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Oh, I forgot to say. Ambient noise can really get to me. So, if I'm studying or performing some mental task in a public place that's noisy, I'll use my iPod - b

Oh, I forgot to say. Ambient noise can really get to me. So, if I'm studying or performing some mental task in a public place that's noisy, I'll use my iPod - but with NO MUSIC. At first I used to listen to a lot of Bach - but I found I was concentrating on music, and not the task. Then, I used pink noise (you can buy pink noise soundtracks on the web), but now I've switched to using binaural beats (probably just placebo effect, but it's less boring than listening to rain and water soundtracks for a prolonged period of time...).

jrwoodruff 17y ago
That's interesting - I find myself using music to 'regulate' myself a lot. Usually I'm able to let it exist in the background, but when I start paying attention to the lyrics, I switch to Bach, or Mozart. Rachmaninoff is a nice blend of keeping me awake, but without lyrics I end up listening to. I've actually never been medicated, but I've always had problems with tasks that I wasn't intensely interested in. Always been a daydreamer. I don't think I've ever read an entire textbook, for instance. I'll force myself to concentrate and slog through a paragraph, just to find my mind is in some other world by the end of it and have to reread it. I don't have this problem at all with fiction, I've finished 700 page novels in a few days. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely bring this up in my next visit to the doctor.