ADHD Can Be Debilitating At Work. Here's How To Make It Better.

Drazen Zigic via Getty Images Experts say you can shift your work environment to make working with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder a little easier to manage. Here are five expert-backed techniques for managing ADHD on the job: Break your work up into chunks Many mental health professionals who specialize in ADHD recommend chunking work, or “splitting it into smaller time slices with a reward at the end of each time slice,” said Nick Garg, a psychiatrist based in Philadelphia. On the flip side, working remotely may give people with ADHD the freedom to work on what they’re passionate about and chunk up their day, or it could derail their focus. 10'000 Hours via Getty Images Get treatment Many ADHD medications have become controversial in recent years, but that’s because so many people who don’t have ADHD have misused or abused them. Garg said that people who take ADHD medication when they don’t have the condition can “build up tolerance quickly and therefore need higher and higher doses to achieve the same effect.” But those with ADHD typically find the right dose and rarely need to go higher.