Cherry ADHD

Cherry ADHD I am a mum with ADHD and help raise awareness of how ADHD can impact adults and provide strategies. [email protected] for collaboration requests.

When it’s 11pm and you have coffee on the plane in an attempt to wake yourself up but forget that coffee only makes you ...
18/11/2025

When it’s 11pm and you have coffee on the plane in an attempt to wake yourself up but forget that coffee only makes you feel ready for a nap lol 😭😅
Anyone else?

Time to head back home 🇬🇧🧡This time with a stopover. Everything that could’ve gone sideways did but luckily my Dad is on...
17/11/2025

Time to head back home 🇬🇧🧡
This time with a stopover. Everything that could’ve gone sideways did but luckily my Dad is on the super overly early punctual side of people which meant that instead of arriving 4.5hours before our flight, we ended up arriving 2.5hours before our flight - he very much took pleasure in being correct with his approach hahaha
My parents will be joining us for a few days in 🇬🇧 which will be so so nice but might mean I’ll continue being a bit more quiet on here than i intended- although we’ll see as I do have a goal set by FB how active and engaged I should be and I’m eager to try my best to reach it - keeps me accountable🙏🧡

So… I don’t think many of you know but I get paid based on how long you all spend watching my videos or how much you are...
16/11/2025

So… I don’t think many of you know but I get paid based on how long you all spend watching my videos or how much you are engaging with my content. I do ADHD advocacy, content creation and entrepreneurs full time now despite that I’m a qualified speech and language therapist because I am so passionate about it and LOVE helping others feel less alone and more empowered (plus I feel soooo much less frequently burnt out and get to make reasonable adjustments for myself). If only I was a little more consistent etc # FB could truly enable me to be able to pay our bills. So if you ever felt like you wanted to support me in any way, share or form just know that I’m not lying when I say your views, comments, shares, likes and messages truly make a difference- not just to the way I feel (knowing it helps truly makes the world of a difference to me and it’s all I could really hope for) but it also makes a huge difference for my family and my ability to carry on doing this. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for being the BEST community and support I could hope for.

16/11/2025

It’s that moment when you know you need to leave the house, tidy up, or switch tasks - but your body just won’t move.

That’s not procrastination, bad time management or laziness.
That’s a transition difficulty, which is a huge part of ADHD and autism that most people don’t talk about.

Our brains need struggle flexibly shifting our attention and it often means having to sequence and initiate a series of steps before any more dopamine might flow into our brains - and our brains massively struggle with all aspects of that.
And our children often struggle even more with those aspects.

If this sounds familiar, start by slowing the transition down.
Give warnings, use visual cues, or link the next task to something that feels good (music, snack, dancing etc).

Do you find transitions hard too - or notice it most in your child? 💬

16/11/2025

Do you relate?
The skin picking alongside the police and fines are probably THE worst things.
What about you?

Just thought to come and pop on here to say why I’ve been so quiet: It’s my birthday today! I’ve had an amazing 31st tod...
16/11/2025

Just thought to come and pop on here to say why I’ve been so quiet: It’s my birthday today! I’ve had an amazing 31st today ❤️
Love y’all!

15/11/2025

Can anyone relate? adhd brains CAN focus - unfortunately we just don’t always (or often don’t) get to choose what it is we focus on 😭 it’s because we have an interest based brain instead of an importance based brain and that makes daily life not only adventurous and never boring but also challenging and frustrating at times.

Berlin was calling - and we answered whoo! Feels so nice to be hearing and speaking more German again (it’s my mother to...
14/11/2025

Berlin was calling - and we answered whoo! Feels so nice to be hearing and speaking more German again (it’s my mother tongue after all). I do speak German to my daughter but I don’t hear a lot of it other than when I speak to my family or friends on the phone🧡

After rushing around this morning buying my daughter a new winter coat (she forgot hers in school) and my partners and m...
14/11/2025

After rushing around this morning buying my daughter a new winter coat (she forgot hers in school) and my partners and my last minute packing and then having to change our suitcases because they were too big we managed to make it to the airport in time whoop! On our way to Berlin to celebrate not only my grandads 80th birthday tomorrow but also my birthday on Sunday with family❤️

13/11/2025

Do you agree?

Low dopamine days are the days where your brain simply can’t generate enough internal dopamine to initiate, sustain, or ...
13/11/2025

Low dopamine days are the days where your brain simply can’t generate enough internal dopamine to initiate, sustain, or complete tasks — even the “easy” ones.

For ADHD brains, dopamine isn’t about pleasure — it’s the neurotransmitter that helps you start, focus, care, follow through, and feel rewarded. When levels dip, everything feels like walking through mud.

A low-dopamine day typically looks like this:
• You know exactly what you should do, but physically cannot make your body start.
• Every task feels “too big,” even tiny ones.
• You keep bouncing between activities without finishing anything.
• You feel foggy, flat, unmotivated, and easily overwhelmed.
• You get stuck in the scroll–avoid–scroll loop because your brain is trying to scavenge quick dopamine.
• Your internal sense of time collapses.
• You feel guilt and frustration because “nothing happened” despite being busy in your head all day.

What causes it?
• Poor sleep
• Stress or emotional overload
• Boring, repetitive tasks
• High pressure with no novelty
• PMS / hormone shifts
• Not enough food / water
• Overstimulation or burnout
• Too many decisions
• A comedown after weeks of masking or pushing yourself

It’s not laziness. It’s neurochemistry.
And the cruel part? The lower your dopamine, the harder it is to do the things that would actually increase dopamine.

On low dopamine days, ADHD brains need:
• Novelty (tiny changes to wake the brain up)
• Structure (so decisions don’t drain you)
• Stimulation (music, movement, sensory input)
• Urgency or countdown timers (external pressure replacing missing internal drive)
• Micro-tasks (break it down so small it feels doable)
• Compassion (shame drops dopamine even further)

Transitions are haaaaard when you have adhd or autism and honestly it’s not talked about enough
13/11/2025

Transitions are haaaaard when you have adhd or autism and honestly it’s not talked about enough

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