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ADHD Andy, Eccleshall, Stafford (2026)

03/06/2026

Lots of people have been asking about the upcoming dates for my 1-hour educational talk:

"The Science of ADHD & The Six Pillars of Health"

These will be my final talks before the school summer holidays, with more dates being added from September onwards.

One thing I've learned through my own ADHD journey is that most pre-diagnosed and post-diagnosed people have very little understanding of what ADHD actually is or what causes it.

Most people only see the obvious traits – hyperactivity, impulsiveness, distractibility, and difficulty focusing. But ADHD goes much deeper than that.

The ADHD brain develops differently and often at a later rate than neurotypical brains. There are significant impacts on dopamine regulation, motivation, emotional control, decision-making, and executive function, which can create huge highs and lows throughout life.

Even during the diagnostic process, there is often very limited ADHD education and very little practical support to help people manage day-to-day life. Workplaces, schools, colleges, and universities frequently have limited understanding of ADHD too, despite the fact that understanding how ADHD affects behaviour can be crucial for improving wellbeing, performance, and productivity.

For many people, learning the science behind ADHD becomes a real lightbulb moment. Suddenly, things start to make sense. You begin to understand why you think, feel, and behave the way you do.

The good news is that with some simple lifestyle adjustments and a better understanding of how your brain works, you can learn to regulate dopamine more effectively and start working with your ADHD rather than constantly fighting against it.

During this 1-hour talk we'll cover:

✅ What ADHD actually is including differences in the brain structure

✅ The Chimp Paradox – understanding the roles of the prefrontal cortex and limbic system

✅ ADHD and executive function

✅ Dopamine, motivation, and emotional regulation

✅ The Six Pillars of Health and how they can help manage ADHD day2day

✅ Famous ADHDers and the strengths often associated with ADHD

✅ How I used my ADHD traits to set an Endurance Guinness World Record and become a shark diver

Whether you're diagnosed, awaiting assessment, supporting a family member, working in education, or simply want to understand ADHD better, this talk is designed to be practical, evidence-based, and accessible.

🎟️ Tickets are just £10 available at: www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist/adhdandy

🌐 www.ADHDandy.com

I look forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting plenty of new ones along the way.

02/06/2026

🧠 ADHD WELLNESS PEER MENTOR PROGRAMME - 2 SPACES FOR JUNE!

Had the ADHD diagnosis? By now you've probably realised that aside from being offered medication, the practical support to manage ADHD is very limited!!! Medication can be life changing for some but I chose to manage my ADHD and autism naturally by following the 6 pillars of health.

Do you struggle with focus, motivation, overwhelm, emotional regulation, organisation or self-belief and suspect you may have ADHD?

The truth is, knowledge of the science behind ADHD really helps you understand yourself and grows confidence in your unique strengths.

💙 Peer mentoring works because it connects you with someone who genuinely understands ADHD from lived experience. Shared experiences build trust, reduce shame and create a safe space where real growth can happen.

That's why I've created the ADHD Wellness Course – an 8-part, one-to-one peer mentor programme designed to help you understand your ADHD brain and develop practical strategies that work in everyday life.

Over 8 x 1-hour personalised sessions we'll explore:

✅ The science and neurology of ADHD
✅ Dopamine, motivation and emotional regulation
✅ Executive functioning and daily challenges
✅ Sleep, nutrition, exercise and the Six Pillars of Health
✅ ADHD strengths and how to harness them
✅ Confidence, self-esteem and self-acceptance
✅ Practical tools to improve productivity and relationships
✅ Building a life that works with your ADHD, not against it

🎁 FREE 30-MINUTE DISCOVERY SESSION

Not sure if peer mentoring is right for you?

Book a free, no-obligation 30-minute session to learn more about the programme, discuss your challenges and see how ADHD peer mentoring could help you move forward. Suitable for teens and adults.

You don't need another lecture about ADHD.

You need someone who gets it.

📍 Find out more and book your free session:

www.adhdandy.com/adhdpeermentoring or drop me a DM or whats app!

01/06/2026

🌙 My ADHD Bedtime Routine (And Why It Matters)

One of the biggest game changers for my ADHD has been creating a consistent bedtime routine that reduces stimulation and supports my body's natural sleep cycle.

