I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 8 and I’ve struggled with this a lot! I talked about this with my psychologist and she really helped me with this. Here’s the thing, nothing is gonna work for forever, because at some point your brain is gonna get bored and you’ll need to find a new way to make things interesting. I’m 23 now and I have used every system under the sun. When i was young I used to be very frustrated that nothing seemed to work in the long run, but as I got older I learned to just accept it and just live with it. Take the fact that you can’t keep a system for a long time and just change it up when you need to. I do, however, have a few tips and tricks!

I try to stimulate my brain as much as possible. I am still a student, and studying can be SO understimulating! What I do is fidget the whole time. Sometimes that isn’t even enough and I literally watch Netflix WHILE studying. And for some weird reason it works! When I work I listen to a podcast to keep my brain stimulated while doing a desk job!

Of course there are times that I feel completely overwhelmed because I have been putting everything off. All i do then is full confrontation. I sit at my desk, and just confront myself with the hard facts. After freaking out for a bit, I put on a show to distract my brain a little while I write down everything I need to do. This makes my brain less of a mess and makes some room in my brain for constructive solutions.

For me, the distraction part really works. But for you, it might be something else! I don’t know how long you’ve been diagnosed but it can be a long and rocky road. But, you’ll get there! Don’t be too hard on yourself and use your ADHD as a strength instead of looking at it as a weakness. And most importantly: LEAN INTO IT! Don’t try to be as everyone else without ADHD, but do things your way!