#They'll see me reading a book and infodumping but never see anything of substance

[thissliceofnonsense]

This also helps - (1) Help Relieve ADD/ADHD Symptoms - Isochronic Tones - YouTube

And also also, doing your hyper fixations first thing, before anyone else can say anything, before even your brain goes online. (I tend to do my hyper fixations until very late at night and then it takes me the entire day for my brain to get back "online" so I can work on them again... but I tried just doing some of it before my conscious brain started - writing some vague prose, taking care of plants, reading, but without wanting anything out of it. Reading without understanding but just for reading or writing in a specific "nonsense notebook") Other times I'll clean the kitchen in sporadic spirals while listening to my favorite songs (like @flaringgoosebumps said)

This doesn't work 100% of the time though, sometimes I start spiraling in a sticky mess because I can't do anything, and usually I tell my family members "I'm going outside" (because if they expect me to go outside I'm more likely to do it). I'll go outside and walk around and pretend to be a story character and/or I'll touch trees and overall just be... very childish. Again, not expecting out of this. I have trouble with - "I'm wasting time, I need to be constantly doing something because I'm not productive, or fast, enough to justify doing something for the sake of doing it."

But whenever I hit the "drowning nothing mush slump" I tend to either just.. go insane. Or do the nothing-nothing-being-a -toddler-thing. (Oh wait... it's like the shower phenomenon)

(Like moss is so ridiculously soft??? I just rubbed my hands over it for a few minutes, giggling. )

Oh AND - saving things to half-done/ always carrying the things around. Have a book you've wanted to read, bring it everywhere until that *reading mood* suddenly hits. I have a writing tablet and I make sure my WIP is starred and on the first page so it is RIGHT THERE. For some reason I always can't watch my favorite shows because I just.. can't? Even though I want to? So I save the tabs on my computer and NEVER CLOSE THEM. Sometimes they'll turn on when I start the computer and I don't have to do anything, so it's nice like that.

And I have 2x more posts in drafts than I do actually posted, and if I want to make something and go mind-numb but not have to actively look for something, I'll scroll through the drafts.

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This made no sense.

How do people even get things done with ADHD and no medication???

[talesfromtheunknowable]

onto the other blog it goes.

How do people even get things done with ADHD and no medication???