@eri As someone who just spent literally an hour being distracted by a sudden need to find something important but neglected, I spent so much time sorting the things in my dresser “top drawer”. Does everyone have the infamous top drawer of a dresser in the bedroom? Or only us #ADHD folks?

I sorted out that drawer and now I need two boxes to hold the things I removed because that top drawer desperately needed sorting out. (FYI electronics and digital accessories really need their own place). Oh then I sorted out the top of the dresser. Egad. I sorted the miscellaneous coins there and the pencil holders and hair accessories and yet more digital item accessories and…(You get the picture.)

At the 45 minute mark I found the watch I was looking for. But I could not stop sorting. I was hyper focusing an hour late morning. I even had to move aside my pill keeper while sorting. The pills I am supposed to take 8 or 9 am. It’s now 11 am. You see how I relate.

So I am very interested in any replies. Yes I am burning out on work but I work at home. I can’t quit my job. I work 6 a to 6 pm as caregiver to my adult son who has disabilities. I must at all times be in earshot and do visual checks many times. So it takes a really important and semi-fun task to distract me while working. Yes, I believe ADHD lasts a lifetime. Darn.