The app offers:
Interactive Coping Techniques: Immediate guided steps for calming anxiety, managing procrastination, and handling emotional overwhelm using CBT, DBT, and mindfulness methods.
Ambient Sound Mixer: Customize and layer soothing background noises (nature, white noise, café sounds) to enhance focus or relaxation.
Quick ADHD Self-Test: A quick screening to help identify ADHD symptoms.
Curated Blog: Practical articles, personal insights, and evidence-based advice on living better with ADHD.
Would love your feedback and thoughts!
Check it out here: https://adhdhelp.app
- Neat.
- Those images on the blogs look potentially AI Generated, which I'm personally turned off by. Others may vary.
- The first blog (by you?) is _very_ long, also "ADHD as Superpower" is somewhat of a trope that I, and others I've spoken with, aren't happy to have as a bullet point of why ADHD isn't the end of the world.
- Anyway, clicked on the "Procrastination" mood button and oh sweet lord there are so many buttons on this page and why do they have "likes" counted in the corner?
- The web developer in me admires the automatic resizing blocks. The user in me doesn't like that the buttons jump around as I click on them. E.g. I clicked on "breath loop" and the interface totally changed an I wasn't actually sure how to get back to where I was (Figured it out: Musical Stimulation), additionally I know there _was_ a button below breath loop but its moved and I forgot which one it was. I'd suggest categorizing the buttons and either hiding them in drawers or collapsible sections so there aren't quite so many immediately visible. And then I'd suggest keeping the controls for each technique in the same place on the screen and just highlight which technique is selected from the buttons, instead of dynamically moving the controls around. On any user interface I interact with regularly I don't even see or read them much anymore because I just know where the buttons I want to interact with are. On this page the buttons are constantly moving around, and I'm only on desktop, I'm sure its different on a phone but I'm almost scared to look (I looked, its good, but the constantly changing height of the scrollbar is a pet peeve of mine, so its functional, I just don't like it). If you don't want to move the controls to a consistent spot, I'd suggest giving the movement a bit of an animation (maybe with an option to disable it?) so people can at least get a feel for what is happening when they click a button instead of an instantaneous change that is impossible to track with their eyeballs.
- I don't love the "Atmosphere" button being in the bottom middle where text/images appear from the content, feels messy.
This is not specifically directed at this product launch, rather a general observation, but we have evidence based instruments to aid in diagnosis (that still requires a contextual clinical interpretation!) and evidence about what works and what doesn't. Most of the stuff I see is pretty squarely an evidence-free affair. Wether it's a cash grab or a well-intentioned effort, both can be harmful.
Marketing interventions to a specific diagnosis with known treatments should not be taken lightly. Non-medical interventions can be effective, and therefore they can be harmful.
The landing page asks, how are you feeling? For which the possible responses are "Anxiety", "Procrastination" ... "Overwhelm".
When a person says, I a X, X is always an adjective. One doesn't say "I am Irritability" one says "I am irritable".
All of these options are nouns, except for "Overwhelm" which is actually only a verb but is being used incorrectly as a noun.
The correct responses would be "Anxious", "Hyperactive", "Overwhelmed", "Irritable".
Except for "Procrastination", which doesn't have any associated adjective. You might need to rephrase the whole header
Yes, I have ADHD. I'm making this site primarily to help me and my friends.
Yes, there's a paid subscription. By the way, it's the cheapest of all these apps. Well, and it's a fremium model. Most of the functions can be used even without registration. And no, I'm not trying to make money off of ADHD people for nothing. I really want to help.
Yes I use AI generated images for blog posts. They were agreed with the authors of the posts as reflective. I didn't realize that a lot of people didn't like it so much.
No I didn't use AI to mindlessly come up with self-help techniques. I've been collecting them for years of my life. I looked them up in magazines and so on. It's evidence-based. I'll add a page of proof.
Yes I absolutely need to better the UI as well as add a dark theme. I've already found a designer I know.
Yes the app is already being used by ADHD and it's already helping.
So thank you all very much.
4 hours/night - Poor executive function, can’t figure out what order to do things in, lose keys and random things, forget to lock doors and not even realize it
6 hours - Mild executive dysfunction, never sure if I locked the door but I did
8 hours - Zero problems
10 hours - I’ve never actually experimented
It's only been a week, so maybe my opinion will change. Who knows. I'm half writing this comment as a historical record for myself to look back at in a year.
Remeber kids! Self-medication with the Voight-Kampff test is dangerous and can lead to the serious consequences including , but not limited to:
depression personality disorders suicide thoughts obsession with a wooden minutae giant meta-corporations hunting for you overall quality of life decrease, including death
Please consult a doctor before using the test!
(somehow the last words of the post title gave me this reaction)
Each person with ADHD is affected a little differently, based on anecdotal evidence from family and friends. What are the available customization options?
Why no dark mode?
My ADHD partner was actually quite relaxed at the time I asked her how she was feeling. That didnt appear to be an option to choose.