That’s not really normal. Off the top of my head, in order from most likely to least, here’s a list of things to check. Unfortunately, all of them cost money.

1. Carbon Monoxide detector. Put the batteries in outdoors before you set it up in your house: some require calibration in clear air first. Follow instructions.

2. Schedule a MD appointment to discuss this. Or at least monitor your heart rate while you’re asleep to see whether it might be sleep apnea. You might also ask about getting tested for ADHD.

3. Check for black mold or water leaks, probably requires a plumber, or home inspection, or your own testing hardware.

4. Can you change your diet to see if it’s anything you’re allergic to, like nuts or rat poison? Do you make your own food?

5. A Geiger counter works wonders to see if anyone’s stored unprotected fissile material in your home, like that wacko who disassembled smoke detectors.

• Coffee

• Exercise

• Vyvanse/Adderall

• Firm sleep routine

• Reduce background noise and clutter

• Take regular work breaks, use a timer or alarm

In no particular order, some or all of these may not help or be counterproductive

You need to talks to a (mental) health professional.

It could be adhd. I could be burn out. It could be lots of things. There’s help, but every cause needs a different approach.

Try wearing ear plugs. At least the basic foam ones. It feels like I'm underwater, everything is slightly muffled and somehow, they help me focus tremendously. This is how I realized my difficulties focusing come mostly from my sound environment. Recently an autistic 3d modeler I follow on twitter (Jordan Cain) recommended a pair of ear plugs which apparently block select frequencies but let through the ones usually associated with speech, the idea being that you can wear them "socially", and they won't block conversation, just the noise around you. The brand is "Loop", I ordered a pair, it's yet to arrive. Good luck <3

Different medications at different dosages and ever more elaborate coping strategies until you find one that works.

Is something tying up one or more of your ~7 registers? It's hard to do complex tasks when that happens.

Could be a trauma of some sort, some emotion wanting expression, general worrying, loneliness, grief, dunno. It's just a theory I have that when they all get full, we tend to 'crash'.

Offloading some stuff to a notes or tasks app might help.

Certain types of music might help as well, to distract some part of your brain.

We're strange creatures.

It could be a medical issue though, in which case you probably need assistance from someone qualified.

I've had the same thing since I caught Covid. My working memory was fucked to begin with, but long covid made it significantly worse.

I use physical cards for some tasks. What was I doing? Oh, I've got this card in my hand. It won't help if it's so severe that the context switch to write on the card obliterates the task before it gets written down, but it definitely helps me when I'm changing locations for a task.

Have you tried marijuana?