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Posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2004, at 8:03:22
In reply to Re: I need Help!!!!!!!!!!, posted by ghost on May 13, 2004, at 23:38:25
> i finished my undergrad a year ago. i remember days when i couldn't get out of my jammies, i was so lazy. couldn't stop playing online, i was so lazy. but in the end i was able to see the big picture of graduation and walking away with a degree (or two) and becoming a damned intelligent chemist, and those goals motivated me to jump into work i wouldn't normally be interested in or would rather do more fun things. not to say there weren't times when it killed me to get the work done- like for an unrelated class (sociology for a chem major, for example), where i did the bare minimum and attended the bare minimum sessions, but i went, all for that big picture.
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> do you see the big picture? and if you do see it,, do you see the path to get there? are you distracted on the way? I wonder about ADD myself. adult ADD is not uncommon these days, and you might want to think about it. mayb eyou just have a mild form, even. but enough that it's making it hard for you to concentrate.
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> i hope you get some help for it... try to isolate the problem.
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> one last thing: when i was in grad school i was put on abilify, which made it SO hard fo rme to concentrate. i would sit on the couch or in bed wiht my laptop and do nothing for hours on end when i had so much i had to do. i halfassed assignments that had to be handed in, and i barely did anything of less importance. at the time i blamed the drugs. but the pdoc in the hospital said that while that can happen, he personally blamed grad school since i so obviously didn't want to be there any more, but took so long to finally admit it. it was my body's reaction to my mind's subconscious decision making.
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> just something to ponder.
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> good luck.
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> ps: i took ambien a little awhile ago. i think it's messing with my typing. sorry.
Posted by Angela2 on May 17, 2004, at 10:02:13
In reply to Re: I need Help!!!!!!!!!! « ghost, posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2004, at 8:03:22
Ghost
Thank you for the support and concern. I have a low self esteem which has prevented me from establishing and completing goals. I used to have no idea what I wanted to be, and I'd switched majors quite a bit. Also, my illness/ disorder, whatever you want to call it has also prevented me from knowing what I want from life. I'm not sure if I have a learning disability. My T says ADD is a fad right now. All I know is that sometimes its hard for me to concentrate and usually its when I'm doing something I don't want to be doing like reading for a class or doing math problems. If I am doing something I am interested in and enjoy, I am able to concentrate for a longer period of time and its not so "painful" for me.
Sorry I haven't been responsive over these past couple of weeks. When I do go on psycho babble I like, skim the posts. I read somewhere that you were in the hospital and got out. Tell me if you want how you are doing, or I will go back and read your posts from psychology.best,
Angela
Posted by ghost on May 17, 2004, at 11:27:22
In reply to Re: I need Help!!!!!!!!!! » Dr. Bob, posted by Angela2 on May 17, 2004, at 10:02:13
I spent the last year feelling like I had undiagnosed ADD and a learning disability. I couldn't concentrate on "traditional" classes, I couldn't read texts, etc., etc. I did terribly in my classes. In the end, I'm going to assume that one cause was medicinal-- The pdoc said that one of my meds causes a loss of concentration (but the pdoc i saw in the hospital disagreed, so who knows now) and the other cause was that I was just generally unhappy. I'm not at the right place in my life. I know what it feels like to have no direction.
Thanks for asking about the hospital. I spent 5.5 days there, and I'm feeling a lot better now. Not perfect, but definitely better. I have a pdoc appointment tomorrow to follow up. Hopefully that will go well.
I know what you mean about self esteem being a barrier to getting things done. I don't have any magical words for you, but I think that you can do it. I think that you can do anything you put your mind to (when you figure out what you'd like to do, even if it's just leisure time). I think we all can, we all have enormous amounts of untapped-into power that's just ready for the taking. With that said, I don't know if self-esteem is the barrier, but maybe it's just not knowing how to tap into that power that's inherently in each and every one of us.
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