Start from the difficulty you notice and turn it into observations a clinician can use.
1 · Start here
Most people arrive with an experience, not a diagnosis: plans that evaporate, time that disappears, tasks that will not start, a body that will not cooperate. The pages below take one experience at a time and do three things — name the possible explanations (more than one), suggest what to record, and point to the evidence.
Memory, time and awareness — Forgetting what you meant to do, losing track of time and acting on autopilot are different problems with different clues.
Pain, fatigue and movement — How to describe physical symptoms clearly without assuming ADHD explains everything — or nothing.
Stiffness, spasms and spasticity — Stiffness describes an experience. Spasticity describes a neurological examination finding. Bring the pattern and functional effects to assessment instead of having to choose the label first.
Burning, electric and touch-sensitive pain — Pain quality helps describe the problem, but does not diagnose nerve damage. This page helps you connect sensations with their distribution, associated findings and assessment.
Strong sensation, unclear position feedback — Pain, pressure, knowing where a limb is and coordinating an action are different descriptions. Record them separately so that an appointment can address each difficulty.
Fatigue, sleepiness and sleep disruption — Being sleepy, running out of energy and finding it difficult to start a task are different experiences. A useful appointment describes which occurs, when and with what other symptoms.