Hi, so I’ve been wandering this all my life, but how do others get the energy to finish and do things?
My ADHD/Autistic brain has trouble getting the simplest of chores done, simply due to me not being able to start or continue past a mental block.
I’ve been taking meds for my depression, and it seems to have helped but… If anyone has some tricks they’ve used to get by, please let me know.
Thank you in advance for the help!
It’s a challenge to be sure. I can’t say how I get something started necessarily, that’s often just the luck of the draw and how well my meds are working that day.
But I have ADHD and I try to be aware and quickly recognize when I get into a “state of flow” and preserve that state whenever I’m there, for as long as possible.
What this looks like, is my husband bringing me food if I am on a bender cleaning out a closet or heads down working on a presentation at work.
It also looks like me staying at work late unexpectedly because I can’t interrupt a good flow, or coming home and delving right back in as soon as possible.
Or me not remembering or caring to eat until I run down so much I can’t keep going.
So as you can see, I use both healthy and non-healthy “coping mechanisms”.
I exploit the state of flow whenever it comes, as much as possible, and muddle/hobble through when I’m not there. Of course, coming up to a deadline increases the chances that I’ll get into a state of flow, if not just out of adrenaline and fear of really screwing up and missing a deliverable.
So as I understand it, you try to get in the mood for it, and then you try to continue doing it for as long as possible?
My psychiatrist said that the meds I got will help me with both ADHD and Depression, I hope he didn’t lie to me.