hi @dlydailyhope @gingerw
thank you for the advice and help

I haven't asked my parents yet, but I feel like they would not be too open about it, but I think I can handle it without getting a formal diagnosis.

I've been experimenting with a LOT (and I mean a LOT) of things over the past few months (or years) and I've found some things that work. Using the strategies I've found don't always work, but sometimes they do. I also tried some of @dlydailyhope's tips.

@gingerw here's what I've been doing/what I plan to do.

I plan to: exercise first before homework(that seems to help me), display a clock on my computer when I'm not using it so i'm not tempted to go on other sites and I'm aware of what time it is(I tried this for 2 days and it seems to be helping), make a to-do list every day after school by priority and do it in the order I made it(this makes things less overwhelming as I don't have to think about what I should be doing after deciding about it that initial time), try to sleep more, and keep my workspace organized. This i've just been doing today but has been helpful is giving myself positive reinforcement (like a thumbs up).

Things I've been doing: I found that using a mix of lofi(no lyric) songs and pop songs I like works because there are periods where I can focus and periods of songs I like so I don't get bored nor distracted, I also use different playlists sometimes depending on how much concentration I need on a certain task. Eating dinner earlier has been helpful (my parents are helping me in this part). Having a clean workspace and focusing on one thing at a time (instead of trying to do 10 things at the same time/switching between tasks frequently because I can't decide which one I should do). I use a paper planner to write down assignments when I'm at school and I use an online planner to keep track on long term things and because I like checking the boxes on it haha), there's more things but I dont have all of them off the top of my head.

Not really sure what happened today but I've been very motivated and focused (I only wasted like 40ish minutes which is less than usual) so thats good hopefully I can keep it up. Idk if it's because I slept a decent amount yesterday and I went on a run after school and also saw my friends at school after my run(social time helps keep my mood up).

If anyone has any more tips/suggestions/advice that would be much appreciated!! Thanks!