Many people with ADHD struggle with delayed sleep, racing thoughts, hyperfocus, and difficulty switching off at night. While there's no magic solution, having a structured evening routine can make a huge difference to sleep quality, energy levels, mood, emotional regulation, and focus the next day.

Here's the routine I aim to follow:

⏰ 8am – Wake up at the same time every day
☀️ 10am – Get outside and get sunlight into my eyes
☕ 12pm – No more caffeine
🕶️ 8pm – Put on blue light blocking glasses and dim the lights
📱 9pm – No phones, devices, or highly stimulating TV
🛏️ 11:30pm – Go to bed at the same time every night

Why is circadian rhythm so important?

Your circadian rhythm is your body's internal 24-hour clock that regulates sleep, energy, hormone production, body temperature, and alertness.

People with ADHD often experience circadian rhythm disruptions, which can lead to:

❌ Difficulty falling asleep
❌ Feeling tired during the day
❌ Brain fog and poor concentration
❌ Increased impulsivity and emotional dysregulation
❌ More ADHD symptoms overall

When you wake up and go to bed at consistent times, your body learns when to release hormones like cortisol (for wakefulness) and melatonin (for sleep), making it easier to fall asleep naturally and wake feeling refreshed.

Why minimise caffeine before bed?

Many people underestimate how long caffeine stays in the body.

Even if you can "fall asleep" after drinking coffee, caffeine can:

☕ Reduce sleep quality
☕ Increase restlessness during the night
☕ Delay melatonin production
☕ Make it harder to enter deep restorative sleep

People with ADHD can be particularly sensitive to caffeine's effects, so cutting it off around midday can help protect your sleep later in the evening.

Why reduce sugar and late-night snacking?

High-sugar foods close to bedtime can:

🍭 Cause blood sugar spikes and crashes
🍭 Increase restlessness and nighttime waking
🍭 Trigger dopamine-seeking behaviour and cravings
🍭 Make it harder for the brain to settle down

A balanced evening meal and avoiding sugary snacks before bed can help create a more stable environment for quality sleep.

Why avoid blue light at night?

Blue light from phones, tablets, TVs, and bright LED lighting signals to the brain that it's daytime.

This can:

📱 Suppress melatonin production
📱 Delay sleep onset
📱 Increase alertness when you should be winding down
📱 Make ADHD brains more likely to continue seeking stimulation

One of the most effective changes I've made is wearing blue light blocking glasses from around 8pm onwards and dimming lights throughout the house.

My recommendation

If you're looking for a quality pair of blue light blocking glasses, I recommend Blue Light Glasses UK

🕶️ Get yours here and use my affiliate link for a discount:

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Sleep won't solve ADHD, but better sleep makes managing ADHD significantly easier.

Small changes repeated consistently can have a huge impact over time.

What's the one thing you've changed that's improved your sleep the most? 👇

23/05/2026

Why is learning about ADHD one of the most powerful things you can do—whether you have ADHD, parent a child with ADHD, support someone who does, or simply want to understand neurodiversity better?

Knowledge changes everything.

For those with ADHD, understanding why your brain works the way it does can be life-changing. It can reduce shame, improve self-awareness, and help you build strategies that actually work—rather than constantly battling against yourself.

For parents, learning about ADHD can completely transform how you support your child. What may look like laziness, defiance, emotional overreaction, or lack of focus is often something very different. Understanding the science behind ADHD helps parents respond with empathy, confidence, and practical tools that genuinely help their child thrive.

And if you’re neurotypical? Learning about ADHD helps you become a better parent, partner, teacher, employer, colleague, or friend. Greater understanding reduces stigma, improves communication, and helps create environments where neurodivergent people can flourish.

Want to learn more?

Join us for a powerful 1-hour educational talk:

“The Science of ADHD & The Six Pillars of Health”
📅 4th June
🕖 7:00pm
📍 Shrewsbury

This talk has received tremendous feedback—including from professionals and people who thought they already knew ADHD inside out.

Delivered by Andy Stone—diagnosed with ADHD and autism, 11 years sober after overcoming alcohol addiction, and a Guinness World Record holder in triathlon.

