I may or may not have ADD, I went to a psychologist when I was in high school, tried a bunch of different medications that did not really help, stopped taking them and stopped thinking about it. But recently I've been starting to wonder if that may be part of the reason I have a hard time finishing projects, So I was…
ADD/ADHD is very much an umbrella term, which is why medicines weren't working for you, the brain is a highly complicated thing. Best thing would be to learn how to hold a schedule, schedules are fantastic things for a person with ADD or similar, as familiarity is relaxing. Everyone will experience procrastination and…
If it's hard to stay motivated or focused, planning on devoting at least an hour a day on a project is better than nothing, those hours add up and sometimes you might get in the groove.
The rise of diagnoses. For example, there weren't any diagnosed ADD cases in the 80's because ADD didn't exist as a diagnosis, it was long thought that adults couldn't have ADHD, or that ADHD required hyperactivity. I won't disagree with that pollution and hormones in foods do bad things to people though, just not enough…
I'm with Cholden in this one. I have some difficulty buying this ADD thing. I'm a medical doctor and of course I reckon that there are some personality traits that can be a disadvantage in a productive world like ours but all this ADD/ADHD thing seems so vague and unspecific that I still have to find someone that doesn't…
For those with ADD/ADHD, the distraction is often internal. Random thoughts that one cannot control, for example. :( Staying on one subject is a challenge. Your workspace advice is good, but I don't know about the other stuff you said. :poly122:
There are those with ADD/ADHD who genuinely cannot function without meds. A lot of ADD/ADHD is mild, and the mild form is quite frustrating. Seems like you haven't done any actual research. I have a problem with motivation. Even if I desperately want to do something, no matter how many times I force myself to do it... that…
But jesse, that's my point. Man up and do it, sounds barbaric, but it's the most basic way to put it. Realizing what is in front of you and then asking yourself "what can i do about it?" is the manning up and work part (Taking in consideration that the illness will add to the road block).
Maybe it's not our brains which are to blame but rather our surroundings. Living in a world with distractions virtually everywhere (phone, mail, tv, radio, internet) it's easy to be distracted. <sarcasm> And the easy solution is to just medicate it. drugs ftw! </sarcasm> There's so many cases of wrongly diagnosed ADD and…