Top 20 ADHD Gift Ideas
The ultimate shopping guide for your neurodiverse loved ones.
FIDGETS
Unisex Spinner Ring
$10.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★ 3.8/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Super-subtle + quiet way to fidget in public
- Repetitive motion helps relieve anxiety
- Hypoallergenic, lead, and nickel-free (for people like me, who are allergic to everything)
Metal Fidget Spinner
$15.99 $18.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Super quiet
- Spins SO LONG (my record is 6 minutes straight)
- The metal feels expensive and nice to hold (vs. plastic spinners)
- Different color options (I have pink)
Infinity Cube
$20.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.7/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- It’s my overall favorite fidget
- Lots of different color options
- Can be rotated in different directions/angles
- Heavy, sturdy, feels expensive
PRODUCTIVITY
Visual Analog Timer
$10.96 $18.99 | Helps with: Time blindness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- 60-minute visual timer
- I use it with the pomodoro technique (25 min work, 5 min break)
- Silent ticking
- Small, cute, and super-useful
The Bullet Journal Collector’s Set
$45.00 | Helps with: Prioritizing
Why I love it:
- I’ve been using the Bullet Journal system since 2017
- Created by Ryder Carroll, a fellow ADHDer
- Collectors Set contains:
- NYT Best-Seller Book
- Stealth Edition Notebook
HOME DECOR
Gravity Weighted Blanket (20 lbs)
$141.75 $189.99 | Helps with: Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- One of the best things I own
- Calms me down instantly
- I use this on the couch DAILY
- Super soft
- They also have ‘cooling’ versions for sleepytime
Fake Plants
$19.99 | Helps with: Keeping plants alive
★★★★★ 4.5/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- I was tired of murdering plants
- Super low-maintenance
- Don’t get mad if you don’t water them
- Cute decor without the hassle
Sunrise Alarm Clock
$39.99 | Helps with: Waking up on time
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Slowly lights/dims your room to wake you up slowly
- Color-changing options
- Tons of ringtone options
- Can set 2 separate alarms
LED Star Projector
$49.99 $59.99 | Helps with: Mindfulness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- My husband and I like to turn on this star projector, put our phones away, put a fireplace YouTube video on the TV, lay on the couches, and look up at the stars while we talk
- Instant ambiance
- Different lighting moods/effects
Philips Hue Starter Kit
$179.99 | Helps with: Delayed sleep/wake cycles
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Expensive but totally worth it
- Instant mood lighting
- I use ours to auto-dim on/off in the mornings/evenings
- Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit & Google Assistant
ELECTRONICS
LARQ UV Self-Cleaning Water Bottle
$95.00 | Helps with: Cleaning dishes
★★★★★ 4.5/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- I have the pink version
- I never realized how pure water could taste. It’s noticeably different.
- Uses UV light to purify water and clean inside of the bottle
- Self-cleans every 2 hours
- Keeps water cold for 24 hours (or hot for 12)
- Not sure who drinks hot water
Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2
$129.95 $149.00 | Helps with: Forgetting coffee exists until it’s room temperature
★★★★★ 4.4/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Self-heating coffee mug
- App-controlled heat
- 80-minute battery life (or all-day on charging coaster)
- I haven’t tried it, but asked for it for Christmas
- F’ing expensive, but a worthy splurge if you’re tired of lukewarm coffee every day
Bose QuietComfort 35 II Wireless Headphones
$269.00 $299.00 | Helps with: Focus
★★★★★ 4.7/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Worth every penny
- I got mine back in 2016, and it’s been one of the best investments ever
- Amazing sound quality
- Noise-canceling is better than any other headphones I’ve tried
- Bluetooth + microphone
- Supa comfy
Tile Starter Pack
$39.99 $49.99 | Helps with: Forgetfulness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- My husband and I could not live without these
- Find your keys, wallet, and phone within seconds
- You can also get little buttons (we put them on our remotes)
- Perfect for anyone who spends a lot of time searching for things they’ve misplaced
Shiatsu Heated Back + Neck Massager
$62.99 | Helps with: Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.4/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD) recommended this to me, so I had to try it out
- I use it a lot while sitting at my desk
- Relieves all kind of back pain
- Adjustable intensity
Apple Watch SE (GPS)
$279.99 | Helps with: Time blindness
★★★★★ 4.8/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Calendar reminders going off on my wrist actually remind me of appointments and calls
- I use the waterproof mode in the shower and can look down to see what time it is
- It does a ton ton ton of stuff but I won’t list it here
GAMES
The Fair Play Deck
$22.00 $29.80 | Helps with: Housework
★★★★★ 4.4./5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Conversation deck for couples
- Game-ify splitting up household tasks
- Helps us figure out who is responsible for what
- Adaptable and surprisingly fun
- Based on the New York Times best-seller Fair Play
“Off-Topic” Party Game
$25.48 $29.99 | Uses: Quick associative thinking
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Kind of like Scattergories, but better
- 2-8 players
- Good for those with short attention spans (like me)
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Kindle Unlimited
$47.86 for 6 months | Helps with: Difficulty finishing books
Why I love it:
- I waste a lot of money buying books I never finish
- Now, I can try out tons of books without guilt of not finishing
- Essentially like Netflix, but for books
- Enjoy unlimited access to over 1 million titles
- Listen to thousands of books with Audible narration
- Works on any device with the free Kindle app
Headspace
$69.99 $95.80 for 1 year | Helps with: Mindfulness
Why I love it:
- I used to think meditation wasn’t something I would enjoy, but now I’ve been using Headspace for 7 years
- Beautiful educational animations
- Lots of different types of theme packs, sleepcasts, focus music
- Andy’s voice is super-soothing
BONUS IDEAS (LOL)
“Also ADHD” Poster
Various size options | Helps with: Self-esteem
★★★★★★ 6.7/5 stars on ADHDDD.com
Why I love it:
- Super-cool poster made by a super-cool person (me)
- Lots of different sizes available
- It’s nice to have reminders on bad days that we are actually pretty awesome
“Fitting In” Poster
Various size options | Helps with: Solidarity
★★★★★★★ 7.4/5 stars on ADHDDD.com
Why I love it:
- It was my contribution to the “ADHD Invasion” comic series this ADHD Awareness Month
- Good reminder that it’s okay to be different
- Loving and supportive message to stay true to yourself (and forget the haters)
GIFT CARDS
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Yeah, I definitely just bought myself a spinner ring. Happy birthday to me! Thanks for all of these recs — that was the one I haven’t been able to get out of my head.
Noise cancelling headphones are an excellent suggestion! I like to wear mine in grocery stores or malls sometimes as I get very overwhelmed, and they do a fantastic job of blocking out the noise around you 🙂 excited to experiment with some of the other gifts in the list!
Love this list!!
Really helpful and great ideas thank you!