Topics include:
🧠 How the ADHD brain differs from neurotypical brains
⚡ The role of dopamine in ADHD
🧬 Nature vs nurture in ADHD
🔗 The connection between ADHD and addiction
🌱 How the six pillars of health can help you thrive
💥 The unique strengths of ADHD—and how Andy used them to achieve a Guinness World Record

Whether you’re newly curious or already knowledgeable, this talk will challenge what you think you know.

Tickets available at:

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GJWA

20/05/2026

Today I’m celebrating 11 years of sobriety. 🎉

One thing I’ve learned along the way is how closely ADHD and addiction are linked. Many people with ADHD struggle with impulsivity, emotional regulation, low dopamine levels, anxiety, or feeling constantly overwhelmed — and substances or addictive behaviours can become a way to cope, slow the mind down, escape, or feel “better” temporarily.

But recovery is possible.

Sobriety isn’t something I take for granted. I continue to work hard on it every single day, and I’m incredibly grateful for the life I’ve built in recovery and all the many people who have supported me along the way!

If you’re struggling with addiction, or think ADHD may be part of the picture, please know you’re not alone. Support can make such a difference.

If you’d like some support with addiction, please get in touch. ❤️

E-mail [email protected] or drop me a DM or what’s app me

14/05/2026

A lot of people think ADHD is just “being distracted,” having too much energy, or forgetting where you left your keys.

But some of the hardest parts of ADHD are the invisible ones nobody talks about enough.

The parts that quietly affect:
• self-esteem
• relationships
• emotional stability
• confidence
• energy
• and the way someone sees themselves every single day

Because ADHD isn’t just about attention.

For many adults, it can feel like a constant battle between wanting to function normally and feeling like your brain refuses to cooperate—no matter how hard you try.

Here’s what people often don’t see:

🧠 **Emotional dysregulation**
Small criticism, sudden change, stress, or feeling misunderstood can trigger emotions that feel immediate, intense, and hard to switch off. Others may only see the reaction—not the nervous system overload underneath.

💬 **Impulsivity and regret**
Blurting things out. Oversharing. Interrupting. Sending messages too quickly.
Then replaying it all later with crushing self-criticism.

⏰ **Time blindness**
Minutes disappear. Tasks take longer than expected. Deadlines arrive out of nowhere. Days vanish into distraction or hyperfocus.
What looks like disorganisation is often a neurological struggle with time perception.

🔄 **Task switching overwhelm**
Starting tasks. Stopping tasks. Changing focus. Interrupting hyperfocus.
Even small transitions can feel disproportionately difficult and mentally exhausting.

🔊 **Sensory overwhelm**
Noise. Bright lights. Crowds. Clutter. Multiple conversations.
What looks like irritability can actually be nervous system exhaustion.

🤝 **Social exhaustion**
Missing cues. Interrupting unintentionally. Overexplaining. Replaying conversations for hours afterward.
Many ADHD adults become experts at masking just to avoid feeling rejected.

💔 **Chronic shame**
Years of hearing:
“Try harder.”
“Pay attention.”
“You’re lazy.”
“You have so much potential.”

That builds something heavy.

Even highly capable adults with ADHD often secretly believe they’re failing at things that seem effortless for everyone else.

🎯 **Perfectionism + procrastination**
It’s not always about not caring.
Sometimes it’s caring so much that fear of failing, disappointing others, or doing something imperfect creates complete paralysis.

😴 **The constant fatigue**
ADHD can be exhausting.

The brain is constantly:
• filtering distractions
• regulating emotions
• masking symptoms
• remembering tasks
• managing overwhelm
• fighting to stay focused

That invisible effort takes real energy.

If you live with ADHD and this feels familiar:

You are not lazy.
You are not dramatic.
You are not failing.

ADHD is not a character flaw. It’s a different nervous system navigating a world that often misunderstands how much effort everyday functioning already takes.

And sometimes compassion changes far more than criticism ever will.

✨ If you’d like support managing your ADHD, I offer a **FREE 30-minute session** to explore practical strategies that can help.
Send me a message if you’d like to chat.

14/05/2026

I’m incredibly grateful to have received this heartfelt feedback from a parent who attended my "The Science of ADHD & the Six Pillars of Health" talk in Nantwich last night 💙

Messages like this are exactly why I do what I do.

