<p>I daydream/space out ALL THE FREAKING TIME. And adrenaline rushes from due dates/potential social shame are the only way to make me able to focus. So when I’m reading this stupid passage from The Republic or whatever, I’m just thinking “OMG HERE’S A NEW EXAMPLE OF PARROT INTELLIGENCE WUT ARE THE CHANCES THAT IT CAME FROM GENUINE INTELLIGENCE RATHER THAN FROM BUILT-IN EVOLVED INSTINCTS” or “OMG HOW CAN I MAKE BOB IMPRESSED WITH THIS NEW THING I LEARNED” or “OMG IS HE REALLY IMPRESSED/AMUSED OR WILL HE FORGET WHAT HE WAS IMPRESSED/AMUSED WITH IN TWO WEEKS OR IS HE MERELY PRETENDING TO BE IMPRESSED/AMUSED” or reminiscing about some event from 3-4 years ago or thinking “OMG WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT???” or “OMG HERE’S A NOVEL WAY OF REARRANGING THE TUNE OF SOME RANDOM THREE DAYS GRACE SONG” or PLAYING THIS RANDOM CHINESE SONG IN MY HEAD FOR THE 1337ISH TIME or thinking “OMG DOES SHE HATE ME OR WILL SHE FORGET HER ANGER AT WHAT I SAID” or thinking "OMG HOW CAN I BE MORE FUNNY/EXCITING/WEIRD/INTERESTING/BLAHY, or thinking about the next stage in my grand plan that will inevitably fail. </p>
<p>Seriously, even 10-20 mg of Adderall XR doesn’t help that much. I’m scared of dosing much higher than that. Same logic applies to both Modafinil and Concerta/Ritalin. </p>
<p>The only cure I know that doesn’t bore me out to death: Surfing the Internet for hours and hours on end. At least I’m focused on surfing the Internet and sharing even MOAR links, but it’s certainly not going to help on homework. =/</p>
<p>No, exercise doesn’t work, because at the end of it all, I’m so tired/exhausted that I can’t even study for 30 minutes. Yes you may all argue that I must make it more consistent, but it’s hard when “consistent” means being consistent more than 1 month and not ever taking a break from that consistency or else you’ll have to reboot. You may call it a “character weakness”, but whatever, maybe I have one. There may be other approaches that work better for me.</p>
<p>I daydream a lot, in class too on accident which is bad…lol there isnt really anything you can do. We talked about this in my psych class the other day, it just happens. You have to tell yourself to pay attention.</p>
<p>i’d pay anyone a hundred dollars who day dreams more than I do.</p>
<p>Wake up, day dream in shower, day dream while brushing teeth, eat breakfast, do homework right before class due to adrenaline rush, go to class, right as the teacher starts talking day dream, ask the teacher a random question to act like you are participating, while he is answering day dream and nod so it looks like you are listening, friends talking to you, you only hear half of what they say because you are day dreaming, come home, stare at computer, day dream for 30 minutes before turning it on, SURF THE INTERNET WITHOUT DAY DREAMING!!!, get books out to start homework, day dream, decide you’ll do the homework in the morning, sleep, wake up</p>
<p>umm…to be honest I don’t ever stop day-dreaming or as I like to call it living out my other lifes lmao!!! But yeah I just go straight through and sometimes re read things because I zone way off and wasn’t paying attention don’t know if this helped but at least I tried</p>
<p>aw thanks for the replies everyone. I really like each and every one of them (really, I do). :)</p>
<p>LOL music/chewing gum doesn’t really work. The thing is, the music makes me daydream about music and chewing gum makes me daydream about chewing gum (I ALWAYS think about WHEN i should spit it out, or how thoroughly i should chew the gum without feeling guilty over wasting the flavor). Pretty sad, huh? I do sometimes listen to music when I’m doing something else though.</p>
<p>Oh and I ALWAYS daydream about what new threads to make. haha. And which things to say in my facebook status.</p>
<p>but yeah, talking about it does help me dream up solutions (not just that, but to force myself to be more concrete with what I do). Ugh, like this: I first have to wait for the adderall to kick in, but it takes 1-2 hours for it to kick in. During which, I surf the Internet just to do something rather than nothing. Unfortunately, by the time it actually DOES kick in, it makes me focus on my Internet surfing rather than my homework. There has to be a more creative way to go about this (to try to force myself to stop surfing the Internet, to transition somehow [to get off the rewarding stimulus of the Internet], and then to go do my homework). =/</p>
<p>Yeah - THAT’S THE PROBLEM. Somehow, I’m STRANGELY unwilling to RELEASE the internet when the adderall kicks in. =/</p>
<p>Try unplugging the router and setting it on fire. Temptation gone! But then you’d have to get another one the next day…</p>
<p>Oh and by the way, are you an introvert? Just curious, because someone who has…I guess…chronic daydreaming problems (?) would appear to be a massive introvert. Not that there is anything wrong with that.</p>
<p>introverts enjoy being by themselves and alone. people like me, and i assume the OP, dislike how much we day dream. just because you day dream a lot does not mean that you wish you were alone all the time.</p>
<p>i guess you could be quiet though…but that does not classify you as being an introvert, something people wrongly but commonly associate as someone who is taciturn</p>
don’t know if this helped but at least I tried</p>
I do sometimes listen to music when I’m doing something else though.</p>