Have you been to your doctor and been diagnosed with depressions, major deboresion bi-polar?

If you do have one of these. Part of the symptoms is lack of concentration. Shit I could not read a kids bopok "Harry Potter" for 2 years my concentration was so bad.
Since I am on meds for my depression it is a lot bettter I am able to read and have even done my universtiy assignements.

I still get times when I can't concentrate or find it hard to just think of one thing so I :

1. Write a lits of the things I have to do today and mark it off as i do it.

2.Keep a journal so i can write my thoughts down and all my owriies then go that it is it is on papaer now I don;t have to think about them any more.

3. Go for a walk to just be out in nature and let my thoughts wonder and takes away the pent up energy. Exercise also releases good hormones

4. put aside 15 minutes to worry and stress about something then stop. As you have done your stres time. When your mind starts to wonder bring it back to the presents and say, "No I am thinking this now"

4. Go easy on yourself as your brain is dealing with a lot of shit if you are suffering from depression.

I hope this helps.

Love Zita

Meditation helps and its effects are cumulative. A simple meditation is to simply focus on your your breath and count. One inhilation and one exhilation per number i.e. one - breathe in breathe out; two - breathe in breathe out. Count to ten this way. You just let your thoughts come and go. When you realize that you are stuck on some thought, let it go and refocus on your breaths. It is normal to have many intrusive thoughts and feelings during meditation. You just have to refocus and breathe. This is best done sitting comfortably with good posture in a chair, for twenty minutes at a time twice a day. Even five minutes can make a difference.

It could be ADHD? or maybe Bipolar OR it could just be a side effect from meds. I would ask to be tested for Bipolar to make sure. I suffer from this disorder and have a hard time concentrating on the here and now...but then again, I'm labeled as "crazy", so I'm probably not a qualified advice giver.

It sounds like you should check with your doc. I have ADHD and bi-polar plus short term memory loss - so I never know what I'm doing. I keep a white board on my wall and a big calander, and write things down when I think of them so I don't forget. I also carry a notebook around and keep a list of what I want to accomplish. There are great meds available to help with this problem. I can't take them because of I have complications related to multiple sclerosis. The drugs that make it so you can concentrate like Straterra are amazing. It's like a whole different way of being. Caffiene can help sometimes too, if you don't drink to much. Talk to your Doc. Our body chemistries are all different.

im forever like that and i always try to figure out does anyone else notice that i act like that,i try to avoid long conversations because i will actually look off at other things in a heartbeat,then the person would say,did you hear this or that then im totally lost,i have to say oh i was thinking about something now what was it that you wanted to say?thats really embarrassing,try talking to your pdoc and talking sooo fast that you can't even remember what you just said,it's awful,but i feel you,try doing word puzzles or something they help me sometimes.