Desk job = physical torture! | ADHD Information

   Hello! I wanted to post about what I did this week, and hopefully find out what everyone thought, what experiences you've had with office jobs from an ADD perspective.

Prior to finding out about ADD I've only done a few desk jobs, admin, reception, data entry etc, and I have hated them all.


I always thought it was the jobs that were boring. I really want to go home at 5pm satisfied at an honest day's work, but never seem to be able to knuckle down and get into it.


I only get through a day at work by spending half of it surfing the net, going for walks, finding excuses to wander around the building, cups of tea, dither around, talk to people. In fact, anything not to sit at my desk and get on with actual work.


I got fired from my last office job in January, and then got diagnosed. I decided maybe an office job isn't for me, but recently thought it was all in my head, and maybe I should just grow up and stop being so immature and lazy.


This week was my first test since starting medications. I did 2 days of temp work. It was data entry, making sales orders for a clothing label. I had to enter the style, colour, sizes, quantity of clothing orders for each store. It was repetitive, but the work wasn't too bad.


However, by the afternoon I was finding it extremely hard to stay still in my seat. My feet were practically doing a dance. I've noticed that if I get restless but can't get up, I jiggle my legs and it helps me think better. My legs start to physically hurt after a while if I don't get up.


You can't go wandering every 10 minutes at a temp job, you have to sit there and do work all day.

I had to pay very close attention to entering the sizes and colours correctly. I found this really tiring. It was so easy to make mistakes, and then it took ages to find them each time.


I had to work slowly, carefully and really concentrate. If I let my mind wander for a second I would make a mistake and enter something incorrectly.


I took my mp3 player and listened to it, so I wouldn't get distracted by the people talking around me, but it was a very hard two days. A few times I caved in, and checked my email to break the monotony.


I think I surf the net as a way to stay at my seat. I can sit for hours on the internet, but I can't sit for 5 minutes doing work. When I find myself tuning out I start emailing or reading websites. I need a job with no internet access, or where I don't use a computer all day.


After concentrating for a long time I get mentally tired. My mind starts wandering so badly that I can hardly see straight. I start feeling dizzy and out of it because it's so hard to make myself focus.


During lunch time at the job yesterday I drove 10 minutes to do an errand. On the way I drove straight through a red light at an intersection. I never even noticed the red light, just that someone honked their horn.

Occasionally if I am tired I've slammed on the brakes when I didn't notice a red light earlier, but I've never driven straight through one, completely oblivious.

I don't like driving, especially when I am tired, but this really scared me! I ride a bicyle because I don't like driving, and have fallen off a few times when I wasn't paying attention after a long day at work.


How do you people cope with sitting at a desk all day? I've been finding it impossible and now I know it's not the job, it's me.


p.s. sorry this is a bit long, hope you could read it all.
Not too sure, because I do the same stuff 8(. pffff, it IS the job....


Who REALLY wants to sit and do the same thing OVER and OVER again all day?

I couldn't handle it...

I work at  a call center.  I talk to the people when they call in to get their veh towed, or unlocked, or a flat tire changed.  I sit there on the computer and enter in their location and the rest of their info, and then I have to find a tow company/locksmith to come to them.

This WOULD be boring, except for the fact that my mind wanders..... I get their city and start subconciously listening to the background noises of where they are.  Sometimes I hear trees rustling and birdies, or sometimes I hear the ocean, and sometimes I hear big huge city noises or the highway (yes, all through their cell phones!).  Then, I feel like I am mentally there with them.  Then I get depressed, because I want to be OUT THERE WITH THEM, SOME WHERE--ANYWHERE ELSE,  SSOO BADD!!....It's worse when they tell me they are at the beach.  Sometimes I just wish I could just drop the phone, clock out and leave, especially when I know it's a nice day outside.

Sometimes they tell me they are at a zoo, or at an amusement park.  It makes me just want to leave the call center and just fly away somewhere.

sonya_h38486.3610648148I've never been happy with desk jobs. My worst was when I was temping and they stuck me in a file room, with one light bulb and no windows. It was so horrible. I used to go out for my lunch break and run, and I dont run!

My best jobs have been working outdoors. You can move around a lot.