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ADD and short term memory loss oh my! please help
Wow, where to begin...I hope i don't babble too much but, i think it's the only way i can communicate this to you in the shortest amount of time(basically, not having to think about everything i just typed over and over to make it sound good...). I used to have a bad case of Social Anxiety disorder. It was most likely from smoking too much pot too often and i eventually gave up pot because of my depression. I ended up secluding myself in my house for about a year until i finally went to go see a doctor. She helped the social anxiety part by prescribing Lexapro(and it has worked wonders)but, I decided to leave her because she seemed disinterested or something and wasn't pushing me to give her some answers for the questions i hoped she would ask(hope you followed me there). Now im having lots of internal conflicts in relation to ADD and short term memory loss i think. For example: If i had just started going to school and had some HW to do that was fairly easy i would be eager to get it done and look forward to the benefits of my actions but, only for maybe a couple of weeks and then i would gradually slack off. EX2 If i get a term paper or something to write i have major difficulty trying to decide how to start it and even more difficulty forcing myself to finish it(by the time i completed it it would have a good beginning and a horrible ending because i just didn't care).Now im a college drop out and i still want to learn to apply myself the best that i can but i don't think i can do this on my own. My study habits are even worse now that im out of practice and i can only physically take notes and study for maybe 30 min. without becoming so disinterested in what im doing i can't even force myself to concentrate(or so it seems).TV and pot were both what i turned to when i had difficulty in life. Now, it's only TV. But, im trying to cut back on my tv time and trying and do more mentally stimulating activities ie video games, reading, studying...
So, i guess my main questions are these:
What can i do to focus better?
What can i do to increase my short term memory(because that seems to be a big factor in all of this esp. when trying to remember what i just said, names, dates,...etc...etc...)
Why am i able to rember a name or date so easily sometimes and other times completely forget about that name or date and then rember the name or date another with ease again??
Are there an sites that i can visit that would help me with my problems(preferabley free advice sites but and site name given is appreciated)
Thanks for listening to me and for any advice you have given me.
signing off
Dave
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your question is one that warrants one of my "don't want to read this garbage, so I'll wing it" automatic answers.
maybe you should try talking to your mother about it, I mean, its not like its an STD or something like that, unless you don't like to shave your legs using lever 2000, in that case might I reccomend a deodorant that has the spicy freshness of old spice but the protection a woman needs. but seriously, call te cops, he is a dangerous lunatic and should be arrested.
hope the automation got it right
-hitler the goat
automation courtesy of carl, who also thinks you are a waste of life and valuable resources
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Oh, I SOOOO understand your question and your problem. OK, go to a regular physician and get back on your antidepressant. I take Lexapro, I know how it feels when you are out for awhile. Talk to the doc about your adult add, there is medication that may help. As for your first doctor, try a councilor instead. If the first doesn't help seek another. Finding the right councilor is a lot like finding a friend. Not everyone will be compatible. There are different styles and schools on therepy. It takes time unless you are REALLY lucky to get the right person on the first try. The first councilor I went to needed more help than me. He kept calling me by the wrong name, the whole session. I reminded him everytime and he still f'ed it up. That by the way is burn out. He needed a job change. Anyway, how you were describing some of your study problems seemed more like signs of depression than ADD. I have serious trouble remembering names and dates. I can't tell you the date of my sister's birthday even though I know its a few days before Christmas. I forget what day Christmas is. I mean I THINK it's the 25th. That sounds right, but I'd need to look it up on a calendar to be sure. However, I can remember just oddball stuff that has no practical application in real life. Vincent Fernier, is Alice Cooper. Leigh Nichols, Owen West, and Dean R, Koontz are all the same man. Diamonds have a MOS hardness of 10 and Talc 0. The fine for parking on the sidewalk in downtown Mobile, Alabama was $50 in 1996. (Ok, having that information in my head could have helped in 1996.) I wish I could help you more on how to study better, but there is a means of improving. Study in short spells. Don't cram everything in at once. It helps. The tv watching is an avoidance behavior. It deadens you from having to think. I can't really help you correct too much of the problems or direct you anywhere. I have just accepted my quirks as part of me and only get annoyed about them. Not enough to actively seek help. Good Luck!
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