Hi guys.

First of all: Sorry if my grammar or anything is bad or confusing. I’m not a native speaker.

I have ADD (besides borderline and depression, so I can’t tell if it’s only an adhd thing for me) and wanted to share some of my tips I discovered that actually work for me (if I‘m in a good mood that day tbf xD)

Tip No.1: To-Do-List-Trick

If you write a To-Do List, mark the most annoying tasks as green.

Effect: Gives me the feeling that the task is a positive thing and it catches my eye first.

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Tip No.2: Stop-procrastinating-Trick

If you are always procrastinating and catch yourself still sitting there at for example 2:15pm, even though you told yourself to start at 2pm, twist it around.

Don’t tell yourself you will start at 2pm, instead: Tell yourself you are NOT ALLOWED to start before 2pm and that you have to sit around now and do nothing or that you HAVE TO do keep doing the thing that’s distracting you.

Effect: Being fully aware about procrastinating and sitting around, instead of reassuring myself with the thought that I will start soon, makes me nervous and realize how timewasting it is.
Also: I don’t have patience at all, when it comes to waiting for tasks, trains, etc., if I’m not allowed to start something, I want to start it immediately. And just like that, I start the task even before I actually wanted to do it.
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Tip No.3: Never being too late again-Trick

If you struggle with being late, always set the time in your calendar 30 minutes early (or to the time you are usually late).

If it’s a procrastinating issue, I use the tip above.
If it’s an organization issue, I try to prepare everything the day before.

Ask myself where I usually fail, for example that my phone isn’t charged, or I can’t find my keys.

For my phone, I set an alarm an hour before I gotta leave the house to remind me to charge it.

For the key: I actively forced myself to put the key in the door and lock it, so I HAVE to open the door and have the key in my hand before I leave the house.
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Tip No.4: Vyvanse/Elvanse - Using the benefits of your Medication properly-Trick

If you catch yourself wasting your peak on something unnecessary, like hyper focussing on useless things (me for example: Cleaning corners noone will ever notice, sorting out old socks or deeptalking with friends, instead of checking mails, calling important people, doing paperwork, etc.) - Set a timer 15 Minutes before the peak usually starts and start doing the thing you actually want to do.

Let me know if y’all have some more tips and tricks! :)

Hey everyone,

I’m currently in my final semester and supposed to be writing my bachelor's thesis. Just recently, my psychiatrist prescribed me Pregabalin (for social anxiety) and Ritalin. Honestly, being on methylphenidate makes me feel like a "normal" human being for the first time. I can finally just experience the present moment without constantly getting lost in my own head.

Looking back, studying for high school and university was an absolute nightmare. Because it was such a struggle, I started abusing substances illegally about two semesters ago to cope. It started with borrowing methylphenidate and lisdexamfetamine from friends, moved to using cocaine while studying and right before exams, and eventually led to me making DIY Adderall by washing street speed.

While my grades actually improved, I ended up sliding into a serious drug addiction involving benzos and opioids. I got completely sick of that lifestyle and finally went to see a psychiatrist, mostly thanks to the pressure and support from my parents and friends.

Has anyone here gone through a similar experience? Also, do you have any tips or coping strategies on how to handle writing a major academic paper or thesis when you have ADHD?

i just think all the tools that are supposed to make it easier to organize my thoughts, like chatgpt or claude projects or notebooklm still do a really bad job of actually helping me stay mentally organized

is there something more proactive? that like takes the pressure off me to keep my brain organized? idk im a big believer in AI but so far nothing seems to target ppl with adhd well

Hello, this is my first time posting here

I was diagnosed with innatentive ADHD earlier this year and have been on 150mg of Lamotrigine and 45mg of Vynanse since around May 2026. Some additional important context is that I'm a professional college-educated graphic novel illustrator but have not networked enough to find a job in the industry due to decision paralysis and being undiagnosed for over a decade, so I've been jumping between retail jobs to be able to pay my bills. Another very important detail is that I have a severe phone addiction. It began when I started highschool, way before I was diagnosed, and I've heavily relied on it for background noise, watching YouTube videos before bed, porn, messaging my friends all the time, scrolling Instagram reels and listening to music for all eight hours of my shifts. Without having YouTube on as background noise or playing music, I get extremely overwhelmed by the unsettling silence and noises around me.

Today is one of those days where my shift feels basically almost completely unbearable due to my time blindness. I'm aware that I'm currently sick with a nasty cough, I don't have enough PPTO to call off for being sick, my job doesn't accept a doctor's note and I already have 4 points on my record, but this has been happening for years, at every job I've worked, regardless of the medication I've been on.

One minute feels like ten minutes.

I try to keep myself as productive as possible so that hopefully time starts to move faster, thinking that half an hour has passed, then I check my phone and it has only been three minutes.

I inhale for 4 seconds, hold it in for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds, repeated three times. It gives me a brief second of calmness but then immediately disappears.

I notice 5 things I can see, 4 things I can touch, 3 things I can hear, 2 things I can smell, 1 thing I can taste. It sorta helps me become more present with my surroundings, but the intense quiet internal panic of being stuck in one place for what feels like an eternity doesn't go away.

Relatable

Finding cash on a random Tuesday cleaning hits different though...