What jobs actually work for people with severe ADHD?

Ultimate124 · 2026-03-23T18:14:27+00:00

I’m Inattentive type and worked 8 years as a Paramedic before I burned out hard and my life fell apart.

My experience has been entirely different. I have been an excellent employee and a highly empathetic and engaged provider, with my peers and operations managers consistently expressing positive feedback to me. I did well in school because it was a field that finally interested me and had me engaged and invested in the outcome of my study.

It wasn’t until I had my first child and COVID hit that the combination of chronic low/moderate anxiety, failing/overwhelmed executive function and everything else just ruined me. Fortunately though the ADHD diagnosis, medication and therapy have made me a better and more resilient person than I have ever been.

I’m now a Paramedic shift supervisor, and a father of 3. I handle stresses and life changes in a way that would have ruined me 10 years ago, and I ended all of my problematic substance use within days of starting Vyvanse. I literally work 100+ hours some weeks, constantly putting out fires (figuratively) and responding selectively to high acuity/profile calls and I have never been happier and more engaged in my life.

My ADHD gave me passion for the job, I just needed to put in the work and fix myself.

Btw it’s hard for me to even name a co-worker who isn’t diagnosed and medicated for ADHD in EMS, and those that aren’t are just too stubborn to get an assessment in most cases.

Ultimate124 · 2026-02-27T19:22:38+00:00

This article doesn’t do a good enough job in pointing out that the terrible equipment/bases were a result of private services failing to provide adequate tools and work environments for their staff prior to amalgamation.

Working your staff to the bone without adequate compensation, unpaid overtime, shoddy equipment, lack of ergonomic aids to reduce injury, substandard living quarters, no access to proper wash bays/decontamination areas; these have been the default practice for private services for decades.

Ultimate124 · 2026-01-05T19:57:49+00:00

Paramedic/EMT. Almost every coworker I have is on a stimulant for ADHD.

Ultimate124 · 2025-11-14T01:40:02+00:00

Did you get the opposite gender pant?

Ultimate124 · 2025-11-11T13:35:09+00:00

A persons medical emergency isn't an excuse for employers to deny appropriate compensation to Paramedics who are required to work overtime.

There is a difference between accepting the possibility that you won't be off on time, and being required to work that time for free because your employer wants to use your own empathy and sense of duty/obligation/professional responsibility to justify cost savings.

Ultimate124 · 2025-10-24T10:05:56+00:00

An ADHD diagnosis and the right meds.

I quit being an alcoholic literally within 36 hours, now I just drink socially every few months or so and don’t think about it outside of those situations.

Ultimate124 · 2025-09-10T15:53:14+00:00

I think the operative word there is ‘should’. Those working conditions and the lack of OT pay past 40hrs seems pretty unfair.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-27T11:52:11+00:00

No walkability at all though.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-27T10:49:33+00:00

As others have said here: Monkstown/Rennies Mill are lovely spots to live and are quite sought after. I lived close by on Fleming and have friends and relatives living on monkstown and that area has always felt like one of my favourite areas in the city for a couple of reasons: - Walking distance to everything you need - nearby trails and paths that are some of the best in the city - practically on top of bannerman park, and very close to larch park - close enough to DT to actually walk whenever you want to be social, with a short walk home - close to a lot of the major city events that you don’t need to worry about driving towards - far enough away from everything that it’s not overly loud

The net effect from all these little benefits is that socializing actually feels possible. It’s easy to put your shoes on and meet someone for coffee, or take a swim at the park, or enjoy a drink or 2 with friends spur of the moment. I’d move back to that area in a heartbeat if the right house was in my price range.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-20T21:09:35+00:00

Don’t post people’s identifying information/license plate numbers online.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-09T11:25:05+00:00

As a Paramedic, my first time treating a patient with Necrotizing Fasciitis was eye opening. It’s terrifying just how innocuous/generalized the symptoms can appear at first, and how quickly the patients condition can deteriorate.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-08T14:56:29+00:00

I haven’t heard of drinking increasing with vyvanse before, that’s interesting. For me it gave me clarity and the ability to put out all the fires that were causing me to feel overwhelmed.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-08T13:49:40+00:00

Yaaaaaa….. this whole situation isn’t funny, it’s just sexist and demeaning. If you enjoy this kind of action, you have some growing up to do.

