I see this problem quite often in communities for people with ADHD. People describe being unable to relax or start any task if they have any plans later, seemingly going into a sort of “waiting mode” until that event happens. This may be a common problem which is simply stronger in people with ADHD, I’m not sure.
If you Google “ADHD Waiting mode”, you should be able to find posts on this. I don’t know how many of these are scientific or otherwise high-quality, and how many of them are unhealthy self-victimzation and other such things. I’m not judging, as I’m diagnosed with ADHD and a few other things myself, I just don’t recommend identifying as ones medical diagnoses nor considering them as inherently impossible to overcome.
Ah. I had no idea that this was symptomatic of ADHD. I happen to have an appointment with a psychiatrist coming up for reasons unrelated, so I suppose it might be worth bringing up. Thank you for the insight, and sorry the post was so trite.
No problem! Little note though, your psychiatrist might doubt you if it seems like you’re trying to self-diagnose because of something you read online. It may be better not to name it directly unless they bring it up first
I see this problem quite often in communities for people with ADHD. People describe being unable to relax or start any task if they have any plans later, seemingly going into a sort of “waiting mode” until that event happens. This may be a common problem which is simply stronger in people with ADHD, I’m not sure.
If you Google “ADHD Waiting mode”, you should be able to find posts on this. I don’t know how many of these are scientific or otherwise high-quality, and how many of them are unhealthy self-victimzation and other such things. I’m not judging, as I’m diagnosed with ADHD and a few other things myself, I just don’t recommend identifying as ones medical diagnoses nor considering them as inherently impossible to overcome.
Ah. I had no idea that this was symptomatic of ADHD. I happen to have an appointment with a psychiatrist coming up for reasons unrelated, so I suppose it might be worth bringing up. Thank you for the insight, and sorry the post was so trite.
No problem! Little note though, your psychiatrist might doubt you if it seems like you’re trying to self-diagnose because of something you read online. It may be better not to name it directly unless they bring it up first