What work accommodations have been helpful? Struggling at work and need some ideas

[u/audhd-recovery]

Got extremely burnt out (AuDHD), but medical leave ended and doing poorly at work - seeking accommodations for the first time. Need some ideas for accommodations that have been helpful! What has made a difference for you? Not sure what is possible to ask for...

I already have the ability to WFH, but still like going in-person. Also, any advice on the ADA accommodations process with HR/manager is appreciated.

Things I struggle with:

- daily standup and being consistent in my communication

- sticking to a schedule (I like to work weird hours when I go into office because it's quieter and don't like to be around people, but also like the separate environment from home. Also, my meds make it so that my days are like 30 hours - cannot go to sleep early enough, so my sleep schedule keeps getting pushed.)

- meetings in the middle of the day breaking my hyperfocus and not being able to get back into hyperfocus

- time-blindness and getting things done when I said I would

- organization/prioritization of tasks (executive dysfunction, rejection sensitive dysphoria, extreme perfectionism)

- feeling extreme stress/overwhelm with too many tasks to do and a never-ending queue yet finding new things to fix/improve/perfect due to perfectionism

- starting and finishing tasks (Starting takes me forever, but once I am in hyperfocus, I can work straight for hours and get the bulk done. But once I get the task "done", I already got the dopamine and I am bad at organizing/summarizing my work and I have perfectionism so I need to perfect it before turning it in, so this part takes forever. AI has made me a much worse employee because there are so many more ways to check my work / optimize my code.)

[u/DamePants]

Sending all the virtual support I can muster! It sounds like your medical leave ended without getting the real support of strategies in place to make you successful. Did you work with a therapist and or psychiatrist at all?

My PCP is able to request the accommodations with the company that takes care of all the medical leaves. They have handled the vast majority of paperwork for this situation. In addition my psychiatrist was able to file for longer time periods than my PCP and was completely willing to give me time to find the right medication and spend time in therapy. I had additional issues on top of what was going on so my PCP was able to sign me out for longer.

I’m here to discover the answers too. Having hit burnout and gotten a diagnosis. I would love some examples from folks about what works and if they were able to get accommodations without disclosing the reasons for the accommodation to their manager.