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Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by pault on Friday October 19, 2018 @09:05AM (#18256413)
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 (#18262816)
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 (#18256734)
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 (#18257457)
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 (#18257771)
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.