ADHD answer

How do you remember appointments with ADHD?

Short answer

Book it into the calendar in the same minute you agree to it, with two alerts: one the day before and one an hour before, including travel time. ADHD appointment misses come from the gap between agreeing and recording, not from forgetting the day itself.

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The gap that costs you

You agree to Tuesday at three, intend to add it later, and 'later' never arrives. The appointment was never lost from memory — it was never written down in the first place.

The same-minute rule

Phone out before the conversation ends. Add the event with the location and the person's number in the notes. If you're mid-call, say 'one second, adding it now' — nobody minds, and it saves the miss.

Two alerts, including travel

Day-before alert to prepare, one-hour alert including travel time to leave. Time blindness means 'three o'clock' registers, but 'leave at two twenty' doesn't unless something says it out loud.

Related questions

What about recurring appointments?+

Make them recurring calendar events, not memory. Even weekly things get missed after a disrupted week.

I have too many alerts already.+

Fewer, louder, meaningful alerts work better than a wall of notifications you've learned to ignore.

What if I miss one anyway?+

Call and rebook immediately — the same-minute rule applies to repairs too.

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