Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I have lost the ability to organize. Anyone else do this? In another life I was a producer, super organized, everything filed and in notebooks. After Paxil, I lost all my executive functioning skills, so I, too, have sh*tloads of paperwork everywhere, especially the research from having written a book. But yesterday, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I decided that I would spend just FIVE MINUTES throwing stuff out. No big pressure, five minutes! But there I was an hour later, still sorting things out. And enjoying it! It's not cuz I'm hypomanic, it's because the sheer task is too overwhelming if I think about the BIG PICTURE so if I break things down into 5 minute increments, well, I can do almost anything and by the end of the five minutes, I'm into it! LOL Blind Reason a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 Melody, you may think this is nuts, but Bob has so much trouble with the same thing.... I suggested that during the commercials on TV that he get one tiny thing done.... as simple as take out his vacumn cleaner, next commercial, clean some of the floor... and so on.... it seems to help him to do baby steps rather than some mega, overpowering job...... think about how children have to do things... when their room gets so cluttered, so messed, it is impossible to begin at any one point... it is much easier to set your sights on a tiny job, get it done and then move on to the next.... best to you > Is there any flower essence suggested for a mushy > brain? Ever since withdrawal, my paperwork at home is > in piles everywhere. I can't get any of it filed. It > always happens when I'm " hypomanic. " I have lost the > ability to organize. Anyone else do this? > > Thanks, > Melody > ~~Tools: Hot baths, Rescue Remedy & white knuckles, so > far > ~~Cold Turkey'd off Depakote & Lithium due to organ > damage 4 weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 --- glitterari@... wrote: > I decided that > I would spend just FIVE MINUTES throwing stuff out. > No big pressure, five > minutes! But there I was an hour later, still > sorting things out. And enjoying > it! It's not cuz I'm hypomanic... That's a really good idea, Glitter! Thanks! If I could manage to tackle some of the piles, it sure wouldn't be because I'm hypomanic because that is when my concentration is shot to h*ll. I find that scrubbing the floors and bathtubs, etc, is good to do when hypomanic (I'm not in good enough shape to go out and run 10 times around the block without getting a sports injury - LOL). Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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