[danShumway]

> For me the point of the timer is to snap me out of the distraction or I’ll be on Hacker News for an hour.

Timers are such a big deal with ADHD. It's not news to anyone that people with ADHD suffer from time blindness, but even knowing that I'm constantly underestimating how much it affects me. Even if I'm not doing a scheduled task, having something that regularly beeps or vibrates to shake me out of whatever I'm focusing on so I can ask, "how am I feeling, what am I doing, when was the last time I drank water, have I eaten today, what should I be doing right now" is very helpful -- at least until the brain learns to tune out the beep and you have to find a new sound.

I highly recommend people having trouble with focusing or distracting to get a cheap wristwatch or some kind of timer and setting it to beep or vibrate every 10-30 minutes. Doesn't solve every problem, but helps a lot with staying just a bit more rooted in reality.

[dpig_]

I live and die by the timers on my watch (whenever I can remember to set them).

[scns]

I set the Calendar from Simple Mobile Tools to repeat Notification till discarded. That way i have to switch it off and look what needs to be done.