Comments on: Frustration http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jason Boxman http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/comment-page-1/#comment-9612 Jason Boxman Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:55:58 +0000 http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/#comment-9612 Of course, Adderall likely has long term consequences probably not limited to developing tolerance to it. ymmv, but I'd urge against it for recreational usage. As to the OP, I think essentially all of us programming have to contend with that challenge. Of course, Adderall likely has long term consequences probably not limited to developing tolerance to it. ymmv, but I’d urge against it for recreational usage.

As to the OP, I think essentially all of us programming have to contend with that challenge.

]]> By: Lee B http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/comment-page-1/#comment-8995 Lee B Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:02:39 +0000 http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/#comment-8995 Just stumbled across your blog; have you considered "concentration assistance" drugs? I'm 20 years old, and I just (*JUST* = 2 months ago) got diagnosed with ADD. Now, whether or not I've always been ADD, and whether or not such a diagnosis makes any difference coming 2 years after graduating high school are both beside the point. The point is that now, every 30 days, I get an orange pill bottle full of 60x30mg Adderall, and even *half* of one of these pills will throw me into an 8-hour, no-holds-barred coding frendzy. It's like giving the locomotive a jump start. If I could go through high school as a 4.0 student and get diagnosed in my working life for a drug I probably don't really "need" [in a medical sense], but that helps me produce more work in an 8 hour day... maybe you can too :) Just stumbled across your blog; have you considered “concentration assistance” drugs?
I’m 20 years old, and I just (*JUST* = 2 months ago) got diagnosed with ADD. Now, whether or not I’ve always been ADD, and whether or not such a diagnosis makes any difference coming 2 years after graduating high school are both beside the point.
The point is that now, every 30 days, I get an orange pill bottle full of 60×30mg Adderall, and even *half* of one of these pills will throw me into an 8-hour, no-holds-barred coding frendzy. It’s like giving the locomotive a jump start.

If I could go through high school as a 4.0 student and get diagnosed in my working life for a drug I probably don’t really “need” [in a medical sense], but that helps me produce more work in an 8 hour day… maybe you can too :)

]]> By: Alex Sharp http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/comment-page-1/#comment-8288 Alex Sharp Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:35:34 +0000 http://blog.matt-darby.com/2008/10/13/frustration/#comment-8288 I agree 100%. I work primarily from home and if I hear a TV in the background it just ruins my train of thought. I recently got the iPhone Ambiance app, so now I just put my headphones on and listen to "Rain - Thunder", because even most music distracts me. I agree 100%. I work primarily from home and if I hear a TV in the background it just ruins my train of thought. I recently got the iPhone Ambiance app, so now I just put my headphones on and listen to “Rain - Thunder”, because even most music distracts me.

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