the only thing that i can hope without medications is find interesting problems. i fucking hate my adhd in that without medications im a zombie. there is X amount of those task that no amount of timers would help me do it.
like for example i have to fill a form and send it that would return me 17k in overpaid taxes i did not do it for last 4 months. like i have a spare smartphone that's running my pomodoro timer, but if it's a task that interests me i will blow past every 5min pause and anything else because im focused on the task that interests me on hours end, like i would program in my head while drive home, but if the task is boring that i don't want to do i can have 100 timers it would not help.
To be honest, nothing really works for me except medications. I just like to separate the time/task management from time awareness now and feel that it's useful for me. I still use similar methods and I think there are techniques for being more successful with it that I wasn't employing. That's also not to say pomodoro is bad for someone with adhd. I also like that the alarm is the light blue backlight flashing, which feels less aggressive and psychologically traumatic than my phone alarm. I like that one because I enjoy the physical feeling of rotating it. I personally use a physical clock like this one but I think using a website or clock is really personal preference: When I'm consistent about it (which isn't always), I find that I'm much more aware of how I'm actually using my time, which tends to lead toward naturally using it better but again, I try to separate the awareness from the tracking and planning. The goal is really just to be aware that time is passing and have built in moments where I'm conscious of how it's being used. Sometimes it's fine that I got off on a tangent sometimes it's not. I try to ask it in a non-judgmental way and the answer is mostly unrelated to the process. I'll set the timer for 30 - 45 minutes and when it goes off I ask myself if I'm using my time in the way I intended. Pomodoro and other time tracking techniques never really worked well for me long-term because they end up being associated with a lot of anxiety and self-shame as I used them, so I tend to stop using them as negative feelings build up. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else.
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