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October 2, 2011 at 2:24 pm #103685
AnonymousInactiveOctober 2, 2011 at 2:24 pmPost count: 14413I agree – the ADD specialist I saw said the meds just dial down the “popcorn maker brain” so you can think more clearly, but it’s not a magic pill. I still have to make choices every moment on where I direct my focus and energy, and work on old habits.
I have some experience with working with the breath and meditation techniques, and am currently seeing a psychotherapist who helps with this, although he’s not knowledgeable about ADD. He’s been helpful in getting me to actually see habits and patterns, since it’s hard to change them if you don’t know they are running your life for you. The first step is always awareness. That means that you’ll start to see the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s not pretty. Sometimes it will feel as though things are getting worse, when you’re just becoming more aware of what’s going on in your head.
It’s not a quick fix, but over time, if you work on the techniques, you may find yourself less reactive in difficult circumstances. That’s definitely been the case for me.
REPORT ABUSEOctober 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm #103686
AnonymousInactiveOctober 3, 2011 at 2:30 pmPost count: 14413Thankyou… hopefully the drugs will calm down the cascading i get in my mind .. too many things clashing , hard to focus and stay clam.
We have minimal access to Mental Health types in BC .. but i was able to get a few sessions on BT and cognative .. irrational thinking.
Trying to remember to breath slowly and deeply. Self awareness is slow and painful .. I see more and more of my past decades of
behavior as bad or worse … definately if i can make a quiete space to go to perhaps i can get the panic/anxiety/hyperness dialed
down enough to focus … 60 years of crappy behavior to confront and change .. will be busy .
Trying to avoid the depression side ..frustration .. just stick in the present deal there. may work thanks
REPORT ABUSEOctober 3, 2011 at 5:07 pm #103687
AnonymousInactiveOctober 3, 2011 at 5:07 pmPost count: 14413Good luck, tea, let us know how you are doing. We can’t change the past or control the future, the present is the only thing we have to work with.
REPORT ABUSENovember 7, 2011 at 5:29 am #103688
AnonymousInactiveNovember 7, 2011 at 5:29 amPost count: 14413Q: What KIND of a person starts 25 Scrabble games on FaceBook at once? Yeah, me. sigh.
REPORT ABUSENovember 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm #103689
AnonymousInactiveNovember 7, 2011 at 4:36 pmPost count: 14413Hi and thankyou all for the great feedback . Some changes, striving to keep thoughts and such in the present, hauling thoughts back from the screw ups in the past and back from anxiety about screwing up in the future.
Some BT work, thanks Wolf, and some yoga .. trying to get an effective way to lock mouth from
impetuous ‘off the cuff remarks’ … anything to keep foot out of mouth. Straterra and Wellbutrin seem to be working.
I was told it takes 6 weeks or more, side effects seem to have mostly gone away … less coffee, more water.
This is a great place for coping ideas… thanks muchly.
REPORT ABUSEDecember 3, 2011 at 7:17 am #103690
AnonymousInactiveDecember 3, 2011 at 7:17 amPost count: 14413I liked the rocks, pebbles, and gravel analogy in the blog. Now I have to remember to put the rocks in first, And I guess before that, I have to decide which are rocks and which are pebblies. Hope I can do this. I am diagnosed now, with combined type, so now will hope it won’t be too long before I can get into a specialist that knows about the meds.
REPORT ABUSEDecember 14, 2011 at 11:37 pm #103691
AnonymousInactiveDecember 14, 2011 at 11:37 pmPost count: 14413Well, the last few days I’ve been thinking of ways to get to work on my supply room which is such a mess that I really can only go about three feet into the room before I hit a pile–a BIG pile, too–of boxes of fabric, etc, piled on other boxes of fabric, etc. I decided one way to begin would be to get some large wastebaskets (they’re about 30″ high by 8×12 inches wide/deep. I recycle wool fabric and wool sweaters for use in my dolls/animals, and if I don’t cut them into pieces, it takes up lots of room. So, to begin, I will cut up the clothing and put the knits in one basket, wovens in another, and small scraps of cotton fabric (non triangle scraps–triangles have a different place to go) in the third. I think I will like this way of storing, because it’s a lot like the piles I make, but contained, so stuff won’t be able to slip off like it does in a regular old pile. I will, no doubt, need more wastebaskets, but three will get me started. I’ll let you know how it goes.
REPORT ABUSEFebruary 17, 2012 at 9:42 pm #103692I used to carry post its with me to make notes, and I kept note pads in the car and other places in case I wanted to remember something, jot something down, or whatever. Now I’m using the pocket record function on my I-phone and it’s awesome. Faster than writing, so I can say the whole idea, rather than just try and cram the gist of it onto a post it, and have to figure out what I meant later, by “GO DOCT VENT BARCODE!”
REPORT ABUSEFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:49 am #103693
AnonymousInactiveFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:49 amPost count: 14413sadly, I just used those big wastebaskets to dump some of my stuff in w/o sorting it or anything.My stuff doesn’t do me any good because I can’t FIND anything when I need it. The stuff piled in the living room I’m afraid to put away, because I might never see it again!! Did someone say the LOVED being ADD?!?!?! I don’t.
REPORT ABUSEFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:50 am #103694
AnonymousInactiveFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:50 amPost count: 14413Didn’t mean to sound so hopeless. I am making lists too. I’d write them in my daytimer IF I could find it. If this wasn’t happening to me, it might almost be funny. Tea, there are not a lot of resources for ADHD people in WA state, either. Must be a regional thing. :>(
REPORT ABUSEMarch 24, 2012 at 7:32 am #103695
AnonymousInactiveMarch 24, 2012 at 7:32 amPost count: 14413Found the DayTimer. Will now keep it in my purse and try to look at it every day.
REPORT ABUSEMarch 24, 2012 at 9:04 pm #103696
AnonymousInactiveMarch 24, 2012 at 9:04 pmPost count: 14413MonkeyBarb, I do really well at that for awhile and then either lose it or totally forget to use it. People tell me to get an I-phone and that would solve it. NOT – then I’d I’d have to take the time to put stuff in!
REPORT ABUSEApril 9, 2012 at 11:03 pm #103697
AnonymousInactiveApril 9, 2012 at 11:03 pmPost count: 14413Well, my cell phone is lost now. I had it a month ago when we went out of town for a week and I think I put it in one of my many bags rather than in my purse, so now I need to look through every bag I own to find it. Sometimes I wish I lived a minimalist lifestye so I wouldn’t have to keep track of so much!! When I said that to my husband, he laughed. No progress on my cleaning sorting either and generica Adderall XR doesn’t seem to held me, either–I’m taking 20 mgs now. Any likelihood that more will help?.
REPORT ABUSEApril 10, 2012 at 10:47 am #103698Hi – not sure about Adderall – we can’t get it in the UK. I take Ritalin – fast release so I have control of when I take it. So if I need to stay levelled I take 10mg three times a day (or more), but if I need real focus I take 20mg in one pop.
The thing I notice is it doesn’t make me do stuff. But if I put in my head what it is I need to do then it helps me focus on that task. So it helps me help myself if that makes sense. Maybe Adderall is the same?
REPORT ABUSEMay 2, 2012 at 4:43 pm #103699
AnonymousInactiveMay 2, 2012 at 4:43 pmPost count: 14413Exactly, Bellamom–that’s what I did. I’ve done it over and over and over and over!!! Hope springs eternal. I started taking Strattera a week ago and am beginning to notice some good from it. Hope it keeps up!!
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