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[QUOTE=The Resistance!] bank robbery always appeals to me, JUST c to contemplate in dull moments.
Firearms, fast car, money.
If I could get a bucket of bbq ribs and Gypsy to drive, I'd never be heard of in these parts again.

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Make that TWO buckets of ribs, TR!, and you might have a deal! GypsyWomyn38575.3517939815bank robbery always appeals to me, JUST c to contemplate in dull moments.
Firearms, fast car, money.
If I could get a bucket of bbq ribs and Gypsy to drive, I'd never be heard of in these parts again.

You're right, of course...and I am trying hard to find some hobbies...but I typically get tired of them after a while...and I do like to read, but I need new glasses and I can't seem to get an appointment with an eye doctor...

Anyway, I was just having a weak moment and vented some...I watched a little football, worked on the flower thing...watched some monster garage...researched a new printer...so, I guess I was occupied...thanks...I may just try to count the chocolate chips--at least that's as good an excuse as any to buy a big of cookies...

I am so bored....

I am sick of sitting in front of the computer...

I am tired of looking at the TV....

I have no idea what I'm gonna do...

I am just so freakin' bored...

I guess having six weeks+ off work will do that...

And though I go back to work soon and I am bored, I am not certain I wanna go back to work...

I wish the AD(H)D diagnosis had come earlier, that I had seen the couselor and doctor more than once since, and that I was further along the road to learning to live more efficiently with it.

Anyway...maybe I'll go work on the flower thing from the parachute book...or read more about learning how to fish...or flip incessantly through the channels some...

Learn how to identify constellations in the night time sky (and not just the common ones like Orion and the Big Dipper, but Draco, Bootes, etc.)

Check out books from the library on origami. Learn how to fold a Wooly Mammoth out of a square piece of paper.

Play with toys - Don't be ashamed to. Get out the dinosaurs and put funny hats on them. Have them sit in a council meeting trying to figure out how to rid themselves of the ancient evil of boredom that has plagued the lands recently. When they cannot agree on how to relieve the boredom, a civil war breaks out, and the "ultimate battle" begins!

Paint your bathroom to look like a jungle or the ocean. Put tigers or sharks in the walls.

Stick a feather duster on your head and call yourself Chief Feather Duster. Get out the pots and pans and use them as drums. Develop chants and dances (Warning: only do this when there is no one else in the house).

And if all else fails, you can always start counting the chocolate chips in Chips Ahoy cookies to see if there really are 1000 chips in every bag . . .

Just some ideas . . . seriously though, I hope you find an engrossing, time-consuming hobby. Good luck!

LOL

Crack up

Where to begin...well, I was treated for depression about 12 years ago, but I am not sure that was a correct diagnosis...and I pulled the plug on my own treatment and medication.  I had been taking Lithium and Wellbutrin, for the record. 

I am seeing a psychiatrist, and in fact he is the big cheese at the ADD clinic I go to...I also have a couselor.  I have mentioned a couple of places that I have only been seen by then twice, and that I am not sure things are working well.  I have to call in and talk to the doctor again tomorrow to report on the effectiveness of the current (72mg) dose of Concerta.

Anyway, I will try to get this all straightened out...I have been a little down...and perhaps a little hard on myself and my own expectations.  I guess I'm just so tired of not being well...of failing (at least in my own mind)...I keep forgetting that no matter where you go, there you are...it is time for me to find me and face me.

Thank you for your concern...'tis appreciated.  Peace. 

Check out books from the library on origami. Learn how to fold a Wooly Mammoth out of a square piece of paper.

Why origami? I have begun - for reasons that still elude me - folding my corresponspondence into origami animals (incl. an elephant). OTOH, I get a lot of rejections to job applications.

Hey Deep Diver....

You are sounding pretty bummed...I read back on your posts, and I wondered, have you ever been treated for depression? I mean, I guess depression often accompanies ADHD, and I've read that they usually treat the depression first, and then work on the ADHD.

I was depressed for years....and I sounded a lot like you. Exhausted and bored and discouraged. Are you seeing a psychiatrist? If not, who is prescribing and monitoring your meds? I had a bad experience awhile back because one of my doctors (a psychologist?) who couldn't prescribe, had my ob/gyn do the prescribing....and neither one of them knew what to look out for...side effects, etc. And I'll tell you this...neither of them understood how discouraging it is to continue on a med that isn't working when it's your emotional state that is in the balance.  Four weeks is plenty of time to determine whether Concerta is working. If your doc is unwilling to try something else, he should be able to give you a plausible reason why.

I'm getting P.O.'d for you! I hope you will get some answers soon....and if you don't, and you can muster the motivation and energy....give 'em HELL!!!

I'll be hoping things get better soon....