For the past ten years my job history & life has been a rollercoaster. I have worked at so many places (temp & perm) and gone on so many interviews I have lost track. I have a positive attitude, I genuinely try but just end up frustrated where I am either urged to quit or get fired.

I am in something similar to Mutual Fund Accounting which requires an insane amount of detail, long hours, repetitive work, etc..

I realized today after being chewed out by a coworker that my time here is limited. I was in contract to buy a new loftsized condo but had to stop payment on the deposit check & call the realtor & said I couldn't go thru with it. This is probably the fifth apartment that I was planning on buying but backed out at the last minute due to my precarious (real or imagined) job situation.

I just hate going to work each day in dread thinking that I am one moment away from termination. My last position was so bad & stressful (they never did fire me) that I left on Friday, came in collected my stuff that weekend, started at my new job on Monday & called HR that next Wednesday from CT. Guess What?? It is exactly the same & I just brought along the same issues which now I relocated 120miles away from NYC to outside of Hartford Cty. in CT. I am paying rent on 2 apartments the one I am currently subletting & my old apartment back in NYC where I return every weekend. I also have no friends here or any type of social interaction except for going to the gym after work.

I am just not cutting it even in this job which I have had for 2 months . Most of problems in the past stemmed from bad organizational skills and not being able to work independently enough. Now my problems are mistakes due to 'negligence'. Things I should have seen and corrected & researched. Instead I just let it go. The thing is that these positions get so boring & repetitive. I actually want more challenging work, but seen as someone who is totally incompentant.

What is worse now is that I am reporting to a coworker and don't even get the time of day from management or even my supervisor who hired me. If they are so upset as she said, then D should have a discussion with me directly not thru a lower subordinate.

I know that I have most of the symptoms of ADHD -- Get distracted very easily, can either focus very well or not at all, impulsive with making decisions. But doctors have always prescribed anti depressants. I am trying to taper down from Prozac which made me mildly hypomanic at 60MG a day.

I am seen as incompetant. Not only that but I am treated like some type of inferior

NickL-
I think most of the time when an adult goes to the doctor complaining of adhd symptoms Drs try to treat possible depression first. Its frustrating to go through.

I recently tried to seek help for adhd symptoms. I have a prior adhd diagnosis as a teen but stopped meds because they had adverse effects at the time. Anyhow, this new Doc in my life handed me 10 mgs of paxil even though I tried to stress how I'm not depressed. She said she would send me to a add specialist if the paxil doesn't work.(Trying to be patient, but if she doesn't listen to me next time I'm seeking another opinion)

My work history is somewhat like yours. I hope it helps you to hear that. Do whatever it takes to get your condition managable. Doctors try their best but ADHD isn't necessarily easy to diagnose and you may find that if this doctor isn't listening to you, you need to see a new one.

I hear ya Nickl30. I have the same problems at work. When I'm into what I'm doing, I'm amazing... but when it comes down to the tedious tasks of routine paperwork, I get distracted very easily... I make stupid mistakes, overlook things and genrally live with a nagging fear that at any moment my supervisor will walk into my cubicle and blast me over a some oversight or careless mistakes...
I find getting enough sleep, regular excercise, a healthy diet and laying off the booze help loads...
But it's hard not to hit the bar after a frustrating day at work... Unfortunately, alcohol has alwas been my main means of self medication...