1. You reaching for social media is not from ADHD but from habitually doing it. Sure your adhd might be why you’re prone to them but still a habit. You do it when you’re not mentally stimulated. I have deleted the Reddit app (well Apollo) from my phone a dozen times. I’ll go to open the app and it’s obviously not there. That’s the habit.
Do whatever you can to break this habit. For me, its deleting the app when I feel I’m spending too much time on it. Go a week or two without it and then I “reset” that habit and time I spend on it.
2. The second problem is not being able to focus on a book. Good luck. I read A LOT but mostly tech articles. I read 1-4 books a year typically poolside on vacation. The times I’m at home reading a book, I typically will read for 6 hours straight. I’ll chew through it in a day or two. Then I can’t read another book, no matter how hard I try, for months. Unfortunately for us, you just have to follow the dopamine.
I’d argue this is 2 problems.
1. You reaching for social media is not from ADHD but from habitually doing it. Sure your adhd might be why you’re prone to them but still a habit. You do it when you’re not mentally stimulated. I have deleted the Reddit app (well Apollo) from my phone a dozen times. I’ll go to open the app and it’s obviously not there. That’s the habit.
Do whatever you can to break this habit. For me, its deleting the app when I feel I’m spending too much time on it. Go a week or two without it and then I “reset” that habit and time I spend on it.
2. The second problem is not being able to focus on a book. Good luck. I read A LOT but mostly tech articles. I read 1-4 books a year typically poolside on vacation. The times I’m at home reading a book, I typically will read for 6 hours straight. I’ll chew through it in a day or two. Then I can’t read another book, no matter how hard I try, for months. Unfortunately for us, you just have to follow the dopamine.