How can I improve my concentration?

How can I improve my concentration and processing skills?

• I've always had a hard time, not so much with concentration but with my processing skills when I'm reading, listening to something, watching something...sometimes I can read or hear something but I really have to take the time and repeat it over and over in my head to understand and I have to make sure there are no distractions. It's weird, I can't have music on or the television because I can only concentrate on one thing at a time, I can't multi-task. When I listen to music, I don't process the lyrics unles I try to tune out the music and actually try to understand the lyrics. I recently started anti-depressants and my processing skills have become 10x worse than they were already and my concentration has dipped, I always had good concentration before. I love reading but I find it hard to read now without my concentration going everywhere. I have to stay on my medication because my depression is really bad. I want to go back to school and take a library technician program in about one year but in the meantime I want to work at these skills and try to improve them. It's a really frustrating problem for me especially since I love reading. I already had a bit of a processing disability to start off with and now it's just horrible, I feel so slow.

• Answer:

  what . . grmpg . snfll . . mprghhh . . oh . . excuse me . . I dozed off for a sec . . Yeah i hear ya . . I have the same problem . . have had it my whole life . . it's horrible i know. . . . I can't imagine that anti-depressants will be anything but a further hindrance to you in that regards. I'm sure you have good reason for taking them, however, in regards to attention and digestion of info . . it's going to be another hurdle Please accept my apology for not adding anything worthwhile here . . but i would like to tag along and see if any gems from helpful posters appear. I mean that in all sincerity and respect for your situation here Good luck to you