What's happening
ADHD and work meetings can be a tricky mix. Someone asks if you can "pick that up", you say yes, and five minutes after the call you couldn't tell anyone what you agreed to. Your attention was split between what was said, your own reply and the email that pinged halfway through. Acas lists struggling with time management and organisation among the ways ADHD shows up at work, and a busy meeting tests both.
How to get moving
Before the meeting starts, open a fresh note with the meeting name and date, or put a notepad in front of you. Don't try to take full minutes. Just listen for your name next to a job, and write each one down straight away as an action and a deadline, like "send Sam the figures by Thursday".
In the last two minutes, read your list out: "So I'm doing these three things, is that right?" Then, before you open anything else, put each one in your calendar or task list with a time you'll actually do it, not just the day it's due.
Important tip
Send a short follow-up within ten minutes of the meeting ending, such as "Thanks, just confirming I'm sending the figures by Thursday and booking the room for next week." It takes a minute, gives you a written record you can search for later, and if you've misheard something, someone will usually put you right while it's still fresh in everyone's head.
This is lived-experience content. It is not a promise that a particular idea will work for everybody.