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I remembered I had to do something while putting on my socks, I ended up walking around the house with one sock on. (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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It's rare that I'm not juggling doing 6 different things at the same time.

I feel if I remember to do something I need to immediately get that ball rolling, else I will completely forget about it, and end up half doing dozens of things.

Currently in the process of looking up a new hairstyle, updating my immich server, making a PieFed post, getting ready for and appointment and probably some other things I'll remember in a bit

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[–] lwhjp@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yep. The nice thing about getting on meds (atomoxetine in my case) is that at least for tasks I really want to get done, I'm now able to ignore those interruptions and keep going.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How long have you been taking it? It just stopped working for me after 6 months.

[–] lwhjp@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

Just shy of 6 months - you've got me worried now! I did find it took a couple of weeks to start working, so I ramped up pretty slowly to my current dose (75mg). Also I'm pretty sensitive to being tired and my brain starts jumping all over the place if I didn't sleep well.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

I've never tried meds, I consider it every now and then but I function alright without them, despite it being a struggle

[–] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

This is exactly how I describe being on atomoxetine to my friends and family. It's not a magic moment of clarity, it just takes the edge off of my need to dive down every rabbit hole I see. I can still do that of course (and sometimes it still happens when I should be doing something else) but on the whole it's easier to pull myself out of the distraction spiral before it becomes too bad.