ADHD Barrister

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

Side eye to my own vast collection

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@Lnslvtch It gets easier. But watch your physical health- keep fit and go to bed early! Watch for burn out. Do not work on Saturdays. And there are more of us at the Bar than you imagine.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@OliverConway You’re ND? This explains so much and am glad to not be alone. Ps I do that too…

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

This is so very true #adhd

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

I’m looking to meet people with ADHD or dyslexia for the new series of @BBCTwo ‘Inside our Minds’ .

If you want to make a short film about how ADHD or dyslexia shapes your life , applications are now open – apply below:

[Kevin Farzad @KevinFarzad]

Was I very productive this week? No. But was I able to rest and relax? Also no. But was I gentle with myself about all of this? No

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

The ADHD tax of forgetting to cancel/ pay things on time is real. And verrry costly.

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

ADHD is profoundly costly. It costs money, energy, and time.

Money: subscriptions we forget to cancel, buying yet another planner

Energy: bandwidth ebbs + flows and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed Dr. Jen

Time: takes us a day to finish what could have been done in an hour

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@CycleTec76 Can I join you ?

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@ChloeSApter That paper (and I accept it’s only one) seems to suggest that the profile of EF for both ASD and ADHD in young people were almost indistinguishable.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@ChloeSApter Also both affect executive function so there’s an apparent overlap. See for example https://t.co/35DzS54d2H.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@CatrionaSScot @NeuroRebel Yes… masking and learning how to play the “game” of school. Then carried on until it can’t be sustained any longer.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@adhd_ffs Posts like this are life affirming… #notjustme

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@auntietory48 @Dr_BellaR @TheBMA See also the legal profession. But it can save lay clients money in areas like family law.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

Just saw a content creator become upset that she didn’t fulfill the clinical criteria of Autism and/or ADHD.

Hope they find the help they think they need.

BUT this is the concern when it’s used to get clout on social media or becomes your entire personality…

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

*waves*

[LaurenWalshArt @LaurenWalshArt]

I’m curious, how many “extroverted introverts” found out they had adhd or autism later in life?

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@teaforpterosaur Meanwhile, there is now a national shortage of meds for those who need the “speed” to function & can’t afford the private script of c£150 for a month’s supply.
Some of these accounts are great at explaining or raising awareness but worryingly many are just for clout.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

@teaforpterosaur Am kinda glad you are saying this. Having watched a few of these now, they take snatched parts of what it’s like to have #ADHD without context. Think she’s trying to explain executive function (or lack) but ends up trivialising it.

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

Controversial take: some of these tik tokkers may mean well but they are trivialising certain aspects of #ADHD or making them so generalised that they become meaningless without context.
She’s describing executive function in it but unhelpfully.

[joanie @laracroftbarbie]

at some point we're gonna have to deal with these """adhd influencers""" before things get even weirder than this because.... the amount of likes and positive comments this has.... like tiktok is making people SICK!

[ADHD Barrister @ADHDcounsel]

Ah structure and routine my dear dear dear frenemy…