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There are plenty of process oriented methods for solving this one e.g. pomodoros and outside-in development.

• JohnBooty 12y ago
  Yes, and in my personal experience they're more effective than drugs alone. In fact, with out a process or at least a process-oriented approach in place, ADHD medication or other stimulants alone can create hilarious-but-frustrating situation where you're all hopped up on meds and your laser-like focus gets "locked onto" something totally useless, like reorganizing your music collection instead of completing the programming task that really needs to be done. However, medication (for those that need it) plus a process-oriented approach (or at least a solid task list) is the most effective combination of all.
  • shostack 12y ago
    Yeah, but next time think of how quickly you'll be able to cut right to the work because of how organized your music will be!
    • JohnBooty 12y ago
      Haha. The sad thing is that's kind of what I tell myself. 10% of my brain: "I know you have a couple hundred lines of code to write before tomorrow morning, soooooooo let's make a playlist! The ultimate programming playlist!" 90% of my brain: "That is the stupidest idea ever. You should really just get your work done and then you can relax, and maybe put a playlist together for next time." 10% of my brain: "Whatever lol I have veto power" Annnnd this is why ADHD is classified as an executive functioning disorder and I have no problem believing it's a distant cousin of OCD.