It’s rare that I’m not juggling doing 6 different things at the same time.

I feel if I remember to do something I need to immediately get that ball rolling, else I will completely forget about it, and end up half doing dozens of things.

Currently in the process of looking up a new hairstyle, updating my immich server, making a PieFed post, getting ready for and appointment and probably some other things I’ll remember in a bit

  • Amy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 days ago

    Yep. The nice thing about getting on meds (atomoxetine in my case) is that at least for tasks I really want to get done, I’m now able to ignore those interruptions and keep going.

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      9 days ago

      This is exactly how I describe being on atomoxetine to my friends and family. It’s not a magic moment of clarity, it just takes the edge off of my need to dive down every rabbit hole I see. I can still do that of course (and sometimes it still happens when I should be doing something else) but on the whole it’s easier to pull myself out of the distraction spiral before it becomes too bad.

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      8 days ago

      How long have you been taking it? It just stopped working for me after 6 months.

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        8 days ago

        Just shy of 6 months - you’ve got me worried now! I did find it took a couple of weeks to start working, so I ramped up pretty slowly to my current dose (75mg). Also I’m pretty sensitive to being tired and my brain starts jumping all over the place if I didn’t sleep well.