Give someone with ADHD one thing to do, and you will likely be okay. Give them a list of things to do by the end of the day, and the anxiety will ensure not one of them gets done.
@jerry YES! First of all, you are NOT alone! Review feedback from this thread, seek out professional help, speak with trusted friends/family...do whatever you think you need to do in order to help yourself. While there may not be a universal silver bullet, the sooner you start to focus on your well-being, the sooner you can find what things work for you. (I'm not a medical professional!) Good luck, and fear not because we're all pulling for you!!!!!
@mxu thanks. I’ve been struggling this for many years and did seem therapy a long time ago. I feel like my sanity rests on a knife edge. But this will pass. Just going through some particularly difficult times at the moment.
@jerry yes. Exercise before work, making sure to take a lunch break every day, and not doing IT stuff outside of work are the better times for me but anxiety still there.
Thinking of changing to bricklaying rather than our cursed industry.
@jerry Yes. When my brother was dying, I warned my boss that my productivity was going to be shit for a while and I was just showing up in order to answer questions and help others when they get stuck. There have been other times when I got professional help. Once, when I explained my stress-related symptoms to my doctor and he referred me to a psychologist, the psychologist said "you seem pretty well adjusted... wait, you drink how much coffee?!" So yeah, try to cut down on caffeine.
@jerry very much so! As others have answered, meditation and intense exercise work best. Also good to learn some other tools and maybe speak with a doctor, when I got severely injured a few years ago I had to learn some new tools.
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