HI, I have been diagnosed with ADHD for about 15 yrs as well as a learning disability. I am the new Special Ed Resource Room teacher at a very new charter school in an urban setting. I have difficulty simply getting work done at my own desk, mainly because i share my office with the nurse, social worker, and Vice principal.

We have high ceilings in a big open room, and i'm not allowed to order dividers. Right now we are in the middle of construction so my room is often a hangout/lunch room/computer room for other staff members on their lunch breaks. I love my job, my students, my co-workers, but the noise is getting crazy.

I have tried ear plugs, vitamins, I even take straterra every day (which does help) but there are constant conversations that I want to be a part of and I cannot get my work done at the same time. I have no other place to go in the building, with 30 staff members and 200 students I am ready to scream. HELP!!!

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