[yoshgoodman]

Get your self tested for ADD,

I know this sounds weird but up 10% of people have it. And with treatment,I got tested and my coding started to become more in depth.

My concentration is more then i can ever imagine. Before I would work 30mins 30 mins(a life hack I got from HN previously) off like a previous. Now I can work 2 hours straight with even better results from what I would do in 4 30 min work sessions.

[mephju]

I also hope it's not medication. I once tried some of those pills from a friend of mine. I gotta tell you I really felt like this is the way one is supposed to feel. I was euphoric, motivated and concentrated like I've never been before. Also when I was younger I was told pretty often by teachers that I might be hyperactive so I wonder if this feeling I had is like other people feel all the time. If so, all the hyperactives have a HUGE disadvantage over all the normal people.

[hacker-gene]

So what was the treatment that enable you to increase your concentration? Not medication I hope. I'm bad at focusing on one thing for more that 30 mins at a time, and just accept it as one of those things in life.

[yoshgoodman]

Yes it is medication,

I dont see any thing the matter with medication. Just like a diabetic person can not make insulin from their pancreas. An ADD person does not make enough dopamine in their brains to carry signals.

Medication of course needs to be prescribed my a medical Doctor and you should never take other peoples drugs.

There are a lot of variables, dosage, type of ADD, diet, lifestyle, history.

Medication is not the only treatment for ADD.

Here is an interesting clip http://wellnesshour.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Item...

[pella]

"Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dual n-back task also enhances focus and attention and may help improve the symptoms of ADHD/ADD."

http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/

[cmos]

Embrace the you that you are and don't assume your broken. Any differences you have can be turned into advantages.

[Estragon]

I haven't come across any scientific basis for ADD, and I've looked. It seems to be a catch-all diagnosis for "responds positively to ritalin, etc."