ADHD & Food

ADHD makes eating harder than it should be.That's not down to willpower or discipline. It's about how your brain handles hunger cues, executive function and the mental load of deciding what to eat. Generic nutrition advice was never built for that.

What this might look like for you

Maybe you forget to eat until you're suddenly shaky and foggy.

Or your medication kills your appetite all day, and then you're starving by nine at night.

Maybe you stand in front of a full fridge and still can't decide what to eat, so shopping happens in bursts and half of it goes off before you get to it.

You've been told to just meal prep. It's never once worked.

Underneath it all, there's often guilt: about the takeaway, the skipped meals, the way you think you're supposed to be eating.

None of this means there's something wrong with you.

What I'll actually help you with

Making food less mentally exhausting, not adding another set of rules.

We'll find low-effort, flexible ways to make sure you're getting enough through the day, and work out how to plan around your medication rather than fight against it.

We'll figure out what actually fits your life, not the routine you feel like you're supposed to have.

And we'll talk about the guilt that piles up around all of this, because that shame gets in the way of change more than the eating itself ever does.

What this isn't

This isn't a meal plan I hand you on day one.

It's not a lecture about healthy habits, and it's not built on the idea that a smaller body is the goal. There's no calorie counting here and no good food or bad food.

If a structured, willpower-based approach hasn't worked for you before, that's not a personal failing. It was never going to work long-term for an ADHD brain.

Getting started

I see clients face-to-face on Mondays in Prahran, and by telehealth Mondays and Saturday mornings, anywhere in Australia.

Sessions can be claimed through Medicare, under a GP Chronic Conditions Management Plan (GPCCMP) or an Eating Disorder Plan (EDP), or through NDIS.

Ready to feel less stuck with food?

I offer face-to-face sessions in Prahran on Mondays and telehealth Saturday mornings

Click here to book an appointment or find a time that works for you.