Got tips for coping with ADD?

[Punkin45]

I'm too old to be dealing with this but yeah, I'm ADD. I diagnosed myself online a few years ago and started taking medication. However, I was having some side effects so my dr. had to reduce my dose.

Reducing my dose turned me from a 60-hour-week working maniac to a barely-40-hour-week doing the minimum.

ANYWAY... here it is Friday afternoon and I have not done more than maybe half an hours work in the past 4 hours. I have a boring, tedious job but I make good money and have a ton of debt, so I really need to be successful at this. Changing careers isn't an option right now and I'm not sure it would matter if the problem is inside me.

For those of you who have been dealing with this for a while, what strategies have you used?

[peachblossomluck]

Since I can't seem to stay focussed on one task for very long but I want to know I've accomplished something, I'll set a timer for 30 minutes, for example and just start cleaning the house. I manage to stay on task the entire 30 because I know the timer is going. Sometimes I may bounce back and forth between rooms but at least I get the satisfaction I did something. Later in the day I'll do the other 30 to finish what I started in that room or focus on another room. A lot of stuff actually gets done this way!

[Punkin45]

See I'll set the timer, then notice something outside and wander out to check it, or think of this uber-clever reply to a G@G post, or remember that a carton of yogurt fell out of my tote bag in the car and rolled under the seat yesterday and I better get it before it starts smelling so I go to the car and notice it's really dirty, look around for a clean rag in the basement, put some rags in the washer, realize I'm out of detergent, drive to the store, pass the library and decide to pick out a movie... well... you get the idea

[peachblossomluck]

You are wayyyyy more advanced than me lol!

[redeyemindtricks]

I am most severest #adhdgirl. Have been able to put it to my advantage, for the most part.

If you want to talk meds, etc. but don't want to do so on a public thread, feel free to pm

[Punkin45]

Will do. I did just start taking prednisone today for a chronic sinus thing and I looked up the side effects. No wonder I'm feeling unusually squirrely.

[redeyemindtricks]

ahh shit prednisone is evil incarnate. I would not go NEAR that stuff, until all other options had been absolutely exhausted. blaaaa

[Punkin45]

Been months... I need relief. I was hoping it was a sinus infection so I could take antibiotics to clear it.

[JamesDylan1990]

I'd say go to the doctor mental health