what are some effective ways in paying attention better?

Question

I have ADHD and have trouble paying attention and focusing. This makes it very tough on me in college. What are some tips, trick, and helpful suggestions I can do (besides taking medication) that can help me pay attention better?

Answer 1

focus exercizes, watch a thing you are not used to and then make a drawing of all the things you remember, it helps a lot to concentrate and remember, and of course it helps on paying attention.

i think ozzy osborne has the same thing and he is a millionarie

Answer 2

Check out the book BEING IN CONTROL: Natural Solutions For ADHD DYSLEXIA and TEST ANXIETY with Amazon.com. There are examples of exercises on the look inside pages and at:

http://jasonalster.googlepages.com/home

Answer 3

Ginkgo Biloba it works for me.

oh and it is all natural like taking a vitamin.

Answer 4

i suggest you have to pay attention to feelings first---read the ff. details below....Also, on whatever decisions we make on our everyday lives will surely have a big reflection on what life will be having in the near future...

*Seven Fundamentals about Body Knowing & Learning*
We all know we have feelings. What most of us don’t realize is that more than 50% of human knowledge is learned from our body’s ability to know, rather than through our mind’s ability to think. This is another way of saying that we actually use about 10% of our knowing potential throughout life. As a species, we have barely yet begun to recognize the depth & hidden potential in what our bodies can teach us--if we are prepared to listen & learn!

Every good coach knows that students learn swimming or any sport, typing, singing, dance, or carpentry from the body-feel of doing it correctly. They need more than outside information. They must enter directly into d process of learning from “inside” their own bodies. It is this “how-in-the-bones” that enables each generation to pass special ways of body knowing on to d next, but in a manner quite different from communicating information through concepts & ideas that our minds can grasp.

The human body has a unique way of felt-knowing w/c is different from thinking, analyzing, & reasoning. Your body spontaneously recognizes d whole of a situation, d whole of a relationship, d whole of an experience, together with d interacting web of complex connections that goes along with each of them. Your body knows in a great gulp, while your mind must systematically chew its way through each individual piece. Our human species has been blessed with two entirely different ways of knowing. The challenge is to learn how to use both of them. An even greater challenge is to discover & implement a simple, effective way to teach our children in the near future on how to connect with & learn from d important stories in their feelings.

The ancient Greeks recognized at least five different kinds of knowledge: scientific knowing, wisdom, opinion, faith, & an esoteric knowledge called “gnosis.” Among the five, however, only scientific knowing referred to informational knowledge in d mind. The other four pointed to special ways of knowing in d body. This is d world of hunch, intuition, creativity, inspiration, revelation. Wisdom is always more than information. It is living from inside d actual experience of our body-connections.

Everyday feelings, emotions, & physical sensations represent an important first step into the world of felt body connections. Such body-links bring their own special meaning into our lives, a meaning that is felt rather than thought. All feelings, whether positive or negative, are an important part of our body’s intelligence because they introduce us to these deeper felt meanings. “Noticing” & “Nurturing” feelings represents a first step into a process of learning from inside our bodies.

Feelings are like the phone ringing. A message is trying to get through. We don’t have phones in our offices or homes just to make noise. They ring to alert us that some information is waiting. The problem for many, however, is that when d phone of their feelings rings, trying to get a message through, a habit of blocking d message kicks in. People respond to their feeling “ring” by turning on d TV or pouring themselves a drink. They go to d refrigerator, pick up a magazine, daydream, go shopping, etc.. They escape, they numb, they avoid, or substitute something they like in place of what is perceived to be a fearful or hurting attack & threat. The neural response in their brain stimulates & reinforces their particular “habit” of avoidance.

Most people don’t realize that values, basic human goodness, & a positive sense of self are all learned in the body! Such valuing doesn’t grow in us because we follow an external list of do’s & don’ts. It is not discovered through various religious or ethical interpretations. Rather, it is given to us through our body’s ability to be aware of its connections as well as the further invitation that lies in such linking. Since d body knows through felt connections, it also knows we are each part of some Greater Whole...

Answer 5

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