I’ve realized that I kind of rely on my periods of hyperfocus to complete things (when I’m able to direct it toward the right task). If I go onto medication, will I still be able to hyperfocus? As destructive as hyperfocus can be when it’s pointed at the wrong thing, it’s like a superpower when it’s pointed at the right thing. Sometimes I appreciate the periodic flurry of activity and inspiration.
I take ritalin and in my experience it’s made my hyperfocus more efficient and in a way stronger, since the medication mainly gets rid of my executive dysfunction. Can still very well focus on the wrong thing lol but it’s made doing projects and in general existing waaay better
Yeah I still hyper-focus, with or without meds 🙂
Yes. Imagine more productive hyperfocus. I have been in love with the idea of becoming a computer programmer since I was a kid. I dabbled for basically 35 years until I was recently diagnosed with ADHD. Got put on Vyvanse and ever since I’ve been actually building very specific utilities for personal use from the ground up. Feels good man.
If it’s that easy to make go away, it wouldn’t be a problem, would it?
Don’t worry, your superpowers aren’t going anywhere. If anything, the newfound control will make it more awesome
In my experience it is still possible, and you can even get a bit more control as to what you hyperfocus on.
that’s awesome. if that’s true I’m sold. I spend a lot of cpu cycles trying to figure out ways to flip that switch on.