Learning about ADHD isn’t just about understanding the challenges—it’s about understanding the brain behind the behaviours, working *with* ADHD rather than constantly fighting against it, and helping to shift the narrative from “problem” to potential.

So many children and adults with ADHD grow up hearing what they’re doing wrong, when in reality, with the right understanding and support, traits like creativity, hyperfocus, energy, resilience and big-picture thinking can become real strengths.

Seeing a parent leave feeling more hopeful, more informed, and better equipped to support their child means the world to me.

If you’d like to better understand your own ADHD, support a child or loved one, or simply learn more about how ADHD affects health, focus and wellbeing, I’d love to help.

📩 I offer a **FREE 30-minute introductory online session** to chat about your ADHD and how I may be able to support you.

Or come along to one of my upcoming talks:
🧠 **The Science of ADHD & the Six Pillars of Health**

📍 **Shrewsbury** – Thursday 4th June
📍 **Newport** – Wednesday 1st July

🎟 Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/eventlist/adhdandy

Together, we can change the ADHD conversation—from frustration and confusion to understanding, empowerment, and possibility. 💙

11/05/2026

Most adults with ADHD spend years blaming themselves for symptoms that may be getting quietly amplified by everyday habits they never realized were affecting their brain.

Many of these habits feel completely normal.
Some even feel comforting.

But over time, they can drain the nervous system, disrupt dopamine regulation, and make ADHD symptoms feel far more intense.

Signs this might be happening:

• Focus suddenly collapses
• Emotional sensitivity feels overwhelming
• Motivation disappears
• Sleep gets worse
• Anxiety spikes
• Burnout hits harder than usual

ADHD doesn’t exist separately from your lifestyle.
Your brain is constantly responding to:

sleep 💤
stress 😵‍💫
nutrition 🍳
stimulation 📱
routines ⏰
emotional exhaustion 🧠

A few common symptom amplifiers:

📱 Phone-first mornings
Starting your day with notifications, doomscrolling, and instant dopamine can make normal tasks feel painfully under-stimulating later.

☕ Caffeine
Can feel like “focus” but often pushes the nervous system into stress mode—jitteriness, racing thoughts, anxiety. It can also last longer in people with ADHD impacting sleep.

🍭 Sugar + ultra-processed snacks
Quick dopamine boost → inevitable crash → brain fog, irritability, impulsivity, low
focus.

🎮 More than 3 hours of high-stimulation screen time a day can disrupt dopamine regulation and impact mood. When the brain is constantly chasing rapid rewards, it can become harder to settle back into a normal baseline—making focus, motivation, and emotional regulation more difficult.

💔 Emotional overload
Being everyone’s therapist friend is exhausting.
Emotional burnout can look a lot like “worsening ADHD.”

⏳ No structure
ADHD brains often do better with gentle rhythm—not because of discipline, but because constant reorienting burns mental energy.

Sometimes what feels like your personality is actually:

chronic overstimulation
sleep deprivation
dopamine dysregulation
nervous system exhaustion
emotional overload

Drop me a message if you'd like some help building healthy daily routines for your ADHD!

11/05/2026

🚨 FINAL FEW TICKETS TOMORROW – Tuesday 12th May🚨
📍 Nantwich NYCC

🕖 7:00 PM

Back by popular demand, Guinness World Record holder and ADHD specialist Andy Stone returns to Nantwich with his powerful 1-hour talk:

“The Science of ADHD & The Six Pillars of Health”
Living with ADHD and Autism, Andy’s journey has been anything but ordinary — expelled from two schools, battling addiction, and facing huge challenges before completely transforming his life through understanding the science behind ADHD.

This eye-opening talk explores what ADHD really is.
It’s far more than hyperactivity, impulsivity, or struggling to focus. ADHD is deeply linked to dopamine regulation, affecting motivation, executive function, mood, habits, and daily life — especially in today’s fast-paced, high-convenience digital world.

If you want to better understand ADHD — for yourself, your child, your partner, or someone you support — this is a must-attend event.
✅ Learn the science behind ADHD
✅ Discover practical ways to thrive day-to-day
✅ Understand how health, lifestyle, and dopamine all connect

🎟 FINAL FEW TICKETS AVAILABLE:
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GDIJ

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