Recently I have noticed that I have a really short attention span. It's affecting my work! I get so bored so easily and can't concentrate.

Is it because I drink too much Lucozade? (like Powerade)

Is there something I can do to combat this? Aside from stop drinking Lucozade?

What?

Cloudbuster said:

Cloudbuster said:

What? What!

Eat lots of protein (mainly found in meat). It aids concentration.

my attention span is shit

Gingko biloba is a great supplement to help you stay alert and focused. I've taken it for years on and off and it's good stuff.

Spookymuffin said:

I do try to....I will try harder.


I think it probably is the Lucozade,. I average 1.5 bottles a day now Keeps me going though, this is a tough job! Its either that or coffee But I think sugar is bad for this sort of thing...

Anx said:

Wasn't it disproven?

Anx said:

I have considered that, I think actually after you saying it! I know nothing about it though Any side effects or things you shouldnt take it alongside?

AsianBomb777 said:

I don't know, I can't remember.

Tell me about it... no really do please i forgot what we were discussing.


The worse thing I do is walk in to a room to get/do something and have no idea what I was their. I walk off and a couple of hours later I remember. Just never ask me to call 999 for you

susannah said:

It shouldn't be coffee. Drink tea with no sugar. It's slow-release caffeine that's so beneficial.

AsianBomb777 said:

Do you take anything/do anything Dan?


And, Lucozade helps me stay alert and focused! It just makes my brain go a little too fast sometimes

ellieadore said:

I do that too!!

ellieadore said:

I do that ALL the time, it drives me nuts

Spookymuffin said:

I drink tea at work and at home, I think thats better than coffee just cause Im so sesitive to it - coffee itself is too strong. But I cant drink it at uni!

And I hate tea with no sugar Milk and two please!

evenstar3 said:

At those points I just think "well since I'm here, I might as well wank."

Spookymuffin said:

One of two things are going to happen to you.

1. It will drop off

2. You will go blind

ellieadore said:

.....what.....?.....

susannah said:

sugar

sometimes i think it's not so much what you put into your body (vitamins, coffee, tea, etc.) as much as what you put into your mind. we live in a short-term attention span culture with the internet and cell phones and blah blah etc.

find a long-ass book and try to get through it. rent some three or four-hour movies and literally SIT there for the whole thing. take up meditation, maybe? i think when you can train your mind to stay focused on things that take a while to see through, attention span muscles get stronger.

ellieadore said:

so the hairy palms thing is a myth then?

ellieadore said:

That's what the monks at my prep school used to tell us.

Then one got fired for paedophile charges.

Spookymuffin said:

Dammit Im supposed to be working! I meant to give in to my rubbish attention span for just a minute to post this thread, and Im still here!

What keeps happening is Im studying, trying to focus and then I hit a wall, and I have to think much harder and longer about it.

This is when I org. And that is why I am going to fail

Anx said:

Good plan, but I dont have time to watch movies or read books!

Problem explained in previous post

Edit, also, my attention spans fine for things like films or books, just hitting walls while studying then giving up....
[Edited 11/6/06 7:07am]

susannah said:

I do the same thing, tbh.

evenstar3 said:

You americans wouldn't know the half of it, you put sugar in everything! Have some bitterness for once goddammit!