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16 years ago 01/25/2008 7:55pm EST

I know this description is very vague, but recently, I've been having some problems with focusing and articulating.

I'm in uni right now, and even sitting down to do a reading takes a while because I constantly want to get up and move around. I get it done, it's just that I can't seem to focus

I have a very drunk-like feeling sometimes; a sort of lightheadedness that really makes me feel out of it.

sometimes when I talk, I'll lose track of my train of thought, or, when I'm listening to someone, I just can't FOCUS on what they're saying.

I'm trying to give an objective analysis of some of what's going on... any advice or things you do to keep on track would be appreciated.

thx

16 years ago 01/25/2008 8:29pm EST

re: somehelp

I experience the exact same symptoms man, every one of them, and I know what you mean when you say you feel out of it and have that "drunk-like" feeling. I saw a university psych about it before, and she was reluctant to say it was ADD, but she referred me to an outside evaluation place. Unfortunately, I never went because I would have needed to pay a $300 deductible, which was/is out of the question as a poor grad student. But you might want to go that route. Good luck man, and let me know if you find anything out.

16 years ago 01/25/2008 10:03pm EST

re: somehelp

Sleep deprivation?

That'd be my first guess. Though you've probably considered this I'm sure.

16 years ago 01/26/2008 7:47am EST

re: somehelp

yea, i can only give advice concerning evironmental causes...

start f***ing around with the b-vitamins. they do good.

get your sleep and diet on right. kick the coffee for green tea. coffee'll fhk you up yo.

you got any other serious stress going on- few girls got you thinking their having your baby? cell phone got turned off? mom's saying you aint living right? dallas swat was filming in your bedroom?

let me know if i can be of anymore help.

16 years ago 01/26/2008 8:34am EST

re: somehelp

If it's ADD you could try taking medication, which is extremely helpful, though disruptive in other ways. Alternatively, you can start being extremely diet conscious and taking fish oil. Google around for the right amount of DHA and EPA you need to get from the pills.

16 years ago 01/26/2008 8:54am EST

re: ADDer

if its ADD, you might want to check you cable listings for this frontline show

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/

16 years ago 01/26/2008 9:01am EST

re: rap is out of control?

frontline kicks ass. they've provided the entire segment online.

after watching this show, i said to myself, these kids (now adolescents) are f***en brave for allowing everyone to see their life. thats a tough person.

16 years ago 01/26/2008 10:15am EST

re: somehelp

You might want to look into the area that insomniac ivan mentioned, i.e. sleep. Some of the new sleep studies show that it may not be so much the amount of sleep that our young people are getting that is affecting them, but the quality. In a nutshell, many of you young folk are ideed getting your 8 hours, but there isn't a real deep quality sleep, and that can really make you feel like your batteries didn't get recharged overnight. Guess my old college coach was right, one hour of sleep before midnight IS worth two after.

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