Paris Hilton shares her ADHD journey as part of Jornay PM’s “Embrace Your Sparkle” campaign Paris Hilton says ADHD has helped her find success in her career, and that she “wouldn’t be the entrepreneur that I am today” without it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The singer, actress, and founder of beauty line Parive, says ADHD is \u201cnot something that needs to be fixed\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n She encourages people to connect with their doctors to find a treatment plan, explaining she wants to help \u201crelease the stigma\u201d around being neurodivergent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Paris Hilton<\/a> has found success as a singer<\/a>, actress<\/a>, reality star<\/a>, DJ<\/a>, mom, and creator of the beauty line Parive<\/a>. It\u2019s something she credits to having ADHD.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn’t be the entrepreneur I am today without it,\u201d Hilton, 45, tells PEOPLE, sharing that being neurodivergent helps her with \u201cthinking outside the box,, taking risks, doing things first.\u201d<\/p>\n Hilton acknowledges that “our brains work differently,” and that’s why personalized treatments can help. \u201cIt’s something where you can speak to your doctor and talk about a treatment plan that works for you.\u201d She\u2019s recently teamed up with Collegium Pharmaceutical for Jornay PM<\/a>‘s \u201cEmbrace Your Sparkle\u201d campaign, sharing how the ADHD medication \u2014 which is taken at night instead of in the morning \u2014 has helped her.<\/p>\n Paris Hilton shares how she manages her ADHD. \u201cBefore, I would just forget to take it and then it could, like, ruin your whole day that way. So I love how if you just take it at night \u2014 and then right away when you wake up, it’s working in the morning,\u201d she explained. \u201dI love this campaign to ‘Embrace Your Sparkle’ because that’s something that I do, and I want others to embrace their sparkle as well and, and know that there is nothing wrong with them.\u201d<\/p>\n She emphasizes that ADHD is “not something that needs to be fixed,” and that it can be managed with the right tools. “It’s really important to have structure, for there to be schedules \u2026\u00a0 I find it really helpful to have notebooks everywhere, Post-it notes. I have whiteboards in certain rooms where I just write things I need to remember, things I need to do, because there’s just always a million things happening in my life, being a mom and an entrepreneur,” says Hilton, who shares two children<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 son\u00a0Phoenix<\/a>, 3, and daughter\u00a0London<\/a>, 2 \u2014 with husband Carter Reum.<\/a><\/p>\n Hilton says that having ADHD has also helped her be a more connected mom, explaining, “It gives me just like, inner child playfulness, which will never go away, which I love … [It’s] so much fun being a mom and getting to relive that childhood with them and see the world through their eyes.”<\/p>\n Sharing her story\u00a0and connecting to the ADHD community, Hilton says, has been \u201cinspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s just amazing just to not feel alone,\u201d she explains. \u201cSome of the things\u00a0 I’ve been through in my life and now knowing that I have ADHD, it’s just like everything makes so much more sense now.\u201d<\/p>\n Paris Hilton for Jornay PM’s ‘Embrace Your Sparkle’ campaign
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