommendations
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81387962
Youtube video about ADHD and motivation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0Xv0eVGtY
Instagram links:
https://www.instagram.com/thepsychdoctormd/
https://www.instagram.com/neurochicks/
Link for ADHD UK coaches:
https://store.3.10.200.154/adhd-uk-marketplace/
2022.11.02 ADHD and Children Support Group with Dr Nilushi Weerapperuma
Some Googling suggestions from Nilushi:
- Tony Attwood, psychologist
- SENDIASS for advice for parents in working with Schools to help children with ADHD.
- Understood.org
- SNAP IV website to look at whether or not children might have ADHD traits that should be assessed by a professional.
- Look at PACE parenting: Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity & Empathy.
- https://3.10.200.154/adult-
adhd-screening-survey/
2022.09.27 ADHD and Women Support Group with Katherine Mengardon
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radical-Guide-Women-ADHD-Neurodiversity/dp/B08VKXTKH7
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhd
https://www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowance-dsa
https://3.10.200.154/adhd-work-welfare-pack/
A Memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind, by Rebecca Schiller
ADHD UK Welfare Pack: https://3.10.200.154/adhd-work-welfare-pack/
2022.07.28 Ask and ADHD Coach with Lex Harvey-Bryn
Find Lex at www.coachingadhd.co.uk
Finding a coach: https://www.associationforcoaching.com/
‘Scatter Brains’: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/
‘The Drummer and the Great Mountain’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drummer-Great-Mountain-Guidebook-Transforming/dp/0615999891
‘You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Mean-Lazy-Stupid-Crazy/dp/0743264487
Bionic reading: https://bionic-reading.com/
Focusmate: https://www.focusmate.com/
Focusmate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/focusmate/permalink/3283435628550851
ADHD UK Welfare Pack: https://3.10.200.154/adhd-work-welfare-pack/
2022.07.19 Ask an ADHD Coach with Tony Coward
Find Tony at www.nomadd.coach or email: nomaddcoach@gmail.com
‘How to ADHD’ YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoADHD
‘How to (explain) ADHD YouTube video: https://youtu.be/jhcn1_qsYmg
ADDitude magazine: https://www.additudemag.com/
Pomodoro method: https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique
Focusmate: https://www.focusmate.com
2022.07.05 Ask an ADHD Coach with Natasha Hickling
Find Natasha at: www.indigo-hub.com / indigohub.adhd@gmail.com
Additude Magazine Medication Log: https://www.additudemag.com/download/adhd-medication-monitoring-log/
The Pyramid Principle: https://medium.com/lessons-from-mckinsey/the-pyramid-principle-f0885dd3c5c7
‘Why Will No One Play with Me’ by Caroline Maguire: https://carolinemaguireauthor.com/books/why-will-no-one-play-with-me/
The DUST model of procrastination: https://nesslabs.com/dust-procrastination
2022.06.27 ADHD and Women Support Group with Katie Friedman
Find Katie at: https://www.goldmindneurodiversity.com/
‘ADHD 2.0’, by Edward H. Hallowell, MD and John J. Ratey, MD
ADHD and Women Podcast by Katy Weber: https://open.spotify.com/show/73pS2o8wyO1SCYlp3pNztO
Government Access to Work grant: https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Katy Otsuka ‘ADHD for Smart Ass Women’ podcast: https://www.tracyotsuka.com/podcasts/
Sandra Kooij ‘ADHD and Hormones’: https://adultingwithadhd.com/adhd-and-hormones-with-dr-sandra-kooij/
2022.05.12 ADHD and Women Support Group with Katherine Mengardon
The Marion Gluck Clinic
https://www.mariongluckclinic.com/
Sari Solden’s radical guide for Women with ADHD
Katherine’s website
How to ADHD
2022.05.03 Ask and ADHD Coach with Natasha Hickling
Find Natasha at: www.indigo-hub.com / indigohub.adhd@gmail.com
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/platform/wemwbs/about/wemwbsvsswemwbs/
ADDitude Magazine ADHD Medication Log: https://www.additudemag.com/download/adhd-medication-monitoring-log/
2022.04.28 Ask and ADHD Coach with Lex Harvey-Bryn
Find Lex at www.coachingadhd.co.uk
The alternative list of Autism traits in women: https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/
The pooh pathology test: https://www.idrlabs.com/pooh-pathology/test.php
TikTok Video on dopamine and norepinephrine: https://www.tiktok.com/@kai8seasons/video/7086221936631483690?_r=1&_t=8RrdYPDP14Y
2022.04.19 Ask and ADHD Coach with Tony Coward
Find Tony at www.nomadd.coach or email: nomaddcoach@gmail.com
Self compassion by doctor Kristen Neff: https://self-compassion.org/
What is Executive Function and Why Do We Need it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?
‘How to ADHD’ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/
Online transcription tool: https://otter.ai/
Very Well Mind- ‘What is Executive Function?’: https://www.verywellmind.com/
Lisa Feldman Barrett- Ted Talk ‘You Aren’t at the Mercy of Your Emotions– Your Brain Creates Them’: https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_feldman_barrett_you_aren_t_at_the_mercy_of_your_emotions_your_brain_creates_them?language=en
2022.03.15 Ask and ADHD Coach with Tony Coward
Find Tony at www.nomadd.coach or email: nomaddcoach@gmail.com
Life Coach Directory for ADHD coaches: https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/articles/adhd-coaching.html#wherecanifindanadhdcoachhttps://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/articles/adhd-coaching.html#wherecanifindanadhdcoach
ADDCA: https://addca.com/
‘How to ADHD’ Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoADHD/
Self compassion by doctor Kristen Neff: https://self-compassion.org/
2022.03.11 Women and ADHD Support Group with Katherine Mengardon
My website, pro facebook (with articles I have written about my personal ADHD experiences) and email
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmengardon/
https://www.facebook.com/kmengardon
The following are personal recommendations:
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden (worth looking for it on ebay for cheap copies, or get on audiobook!)
But she also has a podcast and more to check out.
Other great resources not mentioned on the call, but that I would like to recommend:
Jessica McBale’s How to ADHD YouTube channel – fun, well researched and bitesized – great to learn more but also share with those around us that might need ‘educating’
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-nPM1_kSZf91ZGkcgy_95Q
ADHD for Smart Ass Women podcast – for a boost in confidence!
https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/adhd-for-smart-ass-women-with-tracy-otsuka/
Access To Work – government grant to support people with mental health conditions into or in work
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Headstuff – coaching services, can help you with doing Access To Work forms too
https://www.headstuffadhdtherapy.co.uk/
Some useful resources on the ADHD UK website:
Diagnosis pathway – something you can send to your GP if they keep telling you that ADHD is only ‘for kids’ or such things
https://3.10.200.154/diagnosis-pathways/
Or send them to the NHS website that talks about adult ADHD!
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/diagnosis/
Hormones and ADHD (thanks Kat for sharing this link)
https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/hormonal-fluctuations-affect-womens-adhd-symptoms-part-one/