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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they medicated for their ADHD?

Half-joking. We are an ADHD household, and have difficulty sorting and tidying up. Not actually cleaning, as in dusting, vacuuming and mopping, which I taught my kids to do. But somehow our brains are overwhelmed by looking at a pile of stuff, and not knowing how to categorize the items and find storage for them. It's a constant struggle. I wish I had a tidying-up maid, not a housecleaner. The issue, if things are not put away, is that it's harder to clean under the piles. And everything gets dusty and things get lost.

You'll have to come back for a bit, or hire someone to teach them to sort, put away and create storage. Someone who can maybe label containers or shelves and create a calendar with "bill pay" and "laundry/fold clothes" days and such. I'm that person in our house, but since I struggle with those skills, it's FAR from perfect.

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They were, they are not now. DD has insane ADHD and DS is lazy for housekeeping. I might also be somewhat ADHD, but in a way of highly functioning, doing everything for everyone. They are definitely as you describe. There is that mental illness component, even though I don't like labeling it like some medieval outdated term.
As they got their jobs, they are in that Gen Z idea that they worked hard, and now they are exhausted... for anything else. 
I am trying to hire someone, but even that is a struggle to organize with them. DD struggles a ton with all of it and is so busy at work that she is not even seeing her therapist now.
Any other tips you have, I am happy to hear and explore the options. I am that work-all-the-time kind of person. The house is clean now! LOL! After me being here for a few days.[/quote]

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