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?

  • @[email protected]OP
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    33 months ago

    Ahh thanks for this. Yes, seeing as the main thing stopping me from getting sleep is that my brain sees it as a ‘boring’ activity, I can see stims helping this as a knock-on effect.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      Also important to get yourself physically tired at least every day, especially with prescription stimulants. If you don’t, you will have trouble sleeping and back to square one 😕