Posted on April 12, 2026
My ADHD has always made executive functioning skills, like goal setting, an uphill battle – not that I understood why for so long, given that I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 26. I did all but the final year of my Masters degree battling with this invisible force in my brain, trying to find my way out of an invisible maze, and even then, the only change was that I knew what was causing it. I reacted terribly to medication and I’ve had no support from anyone in managing my ADHD but, over time, I’ve managed to dig up a handful of tools that make things a little easier and I thought I’d share my newest discovery…
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Hi! I’m Lauren Alex Hooper. Welcome to my little blog! I write about living with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, OCD, CPTSD, depression, and anxiety, as well as other health issues including hEDS and POTS.
I’m an alt-pop singer-songwriter (it’s my biggest special interest and I have both a BA and MA in songwriting) and my most recent EP, Too Much And Not Enough, Vol. 1, is available on all music platforms and is the first in the series of works based on my experiences as an autistic person.
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