Have you tried meds (stims specifically) ? That significantly increased my productive hyperfocus phases.
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boonhet@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoYeah it gives me superpowers like once every few months where for a day or 5 I get a ridiculous amount of work done. The rest of my existence is miserable and I hate myself for not just my lack of work productivity but also how hard it is to get myself to exercise, brush teeth, or just get out of bed. And not a single healthy routine sticks. Only the unhealthy ones.
fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Methylphenidate doesn’t help a whole lot, I still have little control over what I hyperfocus on. It’s better then nothing though.
I should try Elvanse (Vyanse), maybe that’s more useful. Need to actually get it prescribed first though.
fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I mean for me both works (Ritalin just is a lot shorter and more up and downs, generally less effective).
Though, I’m indeed prescribed Elvanse it’s basically the hyperfocus drug IME (YMMV).
I’m really productive with it (I’m a passionate programmer, which probably helps), but sometimes well a little bit too productive (burning through complex problems for > 10 hours the day, sometimes completely ignoring other stuff I should be doing as well, and am somewhat exhausted after somehow escaping that hyperfocus, or finishing the issue). As I got “smarter” through it and like a learn a lot, I’ll just accept this as a net-positive effect, I have to deal with.
But I have more control over what I’m hyperfocusing at (as I’m less likely bored and distacted), and try to “focus” this on issues that deserve this hyperfocus.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Smoking gives you a sense of doing something while doing nothing. And it’s great. I’ve read that 90% of schizophrenics smoke.
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I hate how great it is…