For anyone with ADD, it's important to know your limits and what you can handle. I thought that I could do 30 hour shifts 6 times a week. because lots of other people had done it before me. But my brain shuts off after 14 hours, tops.

So, choose clinical work, pathology, or very structered environments like the ER. Avoid surgery or surgical subspecialties. The environment is very unforgivable. If you're in nursing, choose a unit/specialty where you can focus on one patient at a time, rather than juggling a number at a time. There are places for everyone in Medicine, even those of us with ADD, but to find it you have to look at more than just what is cool or most interesting. You HAVE to consider the work environement and culture.

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