hiya, ever since i can remember i have had a problem with paying atention, and being interested in an ything for more than 5 minutes... it plagued me all through school, and i went to countless conseling sessions because of it... i was even labled "special" for a time and had to have special learning classes because of my problem... it is refered to as "ADD" or atention deficite disorder... although i do not believe it to be a disorder as a disorder refers to something being wrong with me mentally... i can go into the history later as why i think i have this problem but ill skip it for now... recently i have become so frustrated with not being able to produce and sit and get things done that i should be able to... i dont clean my room, my truck is a mess... i jsut cannot focus on anything... especially the things im interested in... i have been thinking about trying out ritalin and seeing if that works at all... i know nothing of it and would like some advice, and prayer for wisdom about the subject... anything would help really... im just at wits end and need to figure something out... and please no cliche answers... i need real advice

Shelby more than anything I can say I recommend you seek the advice and counsel of a doctor.  And feel free to get a second opinion on what they say.

I would rather see you under a doctor's care than to give advice which I have no training to do.

I will be praying for you.

heh yea i guess your right, well at least pray for me for sure because im just so frustrated with always not being motivated to do anything... i mean... i have the drive, i WANT to produce, and i WANT to clean my room, and i WANT to do alot of other things but im just so scatyter brained that when i "see somehting shiny" i say ooooh and run after it. and no pat i am not at all depressed, i have had this problem since befor i can remember, i remember in elementary sachool the counselor gave me a polished stone to play with in my hands because i was so figity that i couldnt even look at the teacher 90% of the time... and it rreally hasnt gotten much better, i have just learned to semi control it, but it isd still something that just wrecks my life silently every day. im kind of tired of being made fun of for it, i feel retarded alot of the time just because i will do really random things that are kind of stupid, or i will forget where i put things ALOT.

at work i will comonly go in the back and look for something, and EVERY DINGLE TIME i go back there i will get there stop and go "um..... hmmm.... why did i come back here.... mmmm... crap... i forget..." its amusing to the other poeple around me because i do it EVERY SINGLE TIME! but it really really bothers me, i van never ever get done what i want to get done. mostly i just need prayer i guess and if anyone around has had this experience please share it with me because i feel really alone right now...

I read through your post really carefully again...and i realized you were talking about me!!! 


I wonder if this is typical of the kinds of guys frequenting this place? I have the EXACT same things as you are indicating...especially the memory thing. Which is weird cuz I have almost a photographic memory!

And sleeplessness is a real problem too! Not that it's some chemical imbalance or something...but my mind just won't stop hassling me. I'm always thinking about "what ifs" and I actually compose best when I'm in bed! Stupid eh?
But...I'm hijacking. Just thought it was maybe helpful for you to know that this is probably something MANY of us have!
I've never seen it as a 'condition' before...but tonight my wife even said, "why do you always have to be doing something!?" or  "why can't you be still for a minute.?"  PFffftt!   

yea im seriously thinking about it... i NEED something to change... if its some sort of suplement then so be it... but im just so tired of NOT doing things...   especially production, and djing because these are my PASSIONS! i LOVE to do these things, but alot of times i just DOT its really iritating...