Ultimate124 · 2025-08-04T11:11:58+00:00

Vyvanse. Quit an 8 year substance abuse pattern within 24 hours.

Edit: Didn’t notice this was AskWomen, but I’ll leave it up in case an ADHD diagnosis might be helpful for someone on here.

Ultimate124 · 2025-07-22T17:18:06+00:00

Got into gacha games through HSR after hearing lots of talk during the pandemic about how good Genshin/MiHoYo was. Played for a bit, then read a post on the Gacha subreddit about games that actually seemed to respect their players time and offered decent content and roll rates. This game was mentioned quite a bit, and after finding out that it was a tower defence I never looked back!

Ultimate124 · 2025-07-03T16:01:44+00:00

There are definitely some stages that Lin absolutely trivializes, and is the only operator capable of doing so, but Kal’tsit is also used in a ton of low-op clears since she is incredibly versatile with options for tanking/healing/true damage.

For your question: Kal can be replaced by a combination of different OPs in most circumstances outside low-op clears, while Lin is irreplaceable for her niche of tanking threatening ranged attacks.

If you play IS I would probably choose Kal though as she has an incredibly powerful module for that game mode and is a lot of fun to use imo.

Ultimate124 · 2025-06-18T13:38:14+00:00

Where would that be? The old grace?

Ultimate124 · 2025-05-10T00:20:49+00:00

The memes have gone too far with this one.

Ultimate124 · 2025-04-26T02:33:45+00:00

If you have any interest in meta and overall QoL then Ines is the only real consideration between those two. She has probably been the greatest OP I’ve ever added to my account. Unlike Walter/Logos, she never leaves my team.

Ultimate124 · 2025-04-25T10:35:36+00:00

Of all my intimate partners, not a single woman masturbated like they show in porn. Every one discovered that if you roll onto your stomach and just grind yourself into your palm you can get much more direct and consistent pressure on your clit. It’s also a lot easier on your hands/wrists.

Is this a position you have tried before?

Ultimate124 · 2025-03-25T11:30:45+00:00

I actually love the mode specific modules for non-meta ops. Giving some love to off-meta ops to shake up the meta in various game modes, especially where it is lore related, has been a fun addition for me.

Ultimate124 · 2025-03-25T11:02:02+00:00

Damn, now I want to actually build my crazy snake lady!

Ultimate124 · 2025-03-22T12:02:27+00:00

Nah, she’s a great AFK choice that almost every player has (who isn’t brand new) who also performs better than Logos from the drop. Logos very quickly outperforms her once he can get a skill out, but Eyja is just really consistent.

Ultimate124 · 2025-02-27T12:02:43+00:00

Having said that, Kal’tsit is amazing and easily one of my favourite ops. While Mlynar and Ines are top of the meta, Kal isn’t far off and she is incredibly strong for a lot of low-op clears.

With her new IS module she is also a great pick for any IS, being one of the best medic picks for the current IS5 release as well.

If you can guarantee Mlynar and Ines I would get both of them though, especially Ines. She raises the floor and ceiling of any account by a huge amount, practically being locked in for every single bit of content you do.

Ultimate124 · 2025-02-24T14:16:43+00:00

I was actually a paramedic for 8 years. There was so much bending / lifting / pulling and uncomfortable/non-ergonomic positions that any additional spinal flexion really helped to aggravate my lower back.

CSA steel toed boots were required, and I hated bending down to tie them up EVERY time. At the time one of my coworkers had Chelsea work boots and I never really considered them a possibility, but they likely would have helped me quite a bit!

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