I recently figured out I have ADHD. I also recently discovered that having a daily routine makes me feel a lot better. I learned this in a structured environment (rehab) and once I left that, I still know what I need to do and I know it will make me feel better and more productive, but I don't know how to do it...

I have lists (yes I have to include stuff like eating breakfast and brushing my teeth lol) but I dunno how to have them in a way that I can see and implement them. I have them on my phone, in my journal, post it notes around, etc. The only way that sort of works so far is to have an alarm on my phone titled with a long list of things to do, and just hit the snooze every ten minutes for hours, so I'm constantly being pestered. This annoys people around me, lol, and isn't all that effective anyway.

I'm looking forward to maybe medication but in the meantime I fucking KNOW that I will feel better if I can do these things. Any advice on how to trick myself to do them?

  • mathemachristian [he/him]
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    8 days ago

    for me it's all about repetition. set the routine for one thing, all the steps layed out, clear starting time (as soon as I am home, 7.30 pm or so "after dinner" is usually not definitive enough) and then do it over and over and over. One routine at a time, do the morning routine to death, then the evening routine, the lunchbrak routine, the bath cleanin routine etc.