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Thanks for the write up. Can I ask, how much do you think the non-ability to focus on a task it is about procrastination and how much is about your ADD? For e
by pserwylo 14y ago
Thanks for the write up.
Can I ask, how much do you think the non-ability to focus on a task it is about procrastination and how much is about your ADD?
For example, I am doing my PhD now, and find it very hard to focus on actual research, instead losing time to procrastination (I'm looking at you, HN!). After hours, I also tend to have several different projects running at once, for which I struggle to prioritize and get any single one finished. However, when I'm at my paid job as a developer, I focus just fine. Given the other anecdotes here, I would expect a clinical diagnosis would show that I have signs of ADHD, but I would attribute them to laziness on my part.
I don't want to comment on your case specifically, but my fiancé is doing her PhD in psychophysiology, and more specifically, natural treatments for ADHD, and there is certainly a perception that ADHD is somewhat over diagnosed. I am interested if you would have attributed a different name (e.g. procrastination) to some of the behaviours you discussed before hearing about or being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
- kine 14y agoI think the ADD aids my procrastination. I let it take my procrastination to a whole new level. I agree, it's absolutely over-diagnosed. That's why I made a point to keep calling it mild in my post. It's not doctor prescribed, just a hunch that I have. I think we all have attention trouble, especially today where everything is vying for our attention with a little ounce of dopamine. I notice when I don't want to do something, that's when I really let the ADD/procrastination combo kick in and run wild.