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Help with information retention when reading - what works?
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Hi all,

I'm 28 and I manage my ADHD fairly well for the most part with medication, therapy, meditation, and having had about fifteen years to figure out what kinds of systems work for me. That said, between having ADHD and generally being an EXTREMELY ONLINE person, I've noticed over the past few years - particularly since getting out of college - that my ability to retain information from books I've read is completely shot. I love reading, tested very well for it in school, and I have tons of books piling up on my shelf that I've been avoiding because I know I won't remember the key bits anyway. Fiction, I'll remember bits and pieces of the main story for a few months afterward, but I also like to read a lot of non-fiction, and I've gone through huge, well-written non-fiction books and come away feeling like I haven't learned a thing because my brain wouldn't hold on to the info.

I'm sure other folks have experienced this, and to y'all I'd like to ask: have you found anything that helped in this regard?

Thank you!

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