I have, or have had, difficulty with all of the following: problems getting organized, prioritizing, and activating tasks; difficulty sustaining focus and attention, especially with reading; trouble sustaining alertness, effort, processing speed, and motivation; issues related to affect, such as preventing anger from getting out of control; deficits in working memory (the ability to hold something in mind while doing something else); and memory retrieval.

Starting new tasks is generally too complex an idea for me. Finding and gathering materials, setting up a workspace, and finding the time all make for too much complication. I am likely to just bag the idea and find something simpler to do.

As for the reading part, I cannot read anything that does not grip my attention. Thus I can read history and some forms of fiction but not the duller academic work that one needs to read for a well rounded education.

I often zone out in conversations, get frustrated in meetings and lines, and cannot stand anyone dithering about a decision (though I dither myself all the time). I get very angry with family members and close friends though not so much with strangers.

I can not do repetitive tasks. If a task requires repeated movements A to B, B to C, C to D, and so on, I get lost on about the third iteration.

These are the problems I am hoping to get "fixed". I certainly don't want to lose my creativity or anything else that makes me who I am.

Any more stories about the effect of the drugs on your personalities?