ai and ADHD, a great combination!
ai and ADHD, a great combination!

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AI and ADHD: Smart Shortcuts for an Overloaded Brain

Episode Overview

AI tools can draft and soften email and text responses, helping adults with ADHD communicate clearly and professionally instead of reacting impulsively.
Describing everyday problems to AI – from meal planning to DIY fixes – can break paralysis and offer simple, step‑by‑step options.
Using AI to review deals, computers or suspicious emails can reduce impulsive spending and protect against scams.
Chat-based AI can store brain dumps, tidy messy writing, change reading level, and reformat content so it’s easier for ADHD and dyslexic minds to use.
Feeding to‑do lists and worries into AI can help prioritise tasks and create realistic plans, offering a neutral perspective without shame or “shoulds”.

“If AI doesn't understand what I'm asking or what I'm telling it, there's probably a good chance a human being wouldn't understand what I was saying.”

Curious how artificial intelligence can make everyday ADHD struggles a bit easier? This conversation between host Dr David Pomeroy and guest Tara McGillicuddy looks at very practical ways AI tools can support an ADHD brain without pretending they’re magic solutions. Tara, an adult with ADHD and long-time online ADHD community leader, talks through real examples from her own life and from clients.

Communication is one of the big themes: AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can draft professional email responses, translate tense messages into calmer language, and even help you work out what the other person is actually asking.

As Tara puts it, **"If AI doesn't understand what I'm asking or what I'm telling it, there's probably a good chance a human being wouldn't understand what I was saying."** You’ll also hear how AI can reduce everyday overwhelm: turning random fridge contents into step‑by‑step meal ideas, suggesting low-cost DIY fixes, and helping with impulsive spending by checking whether a “great deal” really is worth it.

Dr Pomeroy shares how specifying the perspective in your prompt – for example, “from a child psychiatrist” – can completely change and improve the quality of the answer. For adults with ADHD who struggle with losing notes and ideas, AI chat histories can act as a searchable idea bank. It can tidy up rough drafts, change reading levels, double‑space dense text, and reformat brain‑dump paragraphs into readable blog posts or book chapters.

There’s even discussion on using AI to prioritise to‑do lists, outline the next day’s tasks, and suggest which of several dreaded jobs might be smartest to start with. Both Dr Pomeroy and Tara stress that AI isn’t a replacement for human connection or professional care, but a flexible assistant that can save time, energy, and frustration. If ADHD makes daily life feel heavier than it needs to, could experimenting with AI give you a bit more breathing space?

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