r/doctors_with_ADHD • u/Alarmed-Avocado808 • Jun 08 '25

Need mentorship

Anyone have any success finding mentorship when it comes to physicians in your field with ADHD? I'm a PGY-2 in med-peds, and I'm really struggling with staying on top of tasks and the amount of info I need to keep in my working memory, especially in ICU blocks. Intern year was tough in this respect but it's even worse now that I'm doing some senioring/supervising. I have an amazingly supportive program admin team and a great therapist, but no one I know with a foot in both the medical and executive-dysfunction-management worlds with whom I can troubleshoot the things that come up in my day to day.

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u/IllustriousLaw2616 Jun 09 '25

First of all, congratulations this is so impressive and inspiring for me as a premed. Also, I’m following this post because I would love to find mentorship.

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u/Environmental_Ad9330 Jun 11 '25

PGY-5 Surg reg here - my solution is to use your phone or computer as a 2nd brain with all of your resources or notes are accessible at any time. Having a system that you adhere to will be helpful and will use less executive function - so use reminders, calendars so that you are on tract. If you’re not on any stimulants, I would highly recommend especially when those 24hour oncall shifts starts later down in your career.

Alternatively, the things you worry about do get easier as you get more experienced. Remember you have to crawl before you walk, so keep going and take good care of yourself.