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re: Adults with ADHD... how do you manage?
Posted on 3/18/19 at 5:50 pm to Masterag
Posted on 3/18/19 at 5:50 pm to Masterag
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Adults with ADHD... how do you manage?
It's a personality trait more than anything, its what allows me to be creative and think of more abstract solutions my colleagues can't.
1) Coffee, it's an stimulant just like ADD medicine.
2) List, so many list. Write down a list at the beginning and end of every day for what you need to accomplish.
3) Take scheduled breaks. Work for 50-55 minutes, when possible, and them take 5-10 minutes for your mind to wander
4) Listen to classical music or songs you have heard 1000 times before, i find this occupies the part of my brain that needs something to do.
5) Do not disturb mode on your phone is a god-send
6) Close your internet browser
7) Practice meditation, it helps be present in the moment and creates discipline.
Focus, like any skill, can be trained. For some its easier than others. It's a muscle you can develop with practice. I'll be honest, if you aren't doing something you love, it will make it that much harder to develop discipline. I have an engineering degree, i was a terrible engineer because i'd get bored. Now I'm a consultant(not engineering) and my work varies all the time, keeps things interesting.
This post was edited on 3/18/19 at 5:52 pm
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Posted on 3/18/19 at 6:14 pm to barry
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It's a personality trait more than anything, its what allows me to be creative and think of more abstract solutions my colleagues can't.
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Focus, like any skill, can be trained. For some its easier than others. It's a muscle you can develop with practice. I'll be honest, if you aren't doing something you love, it will make it that much harder to develop discipline. I have an engineering degree, i was a terrible engineer because i'd get bored. Now I'm a consultant(not engineering) and my work varies all the time, keeps things interesting.
You have described my life so accurately it is like I wrote this. It took me a few years to figure out my work situation, and find a career path where I could do something different almost every day, and also have lots of time to think about what I was interested in. When having to study something I had no interest in I found I could focus well for maybe 15 minutes, so I would break up study sessions into short segments. When you do something you love the hyper-focus kicks in, its like you have a photographic memory for the material, and hours pass like minutes. When in that mode I have to force myself to stop and go to sleep. I keep a guitar close by, when I cant focus, I play it for a while, and it seems to calm my thoughts to the point I can go back to my work.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 7:11 pm to barry
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1) Coffee, it's an stimulant just like ADD medicine.
Coffee doesn't make me wanna drink 42 beers and frick all night after talking to a stranger for 2 hours about their terminally ill cousin.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 8:04 pm to barry
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6) Close your internet browser
The internet to a person with ADHD is like having a junkie connected to a IV pump full of heroine. As soon as you read a sentence or two you are ready to click on something else, your brain has to have a constant input of new information. Fortunately for me the internet didn't exist when I was in school.
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