Is anyone as distracted as me while working?

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by Jace

bad stuff right there

i was on ritalin from when I was 11 until 16...it is the reason i can't grow hair

One thing they don't tell parents when prescribing those types of ADD meds is that 1 in 2 children will develop a nervous tick for the rest of their lives, and the longer they are on the meds the worse the tick gets...my tick was twirling a lock of hair in the front right side of my head...so when I grow hair, the minute it is long enough to play with, I twirl it....and i can't stop, it is very obsessive, and ritalin is the cause

there are some cases of extreme ticks, such as arm spasms, and even more rare cases of turrets

Since you and I have never meet I was concerned you where going to say you had ticks bad and that your avatar was not a stop motion animation. hahha.. just kidding..

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Bishop

Since you and I have never meet I was concerned you where going to say you had ticks bad and that your avatar was not a stop motion animation. hahha.. just kidding..

hahahaha...oh wow, that would be scary

speaking of which, when you are coming to atlanta to meet us all?

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by Jace

hahahaha...oh wow, that would be scary

speaking of which, when you are coming to atlanta to meet us all?

Someday.. I don't have any immediate plans of making the drive. I'll give it some thought. I have some things I would like to get out of the way then maybe I'll come into town.

[Dravyk]

Think Jace has ADD.

... Btw, what where we talking about again?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Think Jace has ADD.

... Btw, what where we talking about again?

Bipolar actually

i was misdiagnosed with ADD growing up and I can say it screwed me royally

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Jace

Bipolar actually

i was misdiagnosed with ADD growing up and I can say it screwed me royally

Doctors suck.

[Hell Puppy]

ADD'rs are drawn to the internet like moth to flame....

Anyone who is a heavy multitasker likely has it to one degree or another. It's all about how you manage it and deal with it. It CAN work for you as long as you can manage to complete tasks.

I can hit deadlines, but I drive people crazy with my methods. If I have something I have to get done today that'll only take an hour, I'll take all day to do it because I'll do it 5 minutes at a time inbetween other things.

If I need to do something that really requires concentration like programming, I'll submerge completely to eliminate distractions. And I get really ornery if interrupted.

[selena]

Originally Posted by Jace

Bipolar actually

i was misdiagnosed with ADD growing up and I can say it screwed me royally

I've been diagnosed with both. Nothing they gave me made any difference, so I said fuck it, and adapted as much as possible.

It can really suck though. Simple things, like keeping an appointment are a major stressor for me. I either have no focus, or I am hyperfocused. Either way, time just doesn't exist for me like it does "normal" people. I lose track of it, no matter how hard I try not to. So I chronically am late. I have no idea when the last job I had where a time clock was involved. I know it was half a lifetime ago, because I can't cut it in that type of situation.

And I know that can sound really, really stupid to someone who doesn't lose time like I do. I have been asked before, "How hard is it to just get ready and be someplace on time?"

For me, it's real damned hard.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by selena

And I know that can sound really, really stupid to someone who doesn't lose time like I do. I have been asked before, "How hard is it to just get ready and be someplace on time?"

For me, it's real damned hard.

ask anyone that has tried to meet up with me outside of my house, I am the same way. the phone is another big issue for me, I have problems with the phone big time...it stresses me out to no end

[JR]

Originally Posted by selena

I either have no focus, or I am hyperfocused.

describes me. i either obsess on things or have zero interest. there is no in between with me. if i am interested in a project, i can work 20hrs a day and love every minute of it and forget to eat and forget everything going on around me. if i am not interested, i usually have a real struggle getting things done. most who know me might not believe this but in the 10th grade, i had a .5 gpa just because i had zero interest in school and it was so hard for me to focus. in 12th grade, i started wondering if i was stupid and started to obsess on school work. i moved to a different school, i took only advanced classes and advanced math and had an almost perfect gpa. it was pretty funny. at my old school i was a notorious shit disturber who everyone thought would end up in jail at any moment. at the next school, i was the brainy guy who just couldn't relax and take a break from school work.

i also can't think without doing two things at once. for example, to work, i have to have music on or tv on and think about both at the same time. i think best about things under pressure... for example riding my bike at 150mph on the freeway or something like that. its kind of weird. if i good to visit my grandparents out in the middle of nowhere where it is completely silent, i will fall asleep on the couch in about 15-20 mins everytime. my body just shuts down. happened everytime i have been there for the 15yrs they have lived where they do.