A solution (given that management and the team at large understands how this situation is a problem) is to combine the open office with some deep work rooms or if there are no rooms, sound proof pods (eg. from Framery)
The problem(s) mostly relies with the modern way of life and what is expected from the society at large. In that context I try to feel ok when I daydream while I have countless of boring things to take care of as I totally feel ok when I hyperfocus in a creative endeavor.
The meds are just a tool that I use no more than two times per week in order to take better care of myself and others. It is not a therapy and it's not me. I believe that Sensitive Rejection Dysphoria is very real for people like us, but the worst version of it is when you reject yourself because you are different and you try hard to be someone else.
The easiest way to describe Focus Mode is, ‘It’s the Pomodoro technique — designed exclusively for Slack.’It lets users add the task they’re working on, set how long they’d like to focus on it, and how long the break should last between each focus period.In essence, it’s a nifty way to bring more focused work to the busy workspaces of Slack. The creators of Focus Mode are my team at Geekbot:...
As for the usefulness so far it works great as it helps the team get synced.