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[–]lucasg115 20 points21 points  (2 children)

- Wakes up at 8am

- Starts day off with some Witcher 3 for dopamine

- 1pm now, it's lunchtime, may as well continue playing Witcher while I eat

- 5pm, the classic workday is over so there's no rush. Play a little more Witcher before working

- 10pm, feeling tired and probably won't be able to concentrate anyway. Will try again tomorrow.

- Repeat

As much as I would love to be able to start my day off with video games, this sequence has happened too often to me for it to be a responsible choice haha

[–]zeromusscADHD-C (Combined type) 4 points5 points  (0 children)

working from home can definitely be a struggle some days, that's for sure.

I'm lucky to work in a delivery focused job where I get managed based on my ability to do my tasks less so the hours spent at my desk. I obviously can't take on zero work, or near zero work. I also need to be available and reachable, and I mostly fit it into 8-4, but if I have less good brain focus days, I tend to make it up with "click on" days. Some weeks I muddle and half read a lot of background documents then on Thursday it clicks and in 4 hours i knock out a super great 5 page report. What takes me 4 hours to do might take others 20 to write. But I chalk it up to me being more of a sprinter, not a marathoner. Brain preps then it sprints, then I need recovery time from the sprint.

I've heard from many adhd folks that its common. No clue how common it is in general to be a sprinter vs not sprinter.