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How to work on a single hobby for a long time with adhd and without meds? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 6 days ago by gegil@sopuli.xyz to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I have a problem that every time i want to start new hobby, i cant work on it for long enough time to develop it into a habit. I quit the hobby i started even less than one month after starting it, even if i am excited and interested in working on it for a long time.

Since i dont know if i really have an adhd, because psychitriastists i went to say that i dont have adhd, despite i have common symptoms like lack of motivation, problems with learning and work, and problem with working on hobbies for a long time, i need to somehow find a way to work on a single hobby for a long time, without meds.

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[–] dabu@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have learned to embrace it. My hobbies and motivation come in waves. When I am excited about something I do as much as I can and stop feeling guilty about not persuing other hobbies at the moment - I know their time will come.

I am diagnosed if that's important.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

+1, embrace it!

Be conscious of it too (so be wary of starting, for example, a really expensive hobby), but I think the important part is not feeling any shame for a wave of passion.

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago

Man, I think I might have dodged a bullet this summer by not buying a boat.

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

I have no diagnosis and am just starting to think maybe I have ADHD but this is something I'm learning to do just in response to my own experience of living with myself.