Comments on: It was so-so, then bad, then better http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/06/04/it-was-so-so-then-bad-then-better/ sharing too much since 2003 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:20:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: jEN http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/06/04/it-was-so-so-then-bad-then-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 jEN Sun, 05 Jun 2005 09:23:19 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/06/04/it-was-so-so-then-bad-then-better/#comment-3049 Hi Kev- I'm glad you left such a long comment. There are variances in ADD, and the ability to hyperfocus when the chips are down is part of what makes it a complex beast. When I really broke down with depression a couple of years or so, ago my therapist figured out that my depression was caused by ADD but certainly compounded with a pinch of other issues I was experiencing at the time. For me, it's mostly the frustrations with myself that trigger the melancholy. It's been recently rearing it's head likely due to a lack of definitive structure in my routine. I'm going to work on reeling myself into one, but it's tough when you work from home and have the whole world at your fingertips! :) I'm also looking into alternative therapies. I don't want to be on prescription drugs, no matter how superficially effective they may be. smooches~ jEN Hi Kev-
I’m glad you left such a long comment. There are variances in ADD, and the ability to hyperfocus when the chips are down is part of what makes it a complex beast. When I really broke down with depression a couple of years or so, ago my therapist figured out that my depression was caused by ADD but certainly compounded with a pinch of other issues I was experiencing at the time. For me, it’s mostly the frustrations with myself that trigger the melancholy. It’s been recently rearing it’s head likely due to a lack of definitive structure in my routine. I’m going to work on reeling myself into one, but it’s tough when you work from home and have the whole world at your fingertips! :) I’m also looking into alternative therapies. I don’t want to be on prescription drugs, no matter how superficially effective they may be.

smooches~
jEN

]]> By: Kev http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/06/04/it-was-so-so-then-bad-then-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3047 Kev Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:43:20 +0000 http://www.regularjen.com/archives/2005/06/04/it-was-so-so-then-bad-then-better/#comment-3047 Keep kicking that demon's ass when it comes down to it that is the way to survive. It is odd you mention 'hazy with occasional sadness, frustration and depression.' In the last month or so I have experienced these things but I also feel happy with my life in general, you know the back story and the current situation and I am genuinely happy with where I am now. So why? I was an easily distracted child and there were instruction in primary school that I was not to be facing a window or I would just drift off into a world of my own, which I could do even if I wasn't facing a window anyway. I don't have a problem at work, I am too scared of not having a job so I force myself to concentrate but outside of that I fail to do the things that I want to do, not through lack of ability feel I am letting myself down by not achieving what I think I should be able to do. Maybe I am just lazy and looking for a fancy excuse? Who knows. Sorry to take up your blog voicing my problems and I hope you do find a way to be 'ADD free' Kev Keep kicking that demon’s ass when it comes down to it that is the way to survive.

It is odd you mention ‘hazy with occasional sadness, frustration and depression.’ In the last month or so I have experienced these things but I also feel happy with my life in general, you know the back story and the current situation and I am genuinely happy with where I am now. So why? I was an easily distracted child and there were instruction in primary school that I was not to be facing a window or I would just drift off into a world of my own, which I could do even if I wasn’t facing a window anyway.

I don’t have a problem at work, I am too scared of not having a job so I force myself to concentrate but outside of that I fail to do the things that I want to do, not through lack of ability feel I am letting myself down by not achieving what I think I should be able to do. Maybe I am just lazy and looking for a fancy excuse? Who knows.

Sorry to take up your blog voicing my problems and I hope you do find a way to be ‘ADD free’

Kev

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