Professionally: I did very well in high school and then came very close to failing out of college. I am in my thirties and I have had many jobs. My average time on a job is less than 6 months. New jobs start well. Everything is novel and new and this drives concentration. After a while this wears off and I cannot keep on a task. I generally fall behind and feel ashamed about my performance. When this is finally noticed and I am reprimanded I quit the job. Even the gentlest reprimand feels utterly unbearable (emotional disregulation is a big part of ADHD for me.)
Socially I feel like I basically do ok. Often I blurt things out that I shouldn't but people are usually reasonably forgiving and I have good friends. I struggle with romantic relationships because after the initial novelty wears off there's often not much there.
I have to-do lists, timers, systems etc. These help but aren't a silver bullet. A list won't help you it takes you 12 hours of procrastination to complete a 5 minute task.
I have tried concerta for treatment. I couldn't really tell if it helped. Maybe, maybe not. I experience some fairly bad side effects and it is quite pricey so I decided to not continue with it after a few months.
Professionally: I did very well in high school and then came very close to failing out of college. I am in my thirties and I have had many jobs. My average time on a job is less than 6 months. New jobs start well. Everything is novel and new and this drives concentration. After a while this wears off and I cannot keep on a task. I generally fall behind and feel ashamed about my performance. When this is finally noticed and I am reprimanded I quit the job. Even the gentlest reprimand feels utterly unbearable (emotional disregulation is a big part of ADHD for me.)
Socially I feel like I basically do ok. Often I blurt things out that I shouldn't but people are usually reasonably forgiving and I have good friends. I struggle with romantic relationships because after the initial novelty wears off there's often not much there.
I have to-do lists, timers, systems etc. These help but aren't a silver bullet. A list won't help you it takes you 12 hours of procrastination to complete a 5 minute task.
I have tried concerta for treatment. I couldn't really tell if it helped. Maybe, maybe not. I experience some fairly bad side effects and it is quite pricey so I decided to not continue with it after a few months.