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I'd add that ADHD hyperfocus is focusing on one thing but that the thing is not necessarily what you want it to be. For example, I've become obssessed for a few
by nicolas_t 3y ago
I'd add that ADHD hyperfocus is focusing on one thing but that the thing is not necessarily what you want it to be. For example, I've become obssessed for a few weeks on boardgames, to the exclusion of everything else but after that I had no interest whatsoever. Sometimes, it can be useful when I'm focusing on something actually relevant to my career, life. Sometimes, like with boardgames, it can lead to me buying 80 board games, and wasting my time on something completely useless...
As regarding to medication, I seldom use my ADHD medication (concerta makes me way too sleepy if I'm sleep deprived and I have a toddler so I'm always mildly sleep deprived) but when I did, it actually stopped the hyperfocus in that it allowed me to think of something else besides my obsession du jour.
- em-bee 3y agoi don't know if this counts as hyperfocus, so i'll just call it focus i can focus on something only when i can detach from everything else. that can be difficult to achieve. because it means that i can forget to take a lunch break, miss meetings, or skip other responsibilities. so most often i am afraid to focus because of all these sideeffects. that means in order for me to be able focus on something someone has to take care of everything else that requires planning or thinking ahead. sometimes that is not possible. forget focus if i had a fight with my wife and have to worry about what happens when i get home. on the other hand focus can also be used to avoid some other unpleasant task. the only way to solve that was to find ways to make that task less unpleasant.