Post by Addled on Apr 5, 2016 20:23:51 GMT
HI All,
I'm new around here, prefer not to give my real name in a public forum as I'm a businessman and really don't want customers of employees finding me on here with a google search.
At 40 years old, I'm finally in the very slow process of getting a diagnosis but I'm also going through a phase where my symptoms are at a particularly active point and I'm struggling, the shrink gave me some totally hopeless breathing exercise that I never remember to do because my mind is so fked up when I'm struggling. Right now, I feel like I'm holding tears back a lot. It's a bit of a difficult week with one child off school and the other teething. My wife is tired and still doesn't seem to understand some of the problems I face, in particular the huge importance of a quiet morning and not being interrupted in the middle of an important task that I've finally managed to get started. I survived on caffeine all week but then blew up big style at my eldest when she was having a tantrum (nobody got hurt, but she was shocked and scared)
The main problems I'm having right now are
1. Coping with noise - every noise seems to be magnified 10 fold, and i have very good hearing already! This makes it impossible to concentrate
2. Getting to sleep - my mind is full of ideas, voices, thoughts, hundreds at once, even though I'm totally exhausted
3. Concentration / procrastination, There are things I really need to be doing, things my business depends on, but trying to read even a simple article and I struggle to keep intrusive thoughts from taking my attention so I end up getting very frustrated with myself
Number 3 is particularly problematic. How do other people deal with this?
Is anybody in the Leicestershire who might be able to compare ideas?
Addled
I'm new around here, prefer not to give my real name in a public forum as I'm a businessman and really don't want customers of employees finding me on here with a google search.
At 40 years old, I'm finally in the very slow process of getting a diagnosis but I'm also going through a phase where my symptoms are at a particularly active point and I'm struggling, the shrink gave me some totally hopeless breathing exercise that I never remember to do because my mind is so fked up when I'm struggling. Right now, I feel like I'm holding tears back a lot. It's a bit of a difficult week with one child off school and the other teething. My wife is tired and still doesn't seem to understand some of the problems I face, in particular the huge importance of a quiet morning and not being interrupted in the middle of an important task that I've finally managed to get started. I survived on caffeine all week but then blew up big style at my eldest when she was having a tantrum (nobody got hurt, but she was shocked and scared)
The main problems I'm having right now are
1. Coping with noise - every noise seems to be magnified 10 fold, and i have very good hearing already! This makes it impossible to concentrate
2. Getting to sleep - my mind is full of ideas, voices, thoughts, hundreds at once, even though I'm totally exhausted
3. Concentration / procrastination, There are things I really need to be doing, things my business depends on, but trying to read even a simple article and I struggle to keep intrusive thoughts from taking my attention so I end up getting very frustrated with myself
Number 3 is particularly problematic. How do other people deal with this?
Is anybody in the Leicestershire who might be able to compare ideas?
Addled