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I ask myself before speaking in meetings:
1) Does this need to be said?
2) Does it need to be said by me?
3) Does it need to be said now?
If any of those is a no, then I don't say it.
If all are yes, then I write a note with the key point and just say that.
... But be prepared for NTs to always have some beef with ND communications. I recently caught hell for asking a question I wanted an answer to because the NTs ascribed some secret agenda or subject to it. It was just a simple question. 🤷♂️
Good points..I have FOMO for staying silent when I see something obviously wrong that someone else picks up later and gets the credit and the accolades. On the other hand sometimes when I speak up everyone else already knows the answer to it and I look stupid in front of the team. When it's the latter I beat myself up, eat poorly for the rest of the day and ruin my evening that impacts my family. Wondering if a prescription would fix this
It helps me some, but I still feel I get too rambly. Before doing most conversations, I give myself bullet points & kind of rehearse what I want to say/ run through it in my head for a minute or two and that helps keep me on track.
In more conversational areas, I still get rambly but have gotten better by cutting myself off when I feel it coming, and saying “I just rambled a bit, but in short… with my original point”. I think acknowledging it is better. And it’s okay to admit you don’t know/have to look into or reflect on something, to make sure your responses to important questions are more succinct with the correct tone when you do respond
In short 😉 adhd meds help some, but practice and giving myself grace to get back on track or revisit something later helps a lot
It didn’t help me be more eloquent. It did help me a bit with organizing all of my thoughts. I still get feedback that I ramble and I’m super self conscious about it. But I’m also afraid that if I don’t speak up, I’ll get feedback about that too. I feel so defeated. 😔
ADHD Medication can improve clarity and thought processing but it may sound like you have public speaking anxiety. It may be helpful to take short acting anxiety meds like benzodiazepines before public speaking, or simply practice public speaking so you’ve got the hang of what you want to say (try some cookie cutter phrases to practice around substantive things, which may change day to day)