Weed, tbh. Then I have to deal with remembering what I’m doing, but I find that easier than having to fight 8 different trains of thought for dominance.

Try writing stuff down (on paper). It doesn’t have to be detailed; bullet points, rough sketches, or even illegible scribbles can do the trick. Write/draw whatever you want, and whatever pops into mind.

The point is, if it’s written down somewhere, it kinda removes pressure to try and remember everything, and you can then move on without worrying about it. If/when you come back later, the notes will remind you of the thought process you had going on at the time you wrote them (although over enough time, anything cryptic might get a little harder to recognise). Some of it might end up being useful, some of it might not, but that can be decided at a later time. For now, just dump everything onto a piece of paper.

I have a bunch of tiny little notepads (at home, at work, and in my bag; I have at least one wherever) for just this purpose. Pen+paper seems to work better than typing for me, but that could also work.

This is just my experience, so it might not work for you, but it is something that helps me. Good luck :)

Write your ideas down. Prioritize them based on whatever criteria you need. The idea is to get them out of your head so you can focus on the task at hand.

I usually just smoke a blunt, forget about them and play video games.

Would not recommend. None of this shit is getting done!

Don’t worry about it, you’ll forget them sooner than you think

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For school I tried to always work with a classmate. Even when we weren’t assigned one I asked if it would be okay to do the assignment as a pair.

I know a lot of people hate group assignments, but it worked well for me because I would get the work started, come up with the ideas and create the collaborative spaces. The other person would keep me on track so I didn’t try to change the assignment topic halfway through, and would do those pesky last percent/clean up our workshop notes and make sure the assignment got handed in on time after I ran out of steam and interest.

Getting diagnosed helped me get through my studies like nothing else - figuring out what I needed and being able to ask for it with a diagnosis to back me up (stuff like taking a break to run the stairs and being allowed headphones with music during tests made it so much easier to focus). Good luck figuring out your needs and getting the accommodation you deserve!

GABA

I use a checklist app for things I want/have to do with regularly reapeating tasks. For example, I’m writing a book and one of my weekly tasks is “work on your book”. One of my biweekly is do a water change on the aquarium.

I very often miss deadlines, and have a list full of overdue tadks but when one of my hyper focus days occurs, I can make some real progress.

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