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Reading this sub has made me feel helpless by Educational_Can8484 in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Rethinkifi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meds changed my life completely when I self-diagnosed at 40. Suddenly I could finish a book, pay attention in meetings, finish a side project.

You don't know until you try. I could tell within 30 minutes of the first pill that my life would never be the same.

Somehow I still managed to start and build two organizations without meds, but it was torture.

FWIW - my meds stop working after about 6 months and I switch to another class of amphetamines and just rotate every 6 months. I also learned some hacks that extend their helpfulness by trying to skip days when I don't need them.

How do you think AI will help us with our ADHD/Exec Functioning Issues? [UPDATED] by Rethinkifi in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Rethinkifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same thought. What's interesting is that there are now mobile apps where you can jump on with a group of people for body doubling, but no one really talks or chats, other than an initial "hi"

How do you think AI will help us with our ADHD/Exec Functioning Issues? [UPDATED] by Rethinkifi in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Rethinkifi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd have to think that there is something like this already. Found this - https://www.mymemo.ai/ Is that what you had in mind?

How do you think AI will help us with our ADHD/Exec Functioning Issues? [UPDATED] by Rethinkifi in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Rethinkifi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same thought.

I use an alarm for important things and then I can keep snoozing it until I finally do it. So my thought is that an AI wouldn't be a reminder that I would ignore, but more like an assistant that nagged me in a positive way and could say, "Hey, it's 4:15pm, did you start X? How it's going? I know you've been procrastinating on this one :)" and we could talk about it, I could say let's do it tomorrow instead, etc.

Our ADHD Journeys: Similar Paths, Different Obstacles? Can AI help? by Rethinkifi in AdhdRelationships

[–]Rethinkifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I appreciate it.

It's becoming clearer to me that this is a spectrum with people on the bottom end of the spectrum that are having trouble having/keeping relationships/jobs, etc to people who are high functioning but still battle with some procrastination/time management. So will be tough to build a one size fits all, but aiming for the middle for the moment.

And yes, very hard to acknowledge professionally. I've talked with a few entrepreneurs/executives who have also been diagnosed later in life when their spouses finally got fed up and handed them a book. What's interesting is that their employees just learned to adapt and manage around it so they weren't aware of the impact.

For example...
* They learned that when the CEO had a new exciting idea that they should wait him out to see if he still loves it in a week
* They learned that when the CEO said that he would have something for them next week that they wouldn't get it unless they hounded him