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Watch out, this is a tangle.
1) I was diagnosed ADHD when I was 3. The raging debate aside, medication helped and I could tell when I wasn't on it, until I was 16, when I would forget to take it because it did nothing.
2) The meds I took I recently took (were the same as back when) still do next to nothing, if not nothing.
3) ADHD/ADD is subtle and insidious. In adults, it takes on different aspects, often disrupting areas rather than the whole of one's life.
4) I have yet to reconfirm this diagnosis, because, as an adult, you have to take the test again.
5) The actual problem: I've tried many different ways of motivating myself: visualization, lists, "Do 3 Things Today," rewards, schedules, etc.-- and I still can't find a way that works more than once (ever) to ... convince(?) myself to do my chores or homework. Usually, I can get to work on time-- if there's a set time for me to be there. Class was like that, but I also punk out on class more than I ought. I can be on time. Turning stuff in is a little better, but this semester it's gotten worse. Everything I do it's like I'm molasses or something. On occasions, even stuff I love to do, I procrastinate about!
tl;dr ---->So, mostly, it's "Hey, can anyone out there suggest a way to help me ...convince myself to do my chores?"
After all, I still haven't even hung up my pictures since I've moved into this apartment back in March.
1) I was diagnosed ADHD when I was 3. The raging debate aside, medication helped and I could tell when I wasn't on it, until I was 16, when I would forget to take it because it did nothing.
2) The meds I took I recently took (were the same as back when) still do next to nothing, if not nothing.
3) ADHD/ADD is subtle and insidious. In adults, it takes on different aspects, often disrupting areas rather than the whole of one's life.
4) I have yet to reconfirm this diagnosis, because, as an adult, you have to take the test again.
5) The actual problem: I've tried many different ways of motivating myself: visualization, lists, "Do 3 Things Today," rewards, schedules, etc.-- and I still can't find a way that works more than once (ever) to ... convince(?) myself to do my chores or homework. Usually, I can get to work on time-- if there's a set time for me to be there. Class was like that, but I also punk out on class more than I ought. I can be on time. Turning stuff in is a little better, but this semester it's gotten worse. Everything I do it's like I'm molasses or something. On occasions, even stuff I love to do, I procrastinate about!
tl;dr ---->So, mostly, it's "Hey, can anyone out there suggest a way to help me ...convince myself to do my chores?"
After all, I still haven't even hung up my pictures since I've moved into this apartment back in March.
I remember distinctly having my guys friends over at one point where something magically got clean. They were hanging out on the couch, I was cleaning up in the kitchen. They weren't paying attention to me, and since the kitchen was only mildly boring, I continued cleaning. One of them turned around and went 
"where'd the stuff go??" (since the counter was inundated by stuff, that part is more dramatic than it really is, it gets cluttered super-easy...)
if people like us could focus/had energy we'd rule the world Muhahahaha *cough, sputter, cough*
:hugs back:
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