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by shosko 3424 days ago
ADHD here, managing since high school. Thankfully no more pharma drugs, here's my tricks:

* Noise cancelling headphones. Especially useful with no music playing through it. If music, ambient or techno without words seem to help depending on what I'm doing.

* Understanding your most productive times of day and taking advantage of them (for me, its the morning. Afternoon is the worst)

* Reducing all distractions as much as possible. Turning off WiFi, putting your phone on silent (or better, keep it in your bag out of sight) really helps.

* Making lists. Breaking things down into smaller tasks that I can see myself completing and then giving myself small rewards for completing them.

* Rest and daily exercise is a BIG DEAL. Exercise especially helps my willpower and ability to stay focused throughout the day. Try Yoga!

* Natural light keeps me feeling fresh. Artificial light wears me out.

* Take walks on your breaks, avoid surfing the internet or extra stimulation... doesn't help and makes focusing even harder.

* Marijuana. Low doses of indica dominant strains either via edible or smoked helps keep me locked and focused way better than any stimulant drug.

1 comments

Agree with everything on this list, especially the focus on rest, and walking on breaks (physical distraction vs mental).

I've found the latter especially helps to 'reset' when I start to get a bit fuzzy. I think its a combination of the Gruen Transfer coupled with forcing myself to snap out of whatever I'm spinning my wheels on.