Topic Title: Will SJW keep me from being such an idiot?
| |  "Will SJW keep me from being such an idiot?"
, Tue 19 Aug 22:30
Hi everyone,
I just started taking SJW about a week ago for depression and anxiety, but I don't know if its working yet. For years I've been a real ditz it seems like...and I'm not sure if it's from the depression. I'm a fairly smart person, but I just have a horrible memory and I am lacking in common sense quite often. And it's really really frustrating.
For example, I still have the hardest time getting around the town where I have lived for 13 years. I get turned around very easily and feel lost all the time. I usually forget where I park when I go places, at the doctor's office or an unfamiliar building I forget which way to go to get out, I'll get up to get a pen or tape or something and after about 3 steps, I forget what I was doing (i'm only 21), and about 5 seconds after I talk to someone or read something I forget what it was about. Also, I have a horrible time during class discussions because I take so long to come up with something to contribute—either I'm too nervous to say anything in front of the class or my mind is too clouded to come up with something coherent in such a short amount of time....so the teacher just assumes that I'm not willing to participate and I get a bad grade.
This is getting very frustrating for me, as I am in my last year of college, and I will have an extremely hectic schedule this semester. I barely am keeping the requirement for my scholarship and can not afford to screw my grades up by procrastinating or forgetting to do homework or something.
I don't know whether my problem is due to depression or adult ADD or something else, but whatever it is, it's making me miserable. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I started taking Gingko Biloba recently but I don't know how long it takes to kick in. I also am trying Gotu Kola, but it was making me too sleepy with the sjw, so I had to change my dosing schedule and don't know if it is working yet. Has anyone had any luck with Gotu Kola or Gingko Biloba that has experienced similar problems? Would Gotu Kola work for the depression and anxiety also?
judyjudy
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Tue 19 Aug 2003 21:51 |
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| | "Re(1):Will SJW keep me from being such an idi" , Wed 29 Oct 12:24
OMG!
You just decribed me! All my life I have thought that I was a terrible ditz, I will get lost a block away from my house, if I go to the bathroom in a public area I forget how to get back- It's been so embarrassing!!!! I have to be actually shown how to get to every little place for fear of being lost, thank god for my daugher who is patient as well excellent in knowing where things are! But the bad part is is that these are places that I should know! I've lived here all my life, direcions just don't stick in my head! And because of my anxiety I can't drive he freeways, so I am always scared of not knowing EXACTLY where I'm going becase I'm afaid that I will end up on of those "surprise your going on the freeway lanes"!
I thought I was alone. Couldn't understand it, I seem to be pretty intellegent with common sense stuff. However, I was adopted, and when I found my biological sister last summer I found my Nephew had ADD, something my son has too....Now that I know that it runs in the family I wonder if I have adult ADD too, I do forget things in a short time and have a HE** of a time finishing things that I start! I have always felt people talk/laugh at me...I know I'm different...
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Sun 26 Oct 2003 21:40 |
| | "Re(1):Will SJW keep me from being such an idi" , Wed 29 Oct 12:13
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Sun 26 Oct 2003 21:40 |
| | "Re(1):Will SJW keep me from being such an idi" , Wed 20 Aug 18:11
Hi,
I'm a teacher (don't throw things at me please!) and just wanted to suggest that you might want to visit www.allkindsofminds.com
Our brains aren't all "wired" the same way, but unfortunately much of the education system treats us as if that's exactly the case. It can lead very intelligent people to think of themselves as idiots just because it doesn't recognize, let alone celebrate, those differences in "wiring". You might find some info. that will help you better understand just how you as an individual work. Not quite on topic, I realize, but I hope you'll visit the site. Take care.
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Sat 12 Jul 2003 22:17 |
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