Is anyone as distracted as me while working?

[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.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by JR

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.

I went to 4 different grade schools and 7 different high schools before I finally dropped out. My lowest GPA was about a 0.2...so, I know where you are coming from, one school I was so great in math, straight a's across the board, the next school I failed out and was held back in the same subject

as for being a shit disturber, you are lucky you never ended up in jail, I have been about 7 times....LOL

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Jace

as for being a shit disturber, you are lucky you never ended up in jail, I have been about 7 times....LOL

Aint that a pisser?