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Posted by Peddidle on December 5, 2004, at 16:30:35
Currently: 100mg zoloft, recently went off strattera, and just started on 18mg concerta
I am in college and I can't get myself to do any work. It is sooooo frustrating!!!! I want to do work, but every time I tell myself I am going to sit down and do it, nothing ever gets done. This has gone way beyond my normal procrastination. I am so afraid I am going to get suspended....
Please help!!!!!
Posted by sunny10 on December 5, 2004, at 16:53:11
In reply to Soooo frustrating!!!, posted by Peddidle on December 5, 2004, at 16:30:35
Pediddle, I am not currently on meds, and can't help with this.
You might want to try re-posting on the PsychoBabble board. They are the med experts over there !
Good luck !
Posted by smokeymadison on December 5, 2004, at 17:33:23
In reply to Soooo frustrating!!!, posted by Peddidle on December 5, 2004, at 16:30:35
you could go up on the Zoloft if it is depression that is keeping you from doing your work. i have been in and out of school for the past four years, so i know how frustrating it is not to be able to get work done! do your profs know that you are having problems? sometimes talking w/ them can help if you need some extra time to get work done. you may also be able to get "incompletes" if you can't get the work done before the end of the semester.
i know that if you have a diagnosis of OCD or ADD/ADHD you can get extended time on tests and stuff. you would have to talk to your office of disabilities or whatever the office is called where you are.
one of my main problems is procrastination too. i get so anxious over doing a paper/project perfectly that i can't do anything. do you have a lot of anxiety?
i would suggest going to the library if you normally work at home, just get to a different environment and try to work. set yourself time limits for each paper/project/etc. if you get stuck, move on to another project and go back and finish the other thing later. just keep working on something, getting something done. Good luck!!! i wish you all the best!
SM
Posted by Fractal on December 5, 2004, at 21:43:26
In reply to Re: Soooo frustrating!!!, posted by smokeymadison on December 5, 2004, at 17:33:23
The thing that helps me when I'm procrastinating, is to have someone do it with me, or to have someone else relying on me to do it. Study groups, or a scheduled tutor might help, just to help you focus.
Fractal
Posted by just plain jane on December 7, 2004, at 2:35:45
In reply to soooo frustrating, posted by Peddidle on December 5, 2004, at 16:56:04
hey, that's exactly what happens when I get up in the morning and see my kitchen for the first time.
No, I am not making fun of you or what is happening. I am stating the truth. And I know how it is in the situation you are in, also. I used to let things ride down to the last day or even last few minutes (online classes) before I would write them.
H*ll, I was a staff writer for a newspaper and would put off writing my story til 3 a.m. when it was due to be in my editor's email at 6.
I'm sorry I have no magical or even earthly answer for you. Only you can cause yourself to get back on the ball. I'm on a nice little drug cocktail for five cute little diagnoses and I feel better in many ways than I ever have, mostly because of what I have learned in life, the drugs help me keep my head as together as I can get...
BUT, no matter what drugs or what symptoms I've had, the hardest thing for me was/is,
I have to make myself do things.
And, man, does that ever suck.just plain enormously procrastinating going to bed jane ps...
There are dirty dishes and surfaces in my kitchen which have not been touched in over a month. And I am a former meticulous housekeeping obsessive. What gives?
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