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[Caelorum]

So my main problem in life, is not having enough motivation and attention span to do what I want to do.

I want to practice guitar, study spanish, study programming, and do a whole lot more research and reading. But I can never push myself to do those things, and if I do I lose interest really fast.

 

It makes no sense, because I truly want those things. I'll even have a day or multiple days where I'm very driven and I'll focus a ton of attention on those things. But there is just a lazy feeling in me that pulls me away from them. Whether it be for a few minutes, or a few weeks. I hate it.

 

I was thinking of trying caffeine/L-theanine to keep me attentive and fully awake, but I'm not sure of any nootropics that help keep you driven and focused on something for hours on end. I figured noopept, and the racetams were more of a "enjoyable experience" type. 

Edited by Caelorum, 13 October 2014 - 10:44 PM.

[drstrangeglove]

Modafinil or adrafinil work wonders. Try cutting out caffeine, it makes some people tired. Do you masturbate too frequently or for too long? That may desensitize your dopamine receptors and sap your motivation. Do you lift weights or do high intensity aerobic intervals to balance out your neurotransmitters? You say the lazy feeling just comes out of nowhere? Apropos of nothing? I doubt that. Perhaps do some analysis of your thoughts to see if there is something more to the story. 

[xks201]

I second the stopping the fapping thing. That might help. 

[serengetilion]

Hi,
I want to add that I have the very same problem. I can't believe your words are as if they came from my own mouth. I've had this problem for about 10 yrs and at first I attributed it as, just getting older, while at the same time I notice people who are older, sometimes much older than I am. I am female, 50 and about 5 yrs ago I started searching for supplements to help me & info that could lead me to what is wrong with me. All through my life, being a young child, teenager, in my 20's and 30's I had energy, the will and motivation to do all I wanted, I loved being this way. I wanted to be doing things all the time. I had never sit through an entire 2 hr movie to watch it all, as if it didn't interest me, but I couldn't sit there for that long, I wanted to be doing something. My house was always organized, clean and tidy. So when I was 38, I remember this is when I started feeling "lazy". Like I said I thought it was just me getting older, my metabolism slowing down & I knew this was part of getting older because I did plenty of online searching & that symptom is part of aging. At first I tried not thinking about it, then as I see other people doing things that are my age & older, I felt like something is wrong with me. I couldn't accept and still don't not having any motivation to do anything. I am on Effoxor 75 mg, 1 a day, thyroid med 100 mcg, 1 a day and even looked into my hormone levels, thinking that would have to help me, my levels were very low, low enough that I'm on bio identical hormones, bi-est, testosterone, progesterone, vit D, krill oil, coq 10, liquid whole foods multi vitamin & mineral supplement, curcumin, I actually found this site while I was searching for info about nootropics, I've tried a few of those and I'm still not motivated, even when I know I need to wash a sink full of dishes, get clothes washed and such. I want to so very badly. There are so many things I think of that I want to do, really want to do but I can't find motivation/energy to get up & do them. I have noticed on occasion when I smoke some marijuana, I can do things, in fact at times I have smoked marijuana because I know it will make me get things done, but not always. But when I read the post about not having motivation and all the things that was said, I said to myself, that's exactly me. So that's why I decided to write this. I'm wondering if there's other people who are like this other person & myself & especially if someone reads this and can help in any way.

[Mr Serendipity]

Try high doses of ascorbic acid (vitamin c) throughout the day.

 

For example 2g in the morning, 2g at lunch, 2g at dinner, and 2g before bed. So 8g in total.

 

It seems to be helping my motivation issues and mindset subtly. If you check out my friend with vitamin c and caffeine, I've written my experiences in there.