Huh, yeah...I think some people might react like that if the dose
is too high, but the usual response I seem to recall hearing from
folks who do have ADHD and don't respond positively
to stimulants is "nothing happens; they don't do anything".
ADHD does have a strong genetic component, though.
Thanks for linking to pjf's keynote -- interesting stuff, and I'm
going to look into some of it for sure. =)
When it comes to things that have actually seem to have helped me get
(somewhat) organized:
Lists, lists, lists: The kinds of lists I've found to
be helpful are tiny little short-term lists: eg grocery lists,
things that need to get done before bedtime tonight,
things to tackle at work today,
errands to run today, etc. If I don't make a list I am apt
to forget something.
The kind of lists that haven't seemed very helpful are
the Huge Overarching TODO lists outlining every major thing
that has to happen in my life. These seem to grow monotonically
and just get discouraging. =/
Having information with me: I keep a little stash of
cribnotes containing things like phone numbers, a list of
books I want to read, config bits for software tools, etc etc.
This gets synced to my desktop, my laptop, my work machines,
my mp3 player, pretty much every device I handle on a
daily basis.
Having this kind of stuff readily available reduces the
likelihood of wanting to do something but not being able
to do so on account of not knowing some required bit of
information.
Pull-forward calendar: one of the single most helpful
things. I have a plain text file that I keep any kind of date
or deadline in; it looks something like this:
-- Jul --
25 Jul: soccer game 1800
26 Jul: McLean appt 1510
30 Jul: soccer practice 1800
-- Aug --
1 Aug: Coffee with ITS (1st wed), 1000-1045 in Speakeasy.
4 Aug: Fido bill due - me
2-6? Aug: Echoes Drum Festival
How well it works depends on how well I nail down three habits:
Putting everything in it -- adding all events and
appointments for everyone in the family; putting in even things
that are very far away, like passport expiration dates
Checking it every day, in fact morning & night is
even better;
Pulling recurring things forward -- every time I strike
a task off the list, I ask myself if it'll happen again, like a
bill payment, or a monthly meeting, and if so, I add an entry
for the new instance.
...and again, along with my cribnotes, that thing gets synced between
pretty much every device I own, so I'm rarely far from it.
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Date: 2012-07-27 08:24 pm (UTC)From:Huh, yeah...I think some people might react like that if the dose is too high, but the usual response I seem to recall hearing from folks who do have ADHD and don't respond positively to stimulants is "nothing happens; they don't do anything". ADHD does have a strong genetic component, though.
Thanks for linking to pjf's keynote -- interesting stuff, and I'm going to look into some of it for sure. =)
When it comes to things that have actually seem to have helped me get (somewhat) organized:
Lists, lists, lists: The kinds of lists I've found to be helpful are tiny little short-term lists: eg grocery lists, things that need to get done before bedtime tonight, things to tackle at work today, errands to run today, etc. If I don't make a list I am apt to forget something.
The kind of lists that haven't seemed very helpful are the Huge Overarching TODO lists outlining every major thing that has to happen in my life. These seem to grow monotonically and just get discouraging. =/
Having information with me: I keep a little stash of cribnotes containing things like phone numbers, a list of books I want to read, config bits for software tools, etc etc. This gets synced to my desktop, my laptop, my work machines, my mp3 player, pretty much every device I handle on a daily basis. Having this kind of stuff readily available reduces the likelihood of wanting to do something but not being able to do so on account of not knowing some required bit of information.
Pull-forward calendar: one of the single most helpful things. I have a plain text file that I keep any kind of date or deadline in; it looks something like this:
How well it works depends on how well I nail down three habits:
...and again, along with my cribnotes, that thing gets synced between pretty much every device I own, so I'm rarely far from it.