ADHD

This is the answer. Use any fleeting motivation to construct the habit. Do not rely on “feeling like it”. Once you’ve created the habit, it will feel uncomfortable not exercising.

-exercise in the morning. For me it's the closest thing to an ADHD off switch

The thing that helped me the most was setting artificial deadlines after which i'm not allowed to do work/study. It kind of gamefied the studying process and made me rush to do the work with anxiety. I don't know if it will work on others or if it's even safe, but it works for me. I set a reasonable deadline after which i'm not allowed to study. Al... See more

Can someone comment on whether ADHD medication leads to 'loss' of the unfiltered imagination that I have come to associate with my perpetually distracted self ?

A friend on ADHD meds told me that it feels like trading unbridled creativity for stability. He found it to be an essential drug for functioning, but I got a sense that it involved losing so... See more

This advice is repeated a lot, but motivation is fleeting and you just have to make it part of your routine in the same way that brushing your teeth, showering, paying your bills, cleaning your house, and so on are.

If it helps, you can think of it like "going to work". Very few people are lucky enough to feel any sort of intrinsic motivation to sho... See more

Psychopharmacology, Modafinil is a slow acting long lasting weak dopamine reuptake inhibitor, so it’s non addictive and you can try it and see how it affects you as a diagnostic and if it works you take it as a treatment. There are other meds like Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) which are also quite safe and can help a lot with dopamine dysregulation.

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I’ve often found that lack of motivation is a symptom of some other problem. Often the direction you think you need to motivate yourself toward isn’t the right direction, or sometimes there is a lot of FUD that’s blocking natural motivation from shining through. We’re inherently curious and excited creatures, so if you can find a way or area where ... See more

What you are describing sounds exactly like symptoms of ADD, basically executive functioning issues (the lack of ability to make yourself start tasks, yet desperately wanting to get things done and stressing about not being able to start).

In ADHD, lack of focus stems from understimulation. That means it's actually counterproductive to ban all external stimuli: By boxing yourself in, you're forcing yourself to become even more understimulated.

Instead, try to find things that are stimulating but not necessarily distracting. Like busy, instrumental music (try Synthwave!), and have stu... See more