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Apps to help ADHD

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TheActualQueen · 16/02/2026 08:13

Just wondering if anyone has signed up to one of these.

Looking at Liven and Fabulous

If so were they helpful?

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ShouldIStaySelfIsolated · 22/02/2026 21:27

I like Finch too. Sure, it's twee and silly, but ive found the reminders helpful rather than rude or condescending ~looking at you Duolingo~

Im on a 45 day streak and, although I dont always manage everything on there, it's definitely helping and itd really customisable in terms of what you can include

TheSmallAssassin · 22/02/2026 21:32

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news @VoltaireMittyDream, but the location alert is going in Keep as reminders get migrated over to Tasks or whatever it's called. I will miss it because it was great for reminding me to do something when I got to work or came home.

VoltaireMittyDream · 23/02/2026 00:08

TheSmallAssassin · 22/02/2026 21:32

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news @VoltaireMittyDream, but the location alert is going in Keep as reminders get migrated over to Tasks or whatever it's called. I will miss it because it was great for reminding me to do something when I got to work or came home.

God damnit! RIP remembering everything on my shopping list 😭😭😭

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 23/02/2026 08:53

Following with interest. I've finally taken the plunge and started the assessment process after a childhood of total disorganisation and inattentiveness and latterly, about fifteen years of people asking me if I have ADHD. My feeling is that I have previously coped reasonably well without any diagnosis, but perimeno has exacerbated things. Plus after 50 years of shame I would like to understand myself a bit better. Anyway - if I don't reach the criteria for a diagnosis, I will still be a chronically disorganised and forgetful person, I am tired of it, and I think I probably have enough ADHD traits to potentially benefit from stuff aimed at people with ADHD.

I think I have a fantasy that there's a perfect app out there that will keep me 100% on track, but the reality is that if I really want to remember something I use a pen and paper. Stuff that is overly customised does nothing for me (eg to do boxes in daily planners that only have three lines - nope) so I am considering just buying myself a good old fashioned paper diary and notebook. I do have a Remarkable and it's great for reviewing and annotating PDFs but I have had less success replacing paper notebooks with it.

Very interested in Structured Pro as one of my big weaknesses in terms of punctuality is time blindness and I wonder if it might help me to do some backward chaining. But again, I also wonder if there is any reason why I can't just use a paper diary for that and diarise travel and getting ready time?

I will also say that my limited experience of modern apps (eg Zoe, Flo) is that they are unbearably patronising. I can't stand these fake conversations filled with emoji, where it literally scripts your response so that it asks you a question and the only answer you can choose is something assinine like "hit me up!" or "sure, let's get into it" 🙄

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