Can't concentrate right now

by **wallflower** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:48 pm

OK, so after I thought I was improving I find that I still can't concentrate on what I'm supposed to. I have a midterm tomorrow and I have to study but I have a so many things on my mind right now it's really distracting. It's quite sad, since I need the grades, and I don't see how I'm going to get them!

Any suggestions? I'm already on Prozac, and I was actually looking forward to getting off the drugs but that doesn't seem wise anymore. How do the rest of you remain focused when you have a bunch of other things going on that make you depressed? Should I get a different prescription or won't that help?

What I do is write a to-do lists, and a schedule, so I can fit all I have to do, order it, and forget about everything else while I am doing something, this allows me to focus, do all that needs to be done and be more productive.

I write a list like this one, I can correct and do as many as I want. I have a nice daily routine so I know my schedule from memory, but every time I finish something or have a new thing to do I write another to-do list:

11 am study art
12 am programming
1 pm lunch and relax
2 pm write
3 pm do something else
4pm etc etc

by **brad175** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:48 pm

I've found recently that energy-drinks really help me to focus. :shock:

I buy a couple whenever I have to study for exams now. Sure, there's a crash, but it's worth it. I recommend it.

by **petrossa** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:21 am

Energy drinks aren't innocent. Take care.

A recent report in medical journal Pediatrics shows that no 'safe' level of consumption of energy drinks has been established for children, adolescents and young adults, and consumption of these under-researched, over-used drinks could well lead to heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death.

Energy drinks constitute the fastest growing U.S. beverage market, with sales expected to touch $9 billion in 2011. About a third of teens and young adults consume these regularly.

While the report talks of non-alcoholic drinks, their impact could be particularly virulent when consumed with alcohol or in the presence of certain medical conditions.

The authors identify too much caffeine as one of the main triggers behind these risks - the effects of caffeine may in fact be intensified by the presence of other typical ingredients in these drinks. As such, they recommend pediatricians to routinely advise patients and parents against the consumption of these drinks - probably as vehemently as in case of tobacco, alcohol or narcotics.

Another report on these drinks is expected soon from the American Academy of Pediatrics and might contain explicit guidelines for doctors.

http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/112088/20110215/energy-drink-risks-teens-adolescents-caffeine-overdose.htm

by **mvic** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:23 pm

When i used to study for exams i would divide up my study time into sections Eg. Monday topic 1, etc
I always left plenty of time so that once i had done for the day's section i was free (mentally) for the rest of the day now matter what, and that was my reward for working hard. I found that seriously reduced stress.
I would also make a list of all the things i had to rote learn, and write little questionairres for myself (dot point), and go over and over trying to answer the questions again, crossing off the ones i knew, until i rememberred the answers to all of it - that was my last study day.
These techniques worked really well for me; but every person is different!

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