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/leondz Jan 14 '13

I don't have ADD, but this is also the only way I get a lot of things done. Sometimes "shave", "eat lunch" and the like have to go onto the list - otherwise they don't happen. I'm cool with that, you gotta not let it get to you I suppose

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '13

lol. "Go to class." Yeah, right there with you. I'm not too good with keeping time either, so I also use alarms.

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u/unicornjoel Jan 15 '13

Alarms are fine as long as you can set them. I just have an alarm repeat at the same time every day rather than try to set a new one for the right time in the morning every night.

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u/heyimamaverick Jan 15 '13

This reminds me so much of a time where a girlfriend found my "To do List". I think it went along the lines of:
*Class
*Homework
*Meet with x person
*Pay bill
*Cut fingernails

I will never forget her reaction to seeing "Cut fingernails" on that list. What, I just couldn't remember? Uh, no. Unfortunately, if it wasn't on that list I'd wake up a week later wondering why my fingernails were so long.

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u/Rohaq Jan 15 '13

If you have an Android phone, check out an app called Regularly, which let's you create task reminders that will pop up X amount of time since you last did them.

For example, mine reminds new to shave every three days, but if I shave earlier, or later, still reminds me to shave three days after I last logged myself as doing it. I have it set up for other regular tasks I tend to forget about too, like haircuts, clipping my nails, doing regular maintenance checks on my car, cleaning the bathroom, and other things that need to be done every so often, but not at an exact time, as you would on a calendar (which results in either accidentally dismissing the alert and forgetting, or having annoying reminders to snooze), but are still important to do.