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Getting Started
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What is NeuroSpicy?
A quick introduction to what NeuroSpicy does, who it's for, and why tracking energy matters.
Your First Check-In
How to log your energy and mood, what the numbers mean, and what to expect in your first week.
Setting Up Notifications
How to enable check-in reminders on desktop, Android, and iPhone so you never miss a window.
Why You Can't Edit Check-Ins
How logging in the moment trains your interoception, and why that skill matters more than perfect data.
ADHD Energy Patterns
Why ADHD energy runs hot and cold, and what the swings are telling you.
Why Your ADHD Energy Is So Inconsistent
The day-to-day swing in ADHD energy isn't unreliability or a failure of discipline. It's one of the most documented signatures of the brain itself.
ADHD Energy Cycles
Why ADHD brains run energy in cycles, the science underneath it, and a map to the patterns that shape your days.
The ADHD Boom-Bust Cycle
Why ADHD energy runs in booms and busts, why the crash always comes, and how to break the cycle without doing less.
ADHD Burnout
Why ADHD burnout is a slow slide rather than a single crash, how to spot the drift early, and what actually pulls you back out.
ADHD and Emotions
Mood swings, emotional regulation, and the difference between a bad mood and a hard feeling.
ADHD and Emotional Regulation
Why ADHD emotions run hot and fast, why mood and energy move together, and how noticing the dip early changes what you can do about it.
When Your Mood Drops Before Your Energy (ADHD)
How your mood and energy interact, and what it means when one drops before the other.
ADHD Mood Changes Over Time
Whether your mood baseline is trending up or down over the past month, and how a real ADHD mood change differs from one bad day.
ADHD Energy vs Mood vs Emotion
Energy, mood, and emotion are three different signals on three different clocks. Why ADHD brains blur them together, and how to train the read so you can tell which one you're actually feeling.
Reading Your Patterns
Learn what each signal measures and how to use it.
Understanding Your Signals
What signals are, how they unlock, and how to use them to stay ahead of your energy cycles.
How Forecast Works
How NeuroSpicy projects your next three days, what the dashed line and shaded band mean, and why a forecast is a tendency, not a promise.
Catching ADHD Burnout Before It Hits
How NeuroSpicy detects burnout before it hits, using your personal energy patterns.
Why ADHD Energy Feels So Erratic (And What Steadier Looks Like)
Whether your energy is getting more predictable or more erratic, and why that matters for ADHD brains.
ADHD Research
The science behind energy cycles, interoception, and why your brain works the way it does.
Interoception and ADHD
Why ADHD brains struggle to sense internal states like energy and mood, why that makes everything harder to manage, and how check-ins train the skill back.
ADHD and Emotional Regulation
Why ADHD emotions run hot and fast, why mood and energy move together, and how noticing the dip early changes what you can do about it.
ADHD Energy vs Mood vs Emotion
Energy, mood, and emotion are three different signals on three different clocks. Why ADHD brains blur them together, and how to train the read so you can tell which one you're actually feeling.
The ADHD Boom-Bust Cycle
Why ADHD energy runs in booms and busts, why the crash always comes, and how to break the cycle without doing less.
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