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A place for those that got both Autism and ADHD, those confirmed as one and are suspecting they got the other as well, and also everyone who is neither and just genuinely curious.

Since the combo comes with its own set of challenges, this shall be a place to ask for advice, vent, infodump about special interests and/or just vibe and meme.

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I keep fucking forgetting what I'm doing every 30 seconds. It's crippling me (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/autisticandadhd

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I can't work on maths problems: by the time I key a calculation into my calculator I've forgotten what I was actually calculating.

When I open my phone to write an email, by the time I have the 'new email' screen open I've forgotten what I wanted to write and to whom.

When I go off looking for something in another room, I forget what I was looking for by the time I've entered it. I constantly mutter 'What was I doing? What was I doing?'

This is so debilitating -- I can't live like this. What can I do?

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[–] I_Miss_Daniel 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Is something tying up one or more of your ~7 registers? It's hard to do complex tasks when that happens.

Could be a trauma of some sort, some emotion wanting expression, general worrying, loneliness, grief, dunno. It's just a theory I have that when they all get full, we tend to 'crash'.

Offloading some stuff to a notes or tasks app might help.

Certain types of music might help as well, to distract some part of your brain.

We're strange creatures.

It could be a medical issue though, in which case you probably need assistance from someone qualified.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is something tying up one or more of your ~7 registers?

Hmm, I don't think so. I have no problems programming (where I can focus for hours and within complex class hierarchies). It seems to be more of a problem when the nature/aim of the task is constantly changing (like when solving a physics problem or applying for a grant -- that's when I forget what I'm doing and what the end goal is), and when I get bombarded with irrelevant info (like when opening the app overview or inbox on my tablet). So it seems to be more of a task-/context-switching problem.

Offloading some stuff to a notes or tasks app might help.

Agreed. I use Google Keep/Calendar and timers on my phone to free my mind of as many background to-dos as possible.