For me, the Internet is pure poison. I know it's a useful tool, but I can get lost in it for hours on end. During the day, when I'm on my meds I tend to steer clear of it. However, in the evening when the meds wear off it's like the ADD comes back tenfold. Sometimes I think I should burn my laptop, though I do use it for good things, as well.
Anyone have internet problems, how have you dealt with them?
Gensho

Yeah I have this problem also, I havent been diagnosed with ADHD, but as much As I hate the internet, I find it so addictive. :D

You should try and download an alarm clock program on your PC which will remind you when certain things in the house need done, and that way you will not lose track of time over the internet. :)

I have this problem too,
Sorry for my long post and bad english:

Recently I have been diagnosed with inattentive type of ADD.
On Dexodrine Spansules 20mg/day

Here is what I use to do:
At work if there is anything I need to think and do, the first thing I use to do is to take break by defocusing like Browsing.
By nature internet is addictive, Use to browse latest news, latest tech news. Hot Deals on line, and some usefull reading(where there is no thinking involved but just the bliss). Get Up, walk, drink more water, go to Restroom, Chat with buddies etc.
At home:
Since I use to waste lot of time at work doing what is easy and entertaining to mind, I use to not complete work or not meet dead line,
So I use to bring the work home. At home same story, Tell the family that
I am working, but work 10min and rest of the time Browse or think something or have some coffee watch TV a bit etc.

So this cycle continued around 3-4 yrs.

Here are the rules I put recently to overcome this cycle of not doing anything usefull,before I was diagnosed ADD,

Browse if want to only during lunch hour, and after 5PM at work. Do not browse at the start of the day.
At home I installed filters on the wireless router for the sites which I am most addictive to. Second rule that really make these rules work is 'Respect Your Rule'. If you break, feel for it and put it again in order.

As a result of above Rules and Filters, things started looking better.
I tried to move this 'started looking better' to 'better', was not successfull.
The real problem was I couldn't focus and think. So I cant remember things well, I cant context switch like others.

Solution was to meet Psychiatry,

Now its close to 1.5 week on medication, I see there are some improvements , but I still have the above Rules installed at work and Home.

But somehow medication is making me feel Un natural, little lethargic, sleepy, dull but easy to focus and concenrate on work.

:cool:

Two books I recommend for surf addicts such as myself:

1. Life Hacker - Gina Trapini
2. Hacking Windows Vista - Steve Sinchak

hope you enjoy these as much as I have.

I'm trying post-it notes on the monitor with not only things I should be doing on the computer, but also things I could be doing other than surfing the web. Easier when the Adderall's working than after it wears off. I should just power it down after 4:30, I think.

At our house we use a software program called KIDSWATCH. you can download a free trial for 2 weeks and see what you think of it. It has all sorts of adjustments on it, and you can set the internet time separately from the computer time. When I had ti on mine, I had it to stop so I would go to bed, and I knew I would not feel like messing with the thing to get more time, though it is easy to do so with a few moments. Very user friendly. While I know that the question was posed to individual uses, this program, or types like it are made for children. While I was looking around though, there are other time-management programs out there specifically for the problem mentioned by OP. :-) Technology is wonderful......

I dont have this problem. I dont see my computer as anything more than an extension of myself.

I dont turn on CNN until 7 to watch all the professional news shows so I get my news from CNN.com until then

all of my music is also on here. I have ripped every CD I own, many many gigabytes, and store it all on my harddrive. Most of these albums are quite old and have taken a beating so ripping them out and putting them in mp3 on my harddrive is the only way i can listen without it skipping.

I love anime and I wouldnt be able to watch fansub anime without my pc.

my favorite show is bleach. I also watch claymore and darker than black.

im not into manga

so as you can see a lot of media goes through this pc and I would be relatively bored if I didnt have it. I love my PC and I dont care if someone thinks I am a nerd or whatever. I live life how I want to live it and my life includes my PC.


If I want to sit down and play a whole night of CounterStrike:Source tonight only getting up to get a drink and take a leak then that is what Im going to do. Anyone is welcome to nag at me about it but I warn you that I work out every day and might take words harshly. LOLOL haha come get some :D

Playing fable, watching naruto and browsing the endless depths of wikipedia, bliss.

Anyone is welcome to nag at me about it but I warn you that I work out every day and might take words harshly. LOLOL haha come get some

Thanks for the offer but I have my own significant other to nag. :D


I am guessing "Internet addiction" would not be the same for every one. Some one who is single and has no children could spend a lot more time on the Internet without it being a problem as compared some one who is married and and small children.

I can spend a great deal of time on line before it becomes a problem. MY children are grown. Gary watches a lot of TV but I am not really very interested in watching TV so I get on the computer. . .

Most of the time I stay out of trouble by doing the things I absolutely must get done {house work my job, est ect} before I get on the Internet. My most venerable time is at lunch time, then I just try to avoid complicated discussion or areas I know I tend to get overly involved with. I try to stick to activities on the computer I don't enjoy like bill paying or business paper work. . . .

i totally know what you mean, websites these days are built to funnel media and info straight to you. I try to set rules to which sites I will allow myself to visit - some can almost always cause an hour long diversion. this site usually saps up at least 30 minutes if I haven't checked in a few days