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I don’t know if I have ADHD (though I recently had some tests done and am waiting on results), but I found this relatable. If I’m interested in something I will

I don’t know if I have ADHD (though I recently had some tests done and am waiting on results), but I found this relatable. If I’m interested in something I will hyper focus on it all day. If I’m not, and there is no deadline, I’ll find it impossible to get started. As a deadline approaches (a real one, not something made up), a point is reached where I think I can get it done if I literally do nothing else, and then I can focus and get it done. Deadlines that our made up, I know are made up, have no consequences, and the where the whole project seems pointless, do not work the same way. Those are still ignored in spite of the stress and external person might try to apply. My old boss saw this pattern and if he gave me a project I didn’t instantly latch onto and turn around, he’d give it to someone else and I’d get something I was actually interested in and spent most of my days working long hours because I’d be hyper focused on whatever project I was working on and put in 12+ hour days every day.

ivewonyoung 2y ago
> I don’t know if I have ADHD (though I recently had some tests done and am waiting on results) Are those physical tests as in requiring lab results or questionnaires/quizzes?
- titmouselucifer 2y ago
  I am not the OP, but I have gone through actual neuropsychological testing with a specialist to be diagnosed with ADHD. It did come with a several week waiting period as the results were reviewed and considered against my thorough consultation interview, also completed by the physician.
- al_borland 2y ago
  It was about 4 hours of questionnaires, quizzes, and questions. It wasn’t just for ADHD, but autism, and various other things as well. I figured while I was there they might as well evaluate for everything. I was told it usually takes 4-6 hours. I was on the shorter side since I didn’t take any breaks.
viciousvoxel 2y ago
FWIW I have ADHD and you've described exactly how I work as well. I wish I didn't need to have that pressure in order to get things done -- this work style has definitely been detrimental to my career. Meds do help somewhat but are still far from a complete fix. That's an awesome boss to be able to recognize how you work and maximize your utility. I've yet to have a boss like that. Anyways, good luck out there.
- al_borland 2y ago
  Sadly that boss was forced out by an incompetent VP. My productivity and satisfaction at work has taken a huge hit.

ivewonyoung 2y ago

> I don’t know if I have ADHD (though I recently had some tests done and am waiting on results) Are those physical tests as in requiring lab results or questionnaires/quizzes?

titmouselucifer 2y ago
I am not the OP, but I have gone through actual neuropsychological testing with a specialist to be diagnosed with ADHD. It did come with a several week waiting period as the results were reviewed and considered against my thorough consultation interview, also completed by the physician.
al_borland 2y ago
It was about 4 hours of questionnaires, quizzes, and questions. It wasn’t just for ADHD, but autism, and various other things as well. I figured while I was there they might as well evaluate for everything. I was told it usually takes 4-6 hours. I was on the shorter side since I didn’t take any breaks.

viciousvoxel 2y ago

FWIW I have ADHD and you've described exactly how I work as well. I wish I didn't need to have that pressure in order to get things done -- this work style has definitely been detrimental to my career. Meds do help somewhat but are still far from a complete fix. That's an awesome boss to be able to recognize how you work and maximize your utility. I've yet to have a boss like that. Anyways, good luck out there.

al_borland 2y ago
Sadly that boss was forced out by an incompetent VP. My productivity and satisfaction at work has taken a huge hit.