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I found out I had ADHD recently. It made alll the years of me hearing this sort of thing from my parents suddenly make sense. Now I'm working with my mental fuckup and actually feel hopeful for once.

The behavior you are describing in your post are all technically symptoms, so I dunno, worth a shot at diagnosis.

I linked some things, check them out and see if the symptoms apply to you:

Adult ADHD symtom checklist, Wikipedia diagnosis list, and I started reading This book, which really opened my eyes to some of the effects in daily life.

If you ARE ADHD, then all this self-help stuff people are telling you in this thread is mostly meaningless, because you actually have something in your mind, fighting you the whole way. You might need some adderall or ritalin to actually be functional.

ADHD or not, I wish you the best, and I hope it all works out, man.

Be well.

I work in 12 minute increments: 12 minutes on - 5 minutes break (for reddit, email, texting etc). I have a timer. I tell myself that I only have to work for 12 minutes and if I don't want to keep working, I can stop. 12 minutes seems short and nonthreatening enough to get over the initial failure-to-launch motivation issue (15 minutes seems too long), and long enough to actually get started on something and realize I feel better just having started. Often I will just keep going and break only every other 12-minutes.

Also, I found the book The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents helpful.

Try coaching if you haven't already considered that option. I've read that coaching in conjunction with medication has a higher treatment success rate than medication or coaching alone. This book helped me shed some light on the subject of coaching and coping with ADHD.

To answer your question, Stratera would be a good alternative but it can leave you very lethargic. Two of my friends were prescribed stratera and they said it was like being in a cage and they didn't want to do anything if they weren't given a task. Always consult your doctor though because what we say doesn't add up to shit being that everyone reacts differently to medication.