how to stay....

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i'm not on meds right now. and i was just wondering what does everyone else do to maintain their focus. sometimes i find myself trying to accomplish simple tasks and i get side tracked by other things, than i have more than one task to get done. i have so much on my mind right now...i would just like a little help on how to focus, because nothing i do helps right now. thank you......:)

melissa :)
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    Tue, September 5, 2006 - 2:35 PM
    hey melissa and how have you been?

    I think I got side tracked about seven years ago and decided to stay that way...hard to tell.

    routine exercising helps for me.
    oh, I overdosed on lithium and got hospitalized, by the way. not a fun thing to do and I now believe the substance only belongs in batteries.

    Anyway, hope you get you focus back.

    R
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      Tue, September 5, 2006 - 2:45 PM
      I dont know how Ive maintained my focus? Seriously. I thank my lucky stars I have lept it together. I did get a job, havent started yet, but Im excited. I wish I had better advice for you girl.

      Ryu, I was wondering where you were at?!? Youre ok, from the OD...silly.
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        Wed, September 6, 2006 - 12:46 AM
        hi ryu,

        how have you been. i have missed you guys so much and hope everything is well with you. thank you both for always being dedicated. i have picked up sewing, and lately its been sticking. my daughter is going to start day care very shortly and then i'm on to looking for a new job. i know that will keep me focused for sure. i can't wait. i know that sounds weird but i have been home for 2 and 1/2 years now and i'm ready for work. i should stick to excercise ALOT more. hahaha. but i love you guys and will talk to you later.

        no more ODing for anyone...........ok.... :) we need you here with us :)
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          Thu, September 7, 2006 - 4:44 PM
          thanks for the posts guys.

          yep, OD-ing sucks my dear friends.

          And Melissa, how've you been??(one with baby) I'm also on the look out for a part time job now since I'm too high functioning for any form of aid and I'm not recovered enough for a career move. so I guess I'm stuck, basically.

          maintaining focus is hard. I don't have the stamina for it. and I've been on my back for the past two years so I can't remember how I was when I was functioning better.

          anyway, just dropping by to say hi.

          R
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            Sat, October 28, 2006 - 8:26 AM
            I too am Pharacutically challenged at this time, and for me, I am fortunate enought to work nights..

            So I write everything down, and I repeat what I can remember over and over again,(checkng my list often).
            While I am repeatting that, I find that it's not neccessarily Focus, but more of an auto pilot sort of thing.

            The writting everything down does sort of give my Boss a moment of "pause", as it were, but She hired me knowing what I was, and that I requested a postting on Graveyards for a darned good reason.

            I just started this job, and it is so cool, because, I heard her and her assitant interviewing a woman in the next room, and as I heard this interviewee list her qualificaions, I thought to myself,"I'll never get this job.".
            The Manager and her assistantresponded to this obviously qualified applicant with a "We'll review you application and get back to you" type of biz...
            So I figured I was never getting this job, and sure enough, my beingeven less qualified (in my oppinion) than the previous person what even less of a postive impression to this manager, but I sat there, and answered all the questions as honestly as I could.
            Then She said "Tell Me about yourself?"

            So I did...I laid all my cards on the table, and I didn't hold back on even the gorriest of details...Her jaw dropped...

            She was quietly staring at me in I guess what was disbelief, she then offered me the job...LOL
            She then made a comment about understanding copletely why I wanted to go to graveyards.
            They ended up hiring that other applicantas well, but for a different department...
            So I have been there two weeks now, and my boss just diggs the heck out of me.

            so I might just manage to keep a job long enough to get on a benfits plan, and get the treatment I need...
            It worked for me, and it might work for anyone else.
            Sorry if I was long winded.
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              Sun, December 3, 2006 - 5:17 AM
              that is SO cool. bravo to your boss for having the "balls" to look beyond the label.

              You must have some real mojo.
              : )
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    Sun, December 3, 2006 - 5:13 AM
    take a walk. Just take a simple, little walk. Don't make it a hike, a jog, or big thing. Twice a day- get up, go outside, and walk for 10-20 mins.

    breath deep and try to empty your head. Meditation-in the simplest form. Practice this?
    It has helped me.....

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