There are a ton of things for me to do, things I really should do. Mostly Homework and school stuff but it does not stop there. Everyday I come home from school and I end up wasting hours on the computer just reading wiki or doing other stupid things. I don't even play video games or anything, I just don't feel like it. I feel like I have no energy to have a full day like other people. Most people get up, go to school, work, run arrons and then go out and drink with their friends. With me all I can manage to do is attend school, come home and waste my entire day. Then I get up the next day and BS my homework I should had done the following day and its not like I did not have time to do my homework. Why can't I have a full day like that. I feel lazy when I say I just don't feel like. I mean I want to but I feel eh.. Im 21 and going to college and if I keep this up I am never going to have a good life.

Does anyone feel like this?

Yeh I can relate and I hate it too. But one thing I found out about myself is, as soon as I start wasting time, then thats it, I waste time all day.

Try and keep yourself busy, it helps me.

Well I guess I've made the personal observation that my unproductiveness goes hand in hand with being a recluse. I'm sort of anti-social and need to maintain friendships with peers around me to keep me motivated to get through my day. Like saying hey, I want to go to class today because I want to see so and so. Then maybe we can go grab lunch together and talk about what we will do for the rest of the day. Then I will manage the rest of my day with plans in mind for meeting up with a group of friends to go out for a drink later. Meaning that I cannot neglect my homework because of my wonderful social life. This isn't really me. It has been. But not now. I'm kind of going through a thing right now. I'm pretty sure my horomones are all whacked out but. I'm so sick of winter and I'm tired all the time.

I went to class today, then I spent 2 hours running around. Then I watched TV for like 5 hours.... I just don't know what to fill the rest of my day up with. I am not anti social but I just don't know what to do. I can't seem to do anything productive...

Oh yeah.. TOTALLY!!

I'm sure you'll find the technique that will work for you. For now I will say that unproductive days are part in parcel of ADD :( Bummer, huh?

As tempting as it may be to beat yourself up over this, honestly it isn't you. ADD I've found is one of those things that has to be managed, but how you go about doing that is up to you.

After many years of being so flippin' unprodctive, I'm finally at a point where I am getting things done on a regular basis. Now my management includes medication. But even that took some time to get it "right."

Keep going. There is another side to this..

Im afaird of wasting my life away because of this. Strattera worked like a mircale drug for me and solved 95% of my problems with no side effects but one, the worst one. Sexual.... I stop taking it after like 2 weeks and said I rather be a failure then have my dick not work correctly.

Don't get me started on strattera. After a half hour when it entered my blood stream I felt totally sea sick. Like I had been in a boat on the water all day and then got on dry land. After that feeling went away I'd get nauseous. Then after the nausea ceased I'd get a migrane. And forget about sex. Who feels like it after all those side effects. All meds gave me some side effects. Dry mouth appetite loss etc. I got sick of living with them so I don't take meds even though they really help with the ADD. Maybe you should research some other tools besides meds. Or try a different medication. Good luck.

Im anti-med for the most part but nothing else is working and Im tired of days of BS.

I know exactly how you feel. I had the day off from work today-- golden opportunity to get all kinds of things done. Instead I slept until 3PM (okay, I was a little jet-lagged) puttered around unpacking and doing some laundry, and watched TV.

Strattera actually helps me a lot on days I work or have a schedule set by someone else. I focus better and have more energy for longer. But it doesn't help me set my own schedule. My weekends are such a waste I'm disgusted with myself at the end of each one.

The only thing that helps me is lists. I have a list of chores/projects to do, a running list of groceries I need, a list of friends to call or e-mail, and even a list of fun things I want to do on weekends and time off. Whenever I go blank on what to do I try to make myself pick something off one of the lists instead of watching TV or surfing the web. When I remember to use them, it keeps me much happier and more productive.

I think it's sad I even have to remind myself even to do fun things, like plan a camping trip or call friends to have a card game night. I hate going through life without an internal plan that keeps me on track. Can you guys imagine just getting up in the morning and knowing what to do all the time-- and being able to just do it without a struggle? Amazing.

ugh, i totally know what you mean. I have been sitting on my butt for like 8 hrs a day after i get home from class...and have maybe spent 30mins being productive.

