AVOIDANCE- PROCRASTINATION | ADHD Information

paying in advance. I laughed so hard.. thanks that was cute.    I NEEDED THAT TODAYI do it at work and at home.  My wife practically has to force me to do something that needs done around the house.  Once she pushes me, I get it done and don't have any problems.  Just can't get started on my own.  I find my self wandering around the house because I can't seem to find what I want to do, but can't bring myself to actually do anything!??My procrastination is all at home and unintentional if at work. At work I fear not being able to feed myself if I get fired. heheMaybe you're being too hard on yourself. You work all day, and you come home and wanna keep working? Chill! :) Make sure you get plenty of daydreaming time. For an ADDer, it's like getting enough sleep.

I also have this problem both at home and at work.  The meds didn't seem to help this particular problem.  I take Adderall XR 20 mg at 5:30 AM.  Once I do get going on something I get hyperfocused to the detriment of everything else.  Even with the meds I don't seem to be able to get anything accomplished until afternoon.  It is like my energy doesn't kick in until then.  It doesn't last into the evening though unless I remember to take my Adderall booster (Regular Adderall 10 mg) by 4:00 PM.  Remembering is a problem.  If I don't take it before 4:00 PM I have a hard time getting to sleep.  I have wondered if living with these symptoms for 47 years before being treated have made it all that much harder to overcome them.  Bad habits as it is are always hard to break.  I have made many resolutions over the years to stop my procrastinating but it has never happened.  I was really hopeful the medication would help.  It has in many ways but not with this particular problem. 

The other part of my ADHD that the meds didn't help was always being late.  That is what I dislike about myself the most.  It makes me anxious then I get angry usually at my children who seem to slow down when I am late.  I know that it isn't their fault but they somehow always get caught in the middle.  I actually see my P doc tomorrow and am hoping he will add another med to the mix that might help with these other problems.  I have heard that Strattera is good for focus and impulsivity.  I may ask him to let me try it along with the Adderall.  My son takes both and it works well for him.  Adding the Strattera stopped the rebound he was having when coming off the Adderall.  It also helped him with things in general.  the Adderall XR 15 mg was to much for him.  He wasn't getting to sleep until after 1:00 AM and he kind of had that zombie effect that you used to hear about with Ritalin when they first started prescribing it for kids 20 or so years ago.  When he went down to 10 mg he wasn't getting the full benefits.  Adding the Strattera was the key to getting his meds to work the best.

Didn't mean to go on and on.  Just wanted you to know your not alone.

Avoidance-Procrastination Please offer feedback

I do this, not at work, but at home. I'm an A/B personality although I can't see it in myself except at work.

But I avoid and procrastinate badly at home. Once there, if I don't hyperfocus on making scent stuff or the net, I do nothing except the have to's.

I have to mention tho that meds are worn off by the time I get home, and that at work a couple times a week I need to take an extra Adderall so I don't have enough for my days off. But still, I blame myself totally as a lazy POS.

I have always alway been compulsive worrier for this is my greatest hyperfocus for whatever reson.

I am a single mom and a displaced homemaker who never finished her degree: I was a sr for 3 years.    
I am as poor as a church mouse. Divorced and defaulted on loan because I had to provide for my kids w/o childsupport and current marketable skills. So I can't go back and finish at this point.

I feel that I should share the above info since I want some honest feedback.

I don't remember if the shrink said that avoidance was from the ADD or the A/B. Doesn't seem to fit with A/B since these are compulsive personalities.

Anyway, feedback please and thank you.

My husband has ADD and so does my 5 year old and he procrastinates all the time.  I will admit it drives me crazy but I have learned to walk away and give him some space.  Prior to this year it would be long drone out fights.  When our child was diagnosed i began reading and researching and ended up here putting the pieces together and showed him.  Money here is tight as well we have no savings nothing for the future I can relate why we only have one child.  Also only have one child due to my crutch to bear in life diabetes my risk factors are higher now. 

     When the going gets tough is usually when the procrastination stops then I hear growling and the grouchies come out, Then i take our daughter for a ride.  The procrastination is the stuff he does not want to face.  I have also noticed when we are in crisis, he shuts down and I pick up the pieces and come up with the plan.  Good luck

Don't feel sad. You can find my picture right next to procrastination in the dictionary. Just today, I spend 3 hours looking for the roots of procrastination, then I started reading jokes about procrastination, then ..