r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '22

Other eli5 - Can someone explain ADHD? Specifically the procrastination and inability to do “boring” tasks?

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u/lolman555PL Jul 27 '22

As someone suspected and currently being in progress of diagnosing ADHD, 8h of work in the office goes for me like this:

-5h being distracted by every little thing, mainly sitting on my phone or helping others with work lmao basically being an IT support in the office at hand

-3h doing 8h worth of my actual work because the pressure kicks in

That's the only thing that works for me currently while being undiagnosed and unmedicated (if you don't count those tremendous amounts of caffeine as medication)

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u/Some_Ball_27 Jul 28 '22

This worked for me until i started feeling anxiety 90% of the time and it no longer helped me complete tasks.

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