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Learn 97% of ADHD hacks in Under 17 minutes

Sasha Hamdani MD

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Every ADHD hack you've ever tried is really doing one of six things for your brain. Psychiatrist Dr. Sasha Hamdani, who specializes in ADHD and has it herself, breaks down the six core mechanisms behind ADHD productivity systems: externalizing working memory, engineering the start, regulating stimulation, letting the system rest, regulating the body, and diffusing shame. Instead of another list of 50 tips, this gives you a filter to understand why any hack works (or doesn't) for your brain.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - The Hack-Collecting Trap
01:30 - Mechanism 1
03:23 - Mechanism 2
06:58 - Mechanism 3
08:59 - Mechanism 4
11:04 - Mechanism 5
14:02 - Mechanism 6

20 Comments

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@kateblake9552 2 months ago

1. Externalize your working memory.
2. Engineer the start.
3. Regulate stimulation.
4. Let the system rest.
5. Regulate the body running the brain.
6. Defuse the shame that locks the system.

@pejisan 2 months ago

Pro-tip! I finally got a housekeeper every other week - it forces me to run around the night before/morning of putting my sh*t away! Then I leave them to it, go have coffee, come home to sparkling house. Joy! Pure joy.
Carrot and stick.

@jessb22781 2 months ago

Something that is often overlooked by more successful ADHDers is the impact of not just shame, but the inability to trust yourself to do things. For ADHDers that have spent their lives consistently failing to meet their commitments, to achieve regardless of their potential, they may stop trying outside of what is absolutely required because they've learned that they can't trust themselves to follow through and that every additional failure will just cause more shame. You can't fail if you didn't try.

@ItsEm-d3k 2 months ago

56 year old english woman with ADHD here. Dr, you are teaching me so much, you are having a profound effect on my life.
Thank you for you.

@wendelynmusic 2 months ago (edited)

The best thing I used for treating my ADHD was being outdoors, biking, hiking, kayaking, skiing. I was on the ski patrol when I was younger. I was reading a book by an tracker who learned from his Apache elder. He noticed that in the classroom ADHD students were disrupting and all over the place. But as soon as they went outside they were hyperfocused and saw so much more bugs and plants and animals and frogs and grashoppers than any of the other students. I bet that's why ADHD exists in the first place.

@Pauliwau 2 months ago

While I was listening to your video, I folded all of my 5 baskets of laundry, but since my mind kept wandering off, I have to listen to it again.

@Safety_police 2 months ago

1- brain dump before you forget
2- break it down so it simple enough to start and achieve
3- use a work partner or binaural beats
4. Let your brain rest- be bored and try to be quiet no outside noise
5. Limit screen use- nothing interesting before bed!
6. Shame spirals crush us.

@madeinhisimage9277 2 months ago

This makes me soo emotional. I have struggled my whole life and just felt worthless, lazy and helpless and this makes me feel so seen 😢❤

@trishna_6815 2 months ago

For home tasks, the first task on my to do list is - write to do list. Then when I've finished to do list o can immediately tick one thing off!

@SndNoods 2 months ago

The notebook thing hit hard. Wonderful intentions, zero follow-through. Says a lot about life with ADHD

@blbmb17 13 days ago

🙏🙏🙏 OMGOSH, THANK YOU! You’ve solved a mystery for me I’ve had most f my life!!! Chronic insomnia since I was 7. Absolute night owl. I’ve tried EVERYTHING for sleep, I’m 54. I also have a chronic pain condition on top now (20 years) which exacerbates falling asleep. My brain doesn’t have the ‘off switch’. I have to have a sleep medication to fall asleep. If I wake up, I struggle to get back to sleep, so the later to bed I go, the better. Or I wake up way too early. I’m not a morning person either. I can’t wait to bring this to my doctors! I can’t thank you enough ❤❤❤❤

@cg4441 1 month ago

What I want to add to this is that ADHD is not an isolated condition.
Often it is comordid . Chronic pain, fatigue….

@petersadlier9692 1 month ago

Listening to her but I can't stay focused. My mind wonders off into other topics😂

@LunaLove-g4b 2 months ago

My ADHD struggle was watching this video which I loved but I had to rewind it 5 times to watch the entire video. Literally minutes into the video I started cleaning my closet, rearranged my drawers, cleaned my makeup brushes, repotted a plant and cleaned my ceiling fan. Ugh 😩
Thank you so much for making this video ❤️🙏🏾

@Offblue2 4 weeks ago

When you said you were collecting notebooks, I casually glanced down at my collection 😂

@appunevab4 1 month ago (edited)

I kept saying “exactly!” And “yeah” each time you said something. My god! You’re golden! ❤❤❤❤❤

@KristianaBain 2 weeks ago

I watch/listen to other content on ADHD and feel seen, but mostly hopeless. Your messages leave me feeling seen, understood, accepted and with realistic optimism. Thank. You.

@Sweet-Life-of-Texas 1 month ago

I cannot tell you how grateful I am that I found you. This has been the best advice I have ever received regarding ADD. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.❤

@weisscl 2 weeks ago

My mom shared your videos with me and I am watching them all! I am overwhelmed with gratitude for your message and candor.
I’m a 55 year old singer-songwriter/elementary school teacher with ADHD and dozens of little friends who face the same challenges (and have plenty I know nothing about) and your voice feels like seeing a light in the darkness for me.
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a song called “overstimulated” which I’d really like to share with you if you would be interested in hearing it.
Thank you for being brave and doing and sharing all that you do!