How to write PIP notes for ADHD
A calm, practical guide to explaining how ADHD affects your daily life for PIP.
ADHD and PIP
ADHD can affect attention, memory, planning, impulse control, and the ability to start and complete tasks. These difficulties can impact many daily activities.
PIP is not based on diagnosis alone. What matters is how ADHD affects you when carrying out specific activities, and whether you can do them reliably.
Writing about ADHD
Example: making ADHD impact clearer
Below is an example of how someone might turn a general statement into a clearer, activity-focused note. This is example wording only.
“I forget things and get distracted.”
“When preparing food, I often forget steps and leave items unattended because I become distracted. I need reminders from another person to return to the task. Without this, I stop part-way through or leave food burning. Tasks take much longer and are not completed reliably.”
Using GuidedPIP
GuidedPIP helps you organise ADHD-related notes by activity, making it easier to capture planning, prompting, and reliability issues in one place.
You can start for free and decide whether Premium tools are helpful for you.