After diagnosis and a lot of research, this made more sense (and has improved/lessened with medication). From what I know, those with ADHD get into a rut of sorts from rapidly shifting attention and reach out to an intensely stimulating, where attention becomes fixed and extremely intense.
It used to help but did cause problems for me. One is the neglect of typical duties of maintaining my home. My partner used to despise it as I, along with everything else, blocked her out (weekend is the only time we really get to spend together). I also neglect basic functions/instincts, such as using the toilet or eating balanced meals.
With medication, I try to limit myself to activities that are both stimulating, not AS captivating and that will benefit me, via personal development. As a side note, I also use computer programming as a stimulating activity - interpreted languages with a REPL close the feedback loop and induce hyperfocus particularly. I did this from around ten and has led on to professional work, which is a good silver lining to an adolescence of undiagnosed ADHD.
Ditto with it being helpful(in some ways) for a career in this field.
Starcraft 2 and cardio do it for me; three miles in the morning and a 1v1 whenever I'm losing focus.
Having a standing desk has been hugely helpful as well.
This is something I suffer from as well, and it tends to affect my productivity at work significantly. Maybe it's time to try out some games too (though I know I have problems with stopping procrastination).
Edit: basically anything I guess as long as it fools the brain into thinking there is something important going on and it isn't to addictive.
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Delaying the start of formal school attendance (which my family achieves up to the age of fourteen or so by homeschooling) is very helpful indeed, but it is not a complete preventive measure for attention problems. I know lots of homeschooled children who have plenty of attention-regulation difficulties, and on the other hand I know children who have attended school since preschool age who do just fine in focusing their attention. (I am a teacher and regularly meet young people in my math classes who began school attendance early.)
In most of these matters, family history makes a big difference.[1] Sure enough, the children I know who have the most trouble regulating their attention have parents who have difficulties with the same issue, although perhaps not so severe by adult age. The suggestion of the press release you kindly shared that not going to school as soon as is typical recently is a good idea is an idea that is plausible to me, but it will not entirely prevent ADHD.
2. The variable in that study is not only starting school at a later age, but also taking 1-grade-easier classes at every age. You might only need to do one of those.
