The ADHD Skills Lab
The ADHD Skills Lab
Skye Waterson
Why ADHD Makes You Overthink Every Decision
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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With ADHD, you can spend three days researching a $50 purchase, finally make the decision, and still wonder if you chose wrong. Meanwhile, the important stuff isn't getting done. Skye and Robbie Waterson unpack a 2012 study from the Journal of Attention Disorders on ADHD, decision making, and regret. The research found that higher ADHD symptom scores were linked to more maximizing, the drive to find the best possible option, and more regret afterward. They explore why trying to avoid th...