I was supposed to do boring life stuff today but I got heavily sidetracked by trying to model a physics problem.
This sort of distraction happens a lot to me, when I'm meant to be doing one chore but drop it and do a different one when I see it needs to be done. Like needing to clean the stove, then noticing the cupboards aren't clean, and then staying up late cleaning my kitchen from top to bottom. The sort of thing where it's hard to find motivation but once I do then I'm unstoppable.
I have a friend on adderall, and how he describes that drug it wouldn't work to help this because it helps you focus, but not necessarily on the right thing. He once took it to finish an assignment and then got fixated on a videogame instead and played it until 5am.
ADHD meds do often have the effect your friend describes where your focus can get directed at the wrong thing. For me personally, I think of it like the thing getting stimulated is my mental breaks, so I still need to take advantage of those cognitive functions for the meds to work. But they make it so much easier to do so. I’ll also second the timers thing. That helps me a lot. But my meds are indispensable. Vyvanse ftw