jimrandomh comments on Public Service Announcement Collection - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 June 2013 05:20PM

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Comment author: jimrandomh 28 June 2013 03:35:29PM 1 point [-]

Hard to say, but a few key pieces of information might lead you in the right direction. Is the inability to make progress project-specific? You can test this by doing something small on the side. Is it accompanied by an "ugh field"? Do you have non-programming-related signs of depression?

Comment author: MixedNuts 29 June 2013 09:18:12AM 0 points [-]

It's not project-specific. It's not repulsive so much as slippery - I happily begin working, but constantly lose focus. I was diagnosed with depression over a year ago, but I'm on meds and it's pretty much gone, and I don't have trouble focusing on things that don't require much insight.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 29 June 2013 11:13:16PM 0 points [-]

I've heard that anti-depressants can have a wide variety of side effects including things like this. Maybe look into the possible side-effects of the one you're taking?

Comment author: MixedNuts 30 June 2013 03:39:35AM -1 points [-]

Not a known side effect of that one, but that's certainly a possibility. I'm trying to go off it, so I'll see.