I am so tired of poop

What to do right now

You did not sign up for this specific exhaustion. The poop-related challenges of ADHD parenting are real, unglamorous, and almost never discussed. The combination of interoception delays, sensory aversion to wiping, and executive function gaps around hygiene routines creates a situation that no parenting book prepared you for. You are allowed to be tired of this. It does not make you a bad parent. It makes you a parent dealing with something genuinely hard.

What your brain just did

Your body

The exhaustion is specific and unglamorous. No parenting book covers this. No social media account discusses this. You are alone with it.

Your brain

ADHD hygiene challenges combine interoception delays, sensory aversion, executive function gaps, and shame avoidance. The result lands on you as the daily manager of a problem that should not still exist at this age. The should is what exhausts you.

What this did

This is a legitimate challenge, not a failure. Practical solutions reduce the load: bidet attachments, scheduled toilet times, wet wipes, matter-of-fact language. Shame makes it worse. Systems make it better.