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submitted 1 year ago by KidDogDad@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

I frequently find myself losing momentum at the end of things that I enjoy. For instance, I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 and loving it. I recently got into the last act (Act 3) of the game, and I'm finding myself a bit burned out on it and gravitating towards other games. I'm also in the last episode of Dimension 20's Neverafter (yes, I'm a geek haha) and finding myself not interested in finishing it.

Does this happen to anyone else? I started on medication earlier this year, and lots of other symptoms of my ADHD have gone away, but this one seems to be persisting.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

I've only have had this problem more recently. Can ADHD get worse as you get older? If I was into something, I would finish it pretty quickly. In the last few years, I find myself doing the same. Be really into a game, get close to the end and then just stop playing without seeing the end.

[-] KidDogDad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t know about getting worse as you get older but this is my experience exactly. I didn’t use to have this issue.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what makes it hard for me to know if this is simply my ADHD or if I just don't like modern games as much. Or perhaps even a little of both! BG3 I was able to complete 3 times, despite not really feeling like playing games like that these days. Meanwhile, I can't even force myself to play Starfield, and I usually would sink thousands of hours into previous Bethesda games that are really no different.

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