shakin, you have to commit yourself that is the only answer. MAKE yourself do it.
You can make yourself do way too much overtime, so you can make yourself go to an appt.
Perhaps one morning (after making the appt for that day), do a time table for that day.
eg.
8-10 work
10-10.30 morning tea
etc etc etc
And MAKE yourself stick to it. Dont let yourself indulge in hyperfocussing.
And you can do it.
Good luck
Have you asked your doctors office if they can call and remind you about your appointments?Hey there,
There is an excellent ADD coach in New York. She's been one of the leading pioneers in this ADD form of "coaching".
Best part is you can join group discussions on a variety of topics, led by her...ON THE PHONE. They have many ways of helping you get on the phone at the correct time and send reminders over the email. Group sessions last a while and cost @ to each one. She also does one on one on phone or of course in person. her site is http://www.thrivewithadd.com/about/background and the do send hard copies of the class for you if you miss it or you didn't but just want it as reference. Long distance is not included...get a cheap phone rate for calling New York.
It may help you a little if you understand why you miss your appointments.
Is it because you flat out forget? or you remember but feel .....unmotivated( that is such a pore word for it)...paralized(better but a little dramatic) to move?
Procrastination and a bad sense of time (how long it actually takes to do something) are possibly the keys here for you if the others aren't
If you leave everything you know you have to do to the last moment and then are motivated only by fear/anxiety at the realisation your time is nearly up....one of two things happen. You go but are very late. Or you realise that you'd be late and feel ashamed to show up LATE AGAIN so you get rooted in this anxiety and so just stay home or where ever rather than deal with it?
Read my post to DanielG March 5th in the add medications forum. I'm not shooting all that stuff out my ass. Its really begun to work for me. I know exactly how you feel about doing an hours worth of work over 5 hours. Is adderal helping you focus at all? I take Dexedrine. A 10mg tablet that lasts 8 hours and a faster release 5 mg for the last few hours if I need it. It does help immediately to focus and I'm sooo much calmer in speech, thought ( I get A thought) I even speek slower and softer. Pretty damb neat eh? (yes I'm Canadian) but that is only step one of the battle. Read my post. It may give you some strength to embrace who you are now, work with that knowledge and slowly change some aspects of the ADD. My biggest suggestion to you is to consider a different type of job where your ADD is a benifit not a detrimint to your work and hence your life. You can do that you know. Beats working yourself over on the Gerbal wheel, around and around...when you'll be done ...nobody knows...not even
take care Karen N
I have a calendar next to my computer at eye level where I write in ALL my appointments in big letters.
Most, if not all, of my appointments call me the day before to remind me.
If you have the software, you can have a pop-up reminder appear on your screen 30 minutes or so before the appointment.
Good luck
Been there, done that
Esther