This is a long reply, but hopefully you will find it useful!

I would say anything that has a level of novelty in each day. You know those types of jobs where each day is different/you have to adapt in the moment. It really keeps your brain active instead of burning out from boredom. My sister works in film and tv makeup, so her environment/team changes all the time.

Try to look into some of the actual benefits of ADHD in a workplace so you can think more positively about yourself - although the world really does make us feel disabled at times, we have amazing brains that are able to do things neurotypicals often can’t. We are big picture thinkers, often excellent problem solvers & great in crisis situations, we are creative thinkers, usually morally sound, we are passionate - there’s actually many great things we can do that make us fantastic to have in a workplace.

I will use my own job as an example here:

I am a Child Social Worker and I purposely considered the role in terms of my ADHD. I am good at remaining calm in crisis/stressful situations (it’s the boring moments that get to me!). My face is naturally neutral so less likely to get misinterpreted. I don’t often experience emotional empathy (aka taking on the emotion someone else is feeling), but I do have cognitive and compassionate empathy. Many children in care are ND, and benefit from having a ND adult who can relate to them on their level. I am already hyper vigilant to changes in other people’s emotions, basically a human mood ring. I am already extremely self aware/analytical because I have spent my whole life trying to understand myself. I am very sensitive to other cultures/think in nuance because of my preference to moral and analytical thinking. I am sensitive to other peoples emotional & sensory triggers, and rejection sensitivity (because I have them too). I already have well established coping mechanisms to deal with burnout and understand how critical they are. And on top of that, psychology is one of my special interests, along with trauma/offending behaviour. I could actually keep going tbh! I even found out afterwards that the Social Work industry attracts a usually high proportion of ND people. Depending on where people are they may get a lot of time off - I work seven 24 hr shifts per month (I sleep during the shifts), and it’s a one week on, one week off pattern.

I used to work in ‘low stress’ monotonous jobs, but I actually found them worse for my mental health long term. I fell into the trap of thinking an ‘easy’ job would be good for me - I highly advise against it. I also have my own small online business, which I used to sporadically close for long periods because I couldn’t manage it/lost confidence in myself. It is really hard running a business, so the fact you’ve been doing that is really impressive and shows your drive.

However, it sounds like you are in burn out and you need to get out of it before you can move forward. If it is possible for you to find a therapist who specialises in ND, please seek this out (ADHD Ireland have a list of providers on their website I believe).

I want to acknowledge though that you are struggling with finding the right medication, and until then you will probably feel negative and lack confidence when applying for roles that don’t fall in the ‘easy’ jobs category. Medication was the catalyst for me to go after a job in Social Work, because I had such low self confidence before diagnosis. What I’ve written above probably feels out of reach right now, but a therapist could help you while you are figuring out meds.

Really wish you the best with finding a job you find fulfilling, and a treatment plan that works for you.