Anyone Else Highly Distractible? Potential ADD Comorbidity?

[GreensOfSummer]

My current medication Lexapro is doing wonders for my anxiety, obsessions, and compulsions. However, I am still highly distractible. My brain does not have the activation energy it needs to start tasks and stay on task. I would say it is close to impossible to get work done. I can go an 8 hour day and actually work only for 30 minutes. It is like there is a wall there between me and my work and I am completely stuck. My brain will find anything else to do.

When I was on Clomipramine this distractibility was almost gone. I cannot take that medicine however because of some severe side effects.

This distractibility is greatly worsened by stimulants like caffeine, adderal/concerta.

Anyone have advice on distractibility? I am guessing it is a brain chemistry issue since I have employed every productivity technique I can think of.

I am on a non-stimulant ADD medication called Guanfacine and I am in the early stages of it, but I think it is making me really sleepy so it is hard to concentrate because of that.

In any case, wondering if anyone has had similar issues!

[ChristianWolff]

At times it is impossible for me to complete a task no matter how simple it might be before jumping on to another. Mostly in the morning I will go non-stop for 3 hours going from one thing to another, interrupting something to go on to something else, then returning to the first task, then jumping to yet another, and so on..............it can be exhausting! I have not yet decided if I wanted to consult my psychiatrist over this to give medication a try. To say I have a short attention span is a real understatement.

[GreensOfSummer in reply to ChristianWolff]

I can definitely relate.

[Hidden]

Hi GreensOfSummer - I get distracted really easily also. I've been that way for a long time. I usually get a lot more done around the house without the TV on. My husband wants the TV on almost ALL the time, and that is really detrimental to me. He doesn't understand because he doesn't have this issue. I take Sertraline for OCD. It helps calm me some, but I still get distracted easily. I don't know what the answer is for this.

[GreensOfSummer in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the reply! My work involves being on a computer all day, so you can imagine how distracting that can be with the internet and all.