ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?

Re:ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts a... by aeonik on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:36PM (#46610738)

This is the opposite of what works for me.

Leaning a little into the the distractions, and building processes to quickly search and hop between things had made it better for me.

At the very least opening tabs with Ctrl+T, tab search with Ctrl+Shift+A, quickly closing them with Ctrl+W is my main workflow in Chrome-based browsers.

Once I get my speed up, I find distractions don't occur as often.

Emacs, org-mode, magit, and AI, combined with good sleep, weight lifting, stimulants, have almost completey nullified my ADHD problems.

It's been a hard slog to get here though.

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Re:ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts a... by JCattheATM on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:00PM (#46610965)

I'd be curious to compare our efficiency and output.

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Re:ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts a... by R_D_Olivaw on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:52AM (#46612797)

But like, that's the thing isn't it?

You're dying.

Why cling to false narratives of "efficiency" and "output".

Be human. Be not bot.

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Re:ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts a... by JCattheATM on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:26AM (#46615808)

I'm not dying anytime soon, as far as I plan.

I care about efficiency and output because I care about being able to be productive and not just letting my thoughts take me constantly astray.

Nothing to do with being a bot.

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Re:ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts a... by tsujp on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:46AM (#46691788)

Could you please elaborate, ideally in as much detail as you're comfortable sharing, on your Emacs and adjacent (org-mode, magit, any kind of syncing to your mobile phone with org-mode if that's done) workflow please. Often I find seeing people's real workflows (in detail and not wishy-washy) to be helpful since it gives me a concrete nucleus to crystallise off of... so to speak.

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