Re:Cognitive AI for ADHD
by sureglymop on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:03AM
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Can you really work while listening to music?
Having ADHD also, I can only perfectly focus if there is silence. Luckily I have over ear headphones that do noise cancellation when nothing is playing.
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Everyone is different. What works for one person, doesn't work for another.
Even for "normies" this is true. We all forget this. Medicine is often an art as much as a science.
As far as my ability to work to music... It beats office noise, and I have always had tinnitus, so... total silence is actually bad for me. Background noise saves me.
Re:Cognitive AI for ADHD
by beardedmoose on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:04AM
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With myself it depends on the task and genre of music. I often turn to music without lyrics if I really need to focus as it drowns out distractions and doesn’t create one itself.
The style of music matters. For example lyrics kill my ability to think.
For a long time I thought I couldn't. Then I found lots of playlists of pretty good music. Try https://www.programmersmusic.com/ and see if any of those styles work for you.
Note, I now find that music helps me focus, but lessens my creativity. So I only sometimes use music.