Healthy Habits & Adult ADHD: How to Stay Focused

Establishing a new behavior or building new and healthier habits is a tall order for most of us with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder . We get distracted or change our game plan after a week, despite our best intentions. When we miss a day of a routine, we get discouraged and convince ourselves that forming a new habit is impossible. We give up.

Many with ADHD let follow-through, or the lack thereof, knock them off track. Recent research conducted at thedismissed the common belief that doing a routine for 21 consecutive days is the key to making it a habit. Their research found that it takes at least two months, and, for some, up to eight months, to embrace a new habit. The message: Missing a day here and there will not alter the end result if we just keep at it.

Here is how my clients and I have worked around our ADHD behaviors to establish better habits in our lives.Setting small goals at the beginning of a routine prevents people with ADHD from fizzling out. My client Dana says that when sheshe feels better, sleeps better, and focuses longer. But she hasn’t been able to do it consistently. She gets off to a good start, and then she stops.

We decided to focus on the habit of getting to the gym and not on the workout itself. I had her pack her gym bag, put it in the car the night before, and drive to the parking lot of the gym the next morning. That part of the routine was easy. And then, following through on the exercise part was easier after she committed to getting there with a gym bag in tow. It seemed silly to be in the parking lot without actually going in to the gym.

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