I am going to ruin my spring break cause im gonna have to work on all the crap i havent been doing...but of course knowing that isnt enought to motivate me to do anything. ::sigh::

I hate it.. I spent noon-6pm watching TV... WTF WTF WTF... I had nothing to do really. I want to do group stuff but I can't find anything to do. Its not that I am anti social but I don't do group stuff like play sports or drama club or something. I dunno arg what a waste.

I feel every day should be spent making your life better and every day you don't you that you just wasted an entire day.

Lists has been mentioned, and it's a good idea.
Long story short.
I'm a Fleet Manager over 95 vehicles.
You can imagine what my day starts out as...hectic.
I also do all of the purchasing, for a multi-million dollar section of the gov't.
If I don't make a list, I don't get things done.
I'm interrupted constantly!
I have an office in the building, and an office outside (05 Taurus, gov't issue of course LOL).
My desk phone rings, my computer chimes that I have unread e-mails, and my cell phone rings with drivers (of my 95 vehicles), the shop we take them to, body shops, etc, etc, etc.
If it weren't for Jr Legal Pads, I'd really be lost.
See, I can be working like a busy little bee, then someone mentions a favorite subject of mine, and everything stops, while I discuss cars, gossip (at work), etc.
Once I get back to my desk I ask "okay what was I doing?"
Tiako, you are experiencing what I have lived with for 37 years. (38 in Nov)
No list, no production.
Even as a kid, if I didn't make a list, I didn't get homework, chores, etc done.
It's the best way to remember what you have to do, and chart your progress.
You are going to get distracted, because the best shows are going to be on while your homework needs to be done.
Back when I was getting my Bachelors, it was Pro Wrestling. (1998-2000).
I had a VCR, so I could record some of it, but it's not the same as seeing it live. LOL
You just have to sit down, do some homework, take a break, and make sure you time that break!
Then get back to the homework.
I did that since elementary school, and it worked.
15-20 minutes on, 15 minutes off (break).
With ADD, that's about as long as I could concentrate anyway.

Yes I can. There was a time when I was looked upon to schedule and "run things". Now I have found myself needing help to "run things" and have other people do it. It is frustrating for me because it is something that I was good at. I am not sure what went wrong after 38 but I am surely not the same person in that department. It is more frustrating when you were able to do it and now struggle to remember things without a list or constant reminders. I do not take meds - other than migrane medication/asthma/allergy medication. Don't know if the prolong use of it has cause some of my woes. My child was diagnosed and now I am looking for answers.

I'm someone who has struggled too. I call it, feeling like my feet are in a bucket of cement. I am paralized sometimes with not knowing what to do next then at other times get stuck in front of the computer or tv.

You've gotta remember, TV is designed to keep you there as long as possible. For the ADDer, this is a trap that is hard to escape. Turn it off for a while, if not for good. The news is depressing and untrue, the shows are junk, and half the time they are so out of ideas they have to come back to the viewers to have them do the shows. (Reality TV).

You can even start believing the people on TV are what you should be like. You are a very great and unique person. Read about Thomas Edison. He had a great way of dealing with it. A man with literally thousands of inventions.

Use an organizer, you may end up losing it, buy another one, if you lose it, buy a third one and look at it every day. Morning and before you go to bed. Make it a necessity. When you are at work and an unusual thought pops in your head, write it down. Carry the da*n thing around with you like a purse if you have to.

Make up lists, even if silly. Like "brush teeth" "eat dinner" "make new todo lists". For some reason, once it is down on paper, your mind will find a way to keep you on task. It will give you something to look forward to. Just try it.

Personally, I would revisit the whole Medication thing again. I take ADDerall Xr 30mg. No bad effects so far.

I'm 41 and have had numerous organizers, mostly because I forget them somewhere.

Don't ever give up on your quest to be more productive, you are right, you are wasteing your life by sitting around doing nothing.

Regards,