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Depends on the severity, but with my moderate ADHD I've found success by learning and embracing the ways my own energy changes over time and under different cir
by brundolf 4y ago
Depends on the severity, but with my moderate ADHD I've found success by learning and embracing the ways my own energy changes over time and under different circumstances, to make better use of it. It's sort of like adapting to abundant but sporadic renewable energy, vs the steady gas energy everyone else has
Examples that I've found work for me:
- Instead of trying to force myself to do something I'm simply not motivated about, looking for an intersection between the things that currently sound interesting and the things that would be productive. Making the most of the energy I have, when I have it
- Even if I'm jumping around - sometimes I get tiny bursts of energy for several different things in rapid succession - over time I may end up making progress on all of them. Instead of trying to pin myself to focus on just one, embracing the interlacing lets me take advantage of as much energy as possible
- My energy is highly momentum- and dopamine-based; if I'm struggling to be motivated about one thing, sometimes I can "prime the pump" by doing something small/easy first, and then I'll have more energy to carry over into the bigger thing
- Learning ways to sort of re-frame a task, or "tempt" myself into becoming interested in it (pressure doesn't work, but there are other ways)
Everybody's different though. Best of luck