Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by pault on Friday October 19, 2018 @09:05AM
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I have ADD (diagnosed) and this happens to me every day at work. Around three o'clock in the afternoon I get so sleepy I start to literally fall asleep at my desk, but if I go home I'm immediately refreshed and back to full capacity for another eight hours.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by Viliam1234 on Saturday October 20, 2018 @07:51AM
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Similar here. (I was never tested for ADD; maybe I should.) And the worst thing for me is having a meeting.
Work at least keeps me somewhat awake. Over years I have developed some coping strategies, for example when I feel sleepy I open a text file and start writing detailed notes about what I am currently doing and why. That way I can continue to work, because when I fall asleep for a moment and lose the current thread of thought, I just read what I wrote recently and continue. Also, the act of typing, and seeing changes on the screen help to keep me awake.
But once in a while we have a long meeting, often in dark-ish and not well ventilated place, and that is like feeding me sleep pills.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by vasilipupkin on Friday October 19, 2018 @09:55AM
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I don't have ADD and it happens to me every day.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by TeMPOraL on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:37AM
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I tried to hint a doctor once to maybe test me for this, but she wouldn't give. I feel like adult ADD isn't yet recognized in my country as a legitimate thing.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by fokov on Friday October 19, 2018 @12:19PM
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Check your diet. This happened to me when I was consuming large amounts of carbs for breakfast and lunch. I switched to keto and noticed the tiredness went away in the afternoon and I didn't require 3+ cups of coffee in the morning. Basically I was crashing multiple times a day which was driving me to the point of falling asleep at work or behind the wheel.
I often get it myself, feeling like I can't physically write another line of code until I move onto one of my own projects, then I'm good to concentrate for another 6 hours. I have to work extremely hard to complete tasks that on the surface look very simple and involve solving no new problems. This also extends into my normal life, like cleaning a messy room.
Note: I haven't been diagnosed with ADD and am not suggesting anyone has it if they experience this, I've just looked into it a lot.