A lot of people have already commented on the benefits of exercise and better ways to approach what seems to be an impossible task. I'll try move on and discuss a short bit on proper eating, how it impacts exercise, and vitamins.
1) Stay away from eating junk food and easy snacks. Treat your body right. In 1st and 2nd year, I was so depressed I was kicked out of University after my first year of engineering because I couldn't get myself to study. There were too many distractions, and every time I tried to focus, I just wanted to do something, anything else. In addition to this mental desire, I had this physical feeling; an autonomic nervous system 'fight or flight' response that made me just uncomfortable trying to sit still. I dealt with this using exercise and proper nutrition. Knowing how to control and deal with my body helped me eliminate this issue. If you've never ever experienced the after-workout effect of endorphins, let me tell you, studying during this period is incredibly easy. Today, I'm healthy, fit, have a CS degree, and getting a salary.
2) Don't take vitamins for granted. Although I've been reading that new studies (can't remember the reference, sorry - do a google search) indicate that regular multi-vitamins may actually be slightly BAD for your health, what I'm about to suggest is a simple B vitamin complex. For people with depression or anxiety issues, this is a god-send. Read articles/books on this vitamins, this stuff *matters*. If you don't want to do any work, just grab a stress-relief vitamin. They're pretty costly, but they're primarily just a composite of b-complex and E + misc.
I sincerely hope that the above two are helpful in some way. University is meant to be challenging, so thoughts about having ADD is not unusual... Most of my friends thought they had it too.
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A lot of people have already commented on the benefits of exercise and better ways to approach what seems to be an impossible task. I'll try move on and discuss a short bit on proper eating, how it impacts exercise, and vitamins. 1) Stay away from eating junk food and easy snacks. Treat your body right. In 1st and 2nd year, I was so depressed I was kicked out of University after my first year of engineering because I couldn't get myself to study. There were too many distractions, and every time I tried to focus, I just wanted to do something, anything else. In addition to this mental desire, I had this physical feeling; an autonomic nervous system 'fight or flight' response that made me just uncomfortable trying to sit still. I dealt with this using exercise and proper nutrition. Knowing how to control and deal with my body helped me eliminate this issue. If you've never ever experienced the after-workout effect of endorphins, let me tell you, studying during this period is incredibly easy. Today, I'm healthy, fit, have a CS degree, and getting a salary. 2) Don't take vitamins for granted. Although I've been reading that new studies (can't remember the reference, sorry - do a google search) indicate that regular multi-vitamins may actually be slightly BAD for your health, what I'm about to suggest is a simple B vitamin complex. For people with depression or anxiety issues, this is a god-send. Read articles/books on this vitamins, this stuff *matters*. If you don't want to do any work, just grab a stress-relief vitamin. They're pretty costly, but they're primarily just a composite of b-complex and E + misc. I sincerely hope that the above two are helpful in some way. University is meant to be challenging, so thoughts about having ADD is not unusual... Most of my friends thought they had it too.