New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- On a Monday morning in Mumbai, 32-year-old content strategist Priya D'souza settles at her desk with a playlist of lo-fi beats playing softly in her headphones. Next to her laptop sits a bright yellow timer, set for 25 minutes. "I don't start work without it," she says. "Otherwise I lose track of time, or worse, I don't start at all." For D'souza, who was diagnosed with ADHD only last year, hacks including using timers, music, and body doubling with friends, are not productivity fads - they are lifelines.

ADHD, or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, has long been framed in India as a childhood condition associated with hyperactive boys disrupting classrooms. But as research grows and awareness slowly shifts, m...