ADHD and Work

Tips to manage restlessness

- Exercise in the morning to reduce restlessness and improve concentration

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Go for a walk on your lunch break

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Build in breaks

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Use objects to fidget with in meetings etc.

- Get permission to move around while in meetings (if appropriate)

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Take notes in meetings and during phone calls

Organisation

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Keep a ‘things to do’ list, and add all new tasks to it

- Review your ‘things to do’ list at set points in the day, every day (such as first thing, lunchtime, and last thing) to check that you are on task.

- Set aside particular times a day for emails and phone calls so that they are not constantly interrupting you. This has been shown to increase productivity.

- Use color-coded organisation systems to prompt memory and sustain interest.

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