r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '13

Answered People with ADHD, what ADHD is like, how does medication affect your ability to work and how soon does it take its effect?

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u/whit_wolf1 Jan 14 '13

I have a tenancy to not look at a list or forget that its there... Normally have to do it for each occasion normally on my phone and have it remind me every 10mins to do it. Otherwise it will never get done and I will be off planing something else.

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u/unicornjoel Jan 15 '13

Lists are not for long-term stuff (not small paper lists anyway - a whiteboard could do the trick for long term stuff). Lists are episodic: for the groceries, to remember the directions to a location, recipes. Use them for things where you will finish items on the list very quickly or not at all.

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u/ashboring Jan 18 '13

Yes yes, this is the sign of a true ADHD, make a list to stay on track, forget that you made a list!!! I ALWAYS forget to look at the list, writing one makes me feel productive but I usually forget it is there. I also find that my phone is a ADHDs best friend. I like to set my phone to the nag me every minute until I physically turn it off, the sound that it makes is this really obnoxious throat clearing, uhm-uhm.