Been undiagnosed for a while but everything makes sense now

Realizing accounting is def not a good fit for me, but now it's like...what is?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000383)

Read up on it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000568)

You like it??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000607)

The rest of the time I'm stressing like crazy over the deadlines I'm ignoring.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000626)

I feel like most of us thrive in high pressure work environments

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000640)

Are you able to focus for extended periods of time on anything??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000701)

also my life/career experience has pretty definitively convinced me that seeking/following passion is bullshit that adds to net misery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000706)

it helps to have a long term goal in mind too. like if you want to try making a game with pygame that might motivate you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#46491400)

But I need dat money bad. I would love to work in shittech with the minimum expectations and cop dat 90k doing close to absolutely nothing with no intention of ever advancing. I won't code a single thing for "fun" someone has to pay me to do it then I can put in the bare minimum effort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#46491411)

i agree, software development, coders and tech companies are gay as hell. but math is kind of cool, and coding is just applied math, really. maybe focus less on the language details and try to learn logic and algorithms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#46491456)

What are your plans? It sucks knowing that we are fucked/going to be miserable if we stick with our current career paths

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29000699)

I failed as an entrepreneur, went nearly $20K in debt and poured 3 years of my life into a business that sputtered out in the end for a number of reasons, my ADHD being by far the main one. Shit that needed to get done just didn't get done and my books always were a shitshow.

Not saying this is everyone's experience, but entrepreneurship is full of tedious shit no one wants to do and you have to want success SO FUCKING BADLY to plow through it without saying fuck it imma drink and poast this afternoon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29006213)

I've had countless biz ideas over the years but generally lose interest in them quickly. Or I'll start them half assedly and just move on to something else after a few weeks

It blows and contributes to my depression and general feelings that I'm a loser

I think I have a new idea for a biz that I'm finally super passionate about

We will see where things go, but I'm trying to stay fucking focused this time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29006463)

as it turns out, that's very VERY boring stuff for the first 2 years, very boring stuff for the next 6, then pretty boring stuff for the rest of your career.

unless you're one of those people who enjoys the work, in which case, gas yourself shitlib.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29004452)

also art and music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29004456)

lots of adhd ppl can actually hyperfocus when theyre into something.

they also pick up hands on/intuitive shit like mechanical stuff and computers really fast for some reason. have a bro who is like this and he can just "know" technical shit after having only limited experience to fuck around with it.

also its interesting you said "material". guess thats not surprising....id imagine that 99% of xo bros turn to an instruction manual rather than intuitively figuring stuff out by fucking around with it whenever they have to do something technical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29010018)

IMO representing goals clearly is actually the biggest cognitive deficit in ADHD. I have just as much capacity for attention as anyone else, my problem is with DIRECTING my attention. and clear goal representation is the key mechanism for directing a person's attention -- I never had a problem concentrating on tests because in that situation it's really obvious what my approach should be to the task, and I don't have to think about it beyond that. but anything even a little bit less concrete than that and I get lost -- my brain just careens all over the place and I only get anywhere if it happens to land on something useful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29010059)

Http://Www.Forbes.com/sites/dalearcher/2014/05/14/adhd-the-entrepreneurs-superpower

Http://Www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/learn-the-8-superpowers-of-successful-adhd-leader.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29005424)

I feel like my brain is never fully woken up and I'm always seeking shit (music, sex, booze) to stimulate me. I feel that's one of the main reasons I've dealt with substance abuse all my life--the drugs and booze make me feel alive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29006420)

Crystal makes you horny as hell too which was kind of nice

You??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29006453)

Anyway, as I'm sure you know all that stuff contributes over time to a general feeling of being dead inside.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29006993)

Yes but I'm not sure which came first --feeling dead inside and using drugs to compensate or the drugs making me feel dead inside progressively

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29007701)

I exercise a lot. Are you a jacked alpha chad? I was just on a cycle not too long ago but now I'm eating like shit and slacking off in the gym and my body is going to seed

Gotta get back into it

What do you do for a living btw? Trying to get some additional ideas for shot I could do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29007335)

you don't have polio, it's just about whether or not you're willing to put in extra effort to do [xyz] thing.

basically the entire world is ADD by current US definitions because we say people who are naturally good at being disciplined in a world of distractions (or they have trained themselves as such) are "normal", when in reality they are the minority in modern society. normal is for you to have a shattered concentration and scatterbrain when you grow up with distraction after distraction and cultivate a lack of focus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29007389)

Try living in our shoes. Come see how much of a disaster my car/room is right now. It doesn't matter how often I clean them either...it will become a disaster zone within weeks without fail. Try coming home every night and being incapable of putting your keys in the same place every night. Try struggling mightily to stay on task at work meanwhile having 20 different browser windows open bc you mind is firing off in 10 different directions at once and one article will have you interested in a different topic which then has you interested in a different topic

Try being unable to sit still for more than 30 seconds

We are made differently than others

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29007740)

it's 100% possible to cope with it and overcome it, but it's definitely a real disability. it's not "normal" to have a 99th-percentile IQ and be unable to solve basic everyday problems just because it requires more than 20% of your attention.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29009864)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#29010066)

I honestly think something practical that dominates your attention span is good. Classically Dan Harmon is add, and exhibits all of the executive function deficits but he manages to throw himself into work and much like many add dudes is extremely verbally talented

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#34226405)

At least he's talented.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#34235135)

none of the successful ones i know have an attention span exceeding 20 seconds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021340&forum_id=2#34235498)