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I've been diagnosed with ADHD since I was a teenager, but the shift to working from home and additional responsibilities made it far worse, so I started seeing
by tapoxi 4y ago
I've been diagnosed with ADHD since I was a teenager, but the shift to working from home and additional responsibilities made it far worse, so I started seeing a psychologist earlier this year to help me reinforce organizational skills while adjusting medication.
Some things that have worked for me:
* Less medication. I dropped my Concerta to 36mg which avoids many of the side effects.
* Frequent calendaring, even for personal life. This helps visualize time commitments.
* Use of a pen and paper notebook throughout the day, reducing cognitive load. I've tried a lot of digital note taking tools but I end up spending too much time fiddling with them.
To encourage myself to take notes I just have a loose structure of one page a day.
- specialist 4y agoEmphatic agreement on calendaring, journaling, pen & paper. I also created a habits tracker. Everything I'm supposed to do every day, plus common stretch goals. Spreadsheet format, with days across the top, and tasks along the side. Kind of inspired by Seinfeld's "don't break the chain".