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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 for sales. Or a field specialist or technician who goes to different sites. I had a coworker with unmedicated ADHD, and I felt bad because he always seemed to be sabotaging himself. Missing deadlines, then staying up late, then sleeping late and missing meetings, etc.

I hope when your family member is a full adult and not relying on her parents, she can seek better medical advice. [/quote]

Anxiety and sales are a bad fit; social anxiety even more so.  I’m skeptical of previous ADHD poster in sales, as there is a lot of detailed boring work in closings deals, and with kids in college would be kind of old to have been diagnosed as ADHD unless as adult.

Field specialist is good suggestion, or anything in operations or logistics where you have daily changing tasks often acting in response to stimuli rather than having to sit down and focus on one thing for a long time. Medicine is good too if you can run the gauntlet of med school. ER doc is all on response shift work.  [/quote]

Anxiety and sales *can* be a bad fit. My brother has ADHD and is on anti-anxiety meds and does very well in retail sales. He's not 100% reliant on his sales bonus, though. He can survive on a mediocre year. I can see how if you *must* make your quota to pay bills, that could be stressful.

But for him, this has been the longest he's stuck with a job and even enjoys it. He finally found a good fit after bouncing around for years.[/quote]

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