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ADHD Professionals

A place where we can discuss what it's like to be professionals who have ADHD and strategies for being our best selves.

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  1. Manager, Data Capabilities

    Any tips for surviving managing ‘agile’ style projects in consulting? Basically just the norm of being thrown into manage directionless projects after being thrown in with little or no info has been s...

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  2. Nurse

    Saw this on my feed today. Hit's home because I stayed up late last night reading about the conflict in Northern Ireland (I live in Oregon, am not Irish, and had work at 6 am this morning 🤡) which se...

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  3. works at Deloitte

    The most my Manager tries to micromanage me...the more I struggle to actually do my day to day job...and the cycles repeats forever

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  4. works at EY

    Hello, I recently had a conversation with HR about medical accommodations for my disability. I let them know I wanted to transfer because I thought my skill set would be better equipped in a different...

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  5. Specialist

    They don't talk enough about ADHD being exhausting and expensive 😭. Forgot an appointment and had to pay a no-show fee, left my leftovers in my hot car overnight and had to buy something for work the...

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  6. News Producer

    Anybody know how to force yourself to focus and remember things without meds? I’m not a fan of the side effects. I’ve tried ashwaganda and currently taking magnesium right now but those only help so m...

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  7. Developer

    ✨scenes from my office✨ love that my brain refuses to turn on until 11:30 pm or 45 minutes before a deadline. Awesome stuff. Any non-medication tips to help?

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  8. Associate Consultant

    Anyone have a psychiatrist they recommend in NYC?

  9. Analyst

    Anybody else a gamer? Everyday I wish I could transfer my precision of focus from gaming for hours to my actual work 😅 Why doesn't it work that way?!

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  10. Analyst

    I was diagnosed at a very young age with ADHD at which point I tried medication and my parents opted to take me off of it because it made me incredibly anxious (example: on meds I was paralyzed with f...

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  11. Copywriter

    Literally, me trying to send any email or text. I can't help it, every sentence seems like it needs a parenthesis (including this one). I worry that it makes me seem pretentious/scatterbrained.

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  12. Associate

    Today was extremely overwhelming at work. I became so overstimulated that my eye started twitching.

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  13. Director

    Ever since COVID I’ve been feeling a bit YOLO when it comes to finances after years of being diligent. Now I need to rein it in. :( Haven’t told my SO.

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  14. works at Banfield Pet Hospital

    Should you tell your manager you have ADHD?

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  15. Associate Consultant

    Anyone work with an ADHD minded career coach that they liked? I’m going through it right now, feeling like a professional failure at 27 and really don’t know how to get out of this rut. Already on th...

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  16. Engineer

    I am so, so, so, so, tired and have like zero motivation. How is everyone else holding up today?

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  17. Marketing Assistant

    I have been working in marketing for two years, I have been hoping to progress in my career but I am concerned about my chances of becoming successful because I really struggled in college. It took fi...

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  18. Medical Receptionist

    Yes, please help! I feel like I have hit a wall and can't focus enough or find the motivation to progress or even maintain my career. How does everyone else get over this wall?

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  19. Assistant

    I was 33 when I was first diagnosed with ADHD, before that I had no clue what my problem was and it was frustrating. I feel like my late diagnosis held me back. At what age did everyone else get their...

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  20. RR
    R_Caiden R_Struan

    Anyone else here AuADHD? I have my workplace accommodation letter for my next job. I'm back on the market looking for a 100% remote work from home. Work from home is workplace accommodation and it's b...

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