The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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My partner takes ADHD medication regularly. She works an office job (mostly from home) that imvolves a lot of tedious grunt work.
The impression I have is that her medication is necessary for her to succeed at her job. Some of that is practical (being able to concentrate) and some of that is mental (not getting down about being disorganized or meeting the expectations of her colleagues).
From an outside perspective it seems like a constructed problem. Staring at spreadsheets, meeting arbitrary deadlines, and having no personal interaction with anything tangible seem like huge hurdles to focus. So the issue isn't concentration in general, it is concentration in the face of really tedious and unengaging tasks for long periods of time. I don't know if you’re in the same situation, or if agreeing with that would make you feel better about having to take stimulants. Like most things, it's a combination of personal abilities and the environment to which people are forced to adjust, rather than just a personal shortcoming.
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