Hello. Though I am not diagnosed with ADHD - inattentive, I believe I do have it. I have trouble with everything you have mentioned too. I am in grade 11 now. It's just even worse this year. It seems like I'm going down the slide of doom. What I have been trying to do is have reminders everywhere. I bought a white board for my room and placed it by my door so I see it every time I leave my room and it has what homework and test/quizzes are coming up. I just started this now, but set a specific time for you to do your homework. Don't touch your phone or computer (unless needed for homework) and just do homework. I bought gummy bears, and every time you complete a small task in your homework (like complete 1 question), give yourself a gummy bear. Buy yourself a token that you have out when you are doing homework. If you start to daydream, step back and take a break until you can do your work. Get apps that remind you of things going on. Use a calendar, like the one of your phone. I use the one on my iPad and it's great.
If you feel depressed, you should mention it to someone. To me, it sounds secondary to your ADHD, so I would try to find skills that work for you. You can try to get depression under control, but your ADHD seems to be causing it, so trying to fix the depression may not do anything.
Are you on medication? Many people with ADHD find medication helpful. This may even help lift your depression, if ADHD is the true cause of it all. Not all your symptoms will go away, but it will be more manageable. Also, I sense some social anxiety, so maybe it would be good to bring that up with a mental health professional.
If you need more tips on how to manage your ADHD, this site is a good place to go:
additudemag.com
Also, just ask me here or through PM if you have more questions for me. Hope this helps [emoji3].
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