Read my reply. You _can_ do it. It will be hard, especially with the politics and missed social cues, but it can be done. Talk to your doctor about Concerta which is abuse proofed if you are worried about that aspect. I have tried both ways and you simply need the extra dopamine from your medial forebrain bundle to your prefrontal cortex to maintain task salience. You will need to externalize executive function using your cellphone+smart watch and tracking tools. It is our wheelchair/crutch.
This is a real physiological disorder with a genetic basis. You are dismissing it. You are not helping. People with CP can still walk but look at Walter Whites son to see how much it impacts his life. Adhd is like that but with your prefrontal cortex instead. Barkley is the guy to refer to for actual research.
Thanks to the farm bill, you can look into using cbd gummies to offset the anxiety from dopamine agonists and sdris like adderol/Concerta respectively at a very small iq cost. Find a DO since they are more open to alternative medicine.
It's like hens teeth now, but piracetam helped me immensely with anxiety but it doesn't mix well with adderol, I hear. I keep my GP informed about it but you can't get it prescribed unless you are outside of the US. Thanks FDA.
Also tryptophan and theanine might help. The prescription anxiety meds all sucked for me because they nuked my short term memory making it impossible to do technical work, but the stimulants are the only thing that worked. Strattera almost killed me. Forebrain gummies are cool, but they don't replace methylphenidate or dextro/levo-amphetamine, unfortunately. It's the card we have been dealt.
What do you mean by 'Strattera' almost killed me? I was prescribed this and might have developed a liver issue from it although I'm not sure. Just curious if you found yourself in a similar situation.
Get a galaxy note based smartphone--you need to get notes and have something you will always have with you to get task notes to feed into your system. Star items that are action items for you. Get a smart watch. The only feature you require here is for it to buzz. You will turn your phone on silent for meetings and miss your task tracking cues so the watch will fix that. Get a private Kanban board and share that with your task lead. Use jira or the like to track your team/reports status. Get access to your project plan. You are trying to create a sense of urgency externally since your prefrontal cortex isn't maintaining task salience/has time blindness. Make sure to get buy in from your task lead. If you have issues with this, request it as a reasonable accommodation, assuming you live in a country that protects disability rights. Set frequent alarms. Set aside time cued by these alarms to a) review your task notes and cross their stars off when you complete or get them into a tracking system. b) review your tracking systems to remind yourself of all the work you/your team must complete. Get a neurologist or your family doctor to prescribe a stimulant style medicine if you can tolerate it first, then look at other options. You need dopamine going to your prefrontal cortex to maintain task salience first and foremost. Your tools and processes are externalizing your executive function. No joke, watch all of Barkley's vids. I have successfully lead teams of up to 20 and teams of teams with these accomodations. They also help with IC tasks to keep me on track for heads down, help the team time.
Also, conserve your executive function by taking life short cuts. Let go of trying to help the environment and use paper plates, plastic cups, and forks--it sucks, but you need this buffer. Prepared food are your friend.. Use melatonin to get regular scheduled sleep. Limit your pets to low maintenance like cats/fish if you can. Pay as many of your bills automatically, if you can. Set up your medicine/supplement stack at the beginning of the week with those tiny dollar store plastic tupperware containers,2x1x1 ish inches. All day brain focus has a couple of good supplements like phosphatidlserine/choline and dmae. Look into racetams if you can find them. Make sure you are getting enough b12 and d3. Look at patches, Creams. or shots if you don't absorb b12 well. Your doctor can help with everything except some nootropics unless you live in a country where racetams are prescription--in which case I envy you.
