From the article: Improve Performance at Work When You Have ADD
Organization, remembering details, time management, procrastination, careless mistakes, boredom, information overload – these are just some of the ways ADD symptoms can interfere with work performance. What are some of the most challenging areas for you at work? Share Your Experiences
Keeping a job
- I have lost just about every job I have ever had because of my big mouth. Sometimes, I just talk crap, on and on.
- —Guest Michael
We Work Hard
- I worked 30 years as an RN and in the last 10 years primarily psych. My career has been the leading source of stress and anxiety. As much as I loved being a nurse, my day was so angst-ridden from trying to keep up with documentation, remembering, hiding my flaws, trying to concentrate at the noisy nurses station, and with the fear of making a medication error or any error. I had to be extremely diligent in a profession where mistakes could harm a patient. I would do so much checking and double checking that it took me a lot longer to complete tasks than the other nurses. I wished I could just take care of my patients and not have to deal with paperwork, more and more and more. As I looked down at papers in different little piles across the desk, I begin to become numb, my head fills up with mud and I see the papers swimming before me with no discernable words. Everything just floats into one and no sense can I make of anything. I must escape to a quiet place, alone to sort it out.
- —NancyIppolito
Bonnie
- I am 54 years old and have recently been diagnosed as having mild to moderate ADHD. What lead me to get the assessment was my boss telling me that I was not productive enough or fast enough as an Executive Secretary. I had never had complaints previously - from the former boss or the Commissioners. When being criticized by my boss, I would sometimes act unprofessionally by crying and getting angry and made some responses that were critical and kind of mean to him. As you can probably suspect, I am now unemployed. I am looking for work but am afraid to take a job with the same type of multitasking and intolerance to my symptoms. The only doctor in my living area does not specialize in adult or children's ADHD. So I have a little fear that the counseling I am getting may not be what I really need. My confidence is pretty shot.
- —Guest Bonnie Richter
ADD and work
- Organization is a constant struggle. I clean it up and the next day it is piled up again. I am poor at prioritizing projects. I get caught up in the moment and let distractions sidetrack me from my objectives. I also lose my temper too often.
- —Guest jnjmom
