A typical day might begin with me going to the car to get my lunchbox so I can wash it. I notice that the car needs to be cleaned, and pick up a few cans and bottles. I need a garbage bag.
Go inside to get a garbage bag, notice that the garbage needs to go out. DO that, get back to the car - no garbage bag. Go back inside to get bag, see lunchbox, and decide to clean it before I forget. I get the cleaner, notice that the dryer is finished, take clothes out and fold them. Remember the car. Go out there - no garbage bag.
I take Vyvanse now, and it helps sort things out. Not a cure-all. To avoid a day like the one above, it takes meds, and a lot of to do lists and sticky notes. #39;t imagine not being able to focus on a task for more than a few minutes. I often have 5-6 projects running simultaneously
I too have been diagnosed with ADHD and your description is good. The medication that was suggested to me would have taken away my medical for flying. So it was a choice between living the way that I always have or giving up flying. I don’t get as frustrated with myself knowing that it takes a little more determination on my part to finish projects and also to not interupt others when they are speaking. My father has the same issues.
Vyvanse has been a wonder medication for our son.
Thanks for sharing your experience as an adult.
There are sites that simulate for us “normal” folks what it is like to be ADHD- God Bless!
In the beginning I asked my pediatrician if putting our son on medication would lead him to get addicted to his ADHD meds-she said “no, but he may get addicted to being able to act normally”.
I never forgot that.