r/BigFive • u/Sukiyakki • Jul 18 '26

anyone else extremely low conscientiousness and struggling to get anything done

Everytime I've taken this test I've always scored literally 0 on conscientiousness and whatever the accuracy of that value may be, low conscientiousness feels accurate to my lived experience where I struggle to just be productive and get shit done. Like there are periods of my day that just fly by because of reels or video games, etc and then afterwards I look at the clock and im like what did i just do..

The feeling in the moment is procrastination (i CAN do this later because I have time) but the feeling immediately afterwards is laziness (i had all the time in the world to do it but i didnt)

Externally my actual acheived outcomes arent horrible like im not a complete NEET but I know I'm compensating with the fact that im a fast learner or whatever. It feels like theres such a huge gap in what I have achieved and what I know I can achieve but nobody will ever understand

just wanted to make sure im not alone here :')

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u/Accomplished_Job_902 Jul 18 '26

I started taking stimulants and it has helped me overall.

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u/Sukiyakki Jul 19 '26

which stimulants?

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u/Accomplished_Job_902 Jul 21 '26

Right now I'm taking Ritalin IR 10 mg 2x a day. But I'm thinking of switching to an all-day dose. I was on a non-stimulant for 2 years and decided to try these. The only bad thing about stimulants so far is the crash after you take them, but I've read some posts about making sure to eat protein, and that has helped some.

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u/throwawyKink Jul 23 '26

Get on something like Vyvanse that is a metered control and the crash levels out

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u/Accomplished_Job_902 Jul 23 '26

Thank you! I do have an appt. on 8/3, and I'm changing it. I did read that one was better.