Agitation and poor concentration

Who else has awful concentration right now?

I can't seem to make my brain stay on one topic for a reasonable amount of time. I just get bored of things quickly and need to find something else to think about/do, or in other cases, a "more interesting" thought forcefully overtakes a "less interesting" thought. (e.g., If I'm thinking about elephants, for example, I may find them interesting and start reading random facts about elephants. However, I may take a break to watch a YouTube video, but that video has an ad that talks about saving the giraffes. So, the giraffes I may find more interesting, and as such, the giraffes overtake the thoughts about elephants and I begin doing research on giraffes instead. This whole process will then repeat itself several times within an hour as I expose myself to new and interesting topics.) Sorry if that doesn't make sense, but it's hard to explain and it agitates me!

I just don't feel like doing anything, yet at the same time, I do feel like doing something. I don't know what I want anymore! And whenever I try to think about something, I hear a song in my head, which is trying to detract from my other thinking.

If this doesn't make sense, then feel free to ignore. Just frustrated I can't concentrate on anything.

My concentration has been bad too, but it's not a new thing

Yeah, mine normally isn't this bad.

I think I'm just so overwhelmed with freedom that I need some structure to my day. All I'm doing is buying s*** online, sending billions of emails/texts, calling people up, and not doing a good job of forcing myