Argh. Today has really just been one ADD moment after the next. I can’t tell whether I’m so out of it due to no medication or just simple lack of sleep.
I arrived at home tonight after a long afternoon with too much caffeine only to find that I’d parked on the wrong side of the street this morning after returning from Oakland. I received a $15 ticket for interfering with street sweeping. I hadn’t noticed the ticket when I walked past my car on the way to drop off my prescription at Giant Eagle an hour after it was left on the windshield.
I took a little break, ate some dinner, and then ran to the store, in the hopes of picking up my new prescription and ingredients for tomorrow’s dinner (lentil vegetable soup, for which I had to buy onions, carrots, and corn). When I got to the store, I wandered through the whole produce section and almost passed the pharmacy before I remembered that I needed to pick up my new kiddie speed. Then I couldn’t actually pick it up because my doctor has to verify the prescription via fax, and this might take another couple of days. I wandered down to the dairy aisle, picked up my soy milk, Jan’s skim milk, and then took 5 minutes to decide which type of yogurt to buy (it’s YOGURT… not exactly a lifetime committment). I forgot I needed to buy frozen or canned corn for the soup until I put the key in the car’s ignition.
Tomorrow, I will either eat the soup without corn or I will get some at the Eckerd near work, because I’m getting tired of multiple trips to Giant Eagle for fewer than a dozen items.
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Slutty McWhore // December 12, 2007 at 3:07 am
A friend of mine asked me today if I had ADD when I was telling him about my problems finishing off my Master’s (too long a story to go into here, but you can read all about it on my blog if you’re at all interested).
I pooh-poohed him, thinking “How can I be ADD When I’m capable of concentrating on things I’m interested in for hours on end?” However, he said that’s exactly the problem – apparently people with ADD are incapable of concentrating on stuff they don’t like but can hyperfocus on things which grab their attention. Gulp, this sounds like me. And, gulp, so does the ability to hyperfocus, too.
I’d be interested in hearing about some of your experiences with ADD. Or just point me to the most relevant sections of your blog!
Addled Academic // December 13, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Thanks, Slutty (interesting name, BTW!)
I’m pretty swamped at the moment with work and the job search but will do my best to reflect upon some relevant experiences in the very near future.
Tara // January 18, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I found your blog after typing in to google -”help, I am totally unmotivated!” I am in the last stages of writing a doctoral thesis and I feel sluggish, unmotivated, guilty, but capable of getting over absorbed in just about anything -even my thesis if I could just get started on it. Paperwork, bills and general organisation (from library fines to booking rooms for teaching) are really stressing me out to the point where I just ignore it all. I keep forgetting conversations and my boyfriend is getting really annoyed at me not taking care of day to day life. I was never in trouble at school and have been a high-achiever all my life but right now I feel like my brain is stopping me from making any progress at all. Sorry to go on about myself but I really wanted to know if you recognise any of this and if so, do you think I should go and see a doctor or something or are these feelings just standard for someone trying to finish a long project? I’m in the UK where there is much less of a therapy culture I think. I’m afraid they will just think I’m a hypochondriac (can’t spell that) or just lazy.