lost you job or your business? | ADHD Information

I put a post on the job thread, but no one is even going there. So here is my question. If you have lost your job or your business - I have done both - how do you get your edge back!!! I want my edge back!!!

When I didn't know I had ADD I would just go head first into any idea I had and go sixty miles an hour. I had so much energy.

Now that I know I have ADD, I am less likely to jump at things and I am so much more careful. Also, from my experiences, my esteem is really gone.

So,I want the edge back!! I want the excitement back!!! I want to have the energy and blindness that I felt before to just get going again!! I don't seem to have my heart in it since I lost my business and my job too!!!

Any help?

It's been quite a while and I have gone through a divorce after the whole business thing. Or maybe the divorce was in the middle of the business thing, or the bus thing was in the middle of the divorce.

I had so much confidence, I didn't think anything could go wrong.

Hi again,

Been there, done that. It takes time to get that old esteem back. How long has it been since this happened? I think it took me a whole year before I got inspired to do something new. Never really felt like I had an edge though. Just enthusiasm.

I've lost track of how many times I've been fired, but at least 12 times. I've been bankrupt once, and lost at least 10 businesses...

I've been broke more times than many people have sex (in a year).

I've am being divorced, and de-girlfriended more times than I want to remember. The last one killed me. See, I'm dead...

So, how do I get my edge back?

I get up in the morning....

Dem, if I'm not making money again, and have a special person in my life...

I wonder if I'll start a new company soon?

Probably.

So what does getting up in the morning have anything to do with tea in China?

I let my ADHD run with me...
Well, you got another job and found a new mate so that's a good thing. IMac38727.7510416667

I always hated the jobs I had except ones with disability kids. I got bored. My career test even showed me as a Narrow minded person. Took this at age 20.

Topic: lost you job or your business?

Out of curiosity, why ask?

Did you lose yours?

OMG!...I found it!!!

Is there a reward?

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CRAWLING U WERE DOING SISTER, I THOUGHT IT DID THE TRICK, GUESS NOT. MAYBE ITS TIME TO GET ON MEDS. AFTER 10 YEARS OF PROCRASTINATING AND KNOWING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I HAVE ADD AND LISTENING TO ALL THIS NEW AGE CRAP OF HOW MEDS ARE SO HORRIBLE FOR YOU I DECIDED TO GET ON THEM, WELL GUESS WHAT I HAVE DONE MORE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS THAN I HAVE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

I AM SOO FOCUSED AT WORK, I HAVE NOT MADE ONE MISTAKE, I DO HIGH VOLUME DATA ENTRY AT A BIG BANK ENTERING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY INTO THE SYSTEM AND LITTLE MISTAKES CAN MEAN ALOT, I WAS ON THE BRINK OF GETTING FIRED.

THEY ARE SO IMPRESSED AT WORK WITH THE WAY I HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT I GUESS MEDS WORK DIFFERENT IN PEOPLE. IM ON DEXTROSTAT 10MG TWICE A DAY.

I HAVE ALSO LOST 10 POUNDS, I HAVE BEEN EATING SO HEALTHY NOT EVEN I CAN BELIEVE IT SOMETIMES, NO COFFEE, NO SODA, NO ALCOHOL, NO VENDING MACHINE FOOD, NO FAST FOOD. THEY DONT UNDERSTAND HOW I AM ABLE TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL THE JUNK FOOD THEY BRING EVERYDAY, EVERYONE ALREADY BROKE THEY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION.

I DID BUY THE STOPPING ADD BOOK U SUGGESTED BUT I HAVENT HAD TIME TO SIT AND READ I HAVE BEEN DOING A MILLION OTHER THINGS I NEEDED TO GET DONE AND NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, ALSO DONT HAVE SPACE IN MY SMALL STUDIO TO CRAWL.

I guess knowing I have add hasn't stopped me from being excited about things.

However, getting kicked in the head by life makes me apprehensive sometimes. I think people can try as hard as they can for as long as they can, and if something doesn't work within that time and if nothing opens up soon after a very damaging event, it is possible to be devastated for a long time - it's like living through trauma I think.

On the otherside of trauma, people aren't the same as they were before it. However, they can find a good life again. I think small exposure and success, followed by slightly more profound exposure and success, etc is one way to overcome a traumatizing event. Sometimes it can take a while.

You know, the crawling has helped me so much. I remember so many things. But my confidence is still low. Maybe it will climb as I get everything in order.

You won't believe it, but my filing cabinets at work are actually all in order!! I had an extra couple of hours of time on Friday and I filed!!!! Weird. I usually just stick it in the drawer and shut it!!!

So, maybe after a while, my confidence will get better along with my memory and organizational skills (which are improving). I don't know if crawling can repair your ego and your self esteem. I know it helps me remember things better and be organized better.

I am still struggling a bit with procrastination. But I have a long time to go still with the exercises.

Confidence!!! That is what I need! Maybe I will get it as time goes by here.