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Is it aging or is it ADD or is it Alzheimer's?
Posted: Jun 23, 2015
Do any of my fellow MTs have (or think you might have) ADD or ADHD? I'm 60 and have been an MT for over 30 years. I didn't "used" to have trouble concentrating. I could whip out those reports with speed and accuracy. These days, though, I find that my attention span goes on vacation several times a day. Learning new programs takes twice the amount of time that it used to. I have to read and re-read the instructions over and over again.
I looked at some websites about adult ADD. Apparently, it's a real phenomenon, and I seem to have it! Not ADHD, as I sure don't have the hyper part. Wish I did. I'd get a lot more housework done. 
I hope it's not the beginning of Alzheimer's. Anyone able to relate?
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Im 37 and cant concentrate on this anymore after 14 years - boring SR
[ In Reply To ..]I don't think it's you.
It is also a phenomenon associated with wheat gluten - and ... now ... trans fats.
[ In Reply To ..]The association with wheat gluten is well-known. Cognitive changes like you describe associated with trans fats were reported in a mainstream medical journal recently.
My issues cleared right up once I stopped consuming wheat and wheat byproducts. Of course, that also eliminated processed foods and the trans fats, too.
It's intense boredom. Who needs sleep aids - when you can correct ASR? (NM)
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I appreciate all your responses. - OP
[ In Reply To ..]Very insightful replies! The wheat gluten sensitivity is interesting. Although I'd rather stick with having low attention than to give up the foods I love. But a lot of people swear by it.
We all can identify with the almost hypnotic trance we're in sometimes when we're editing SR!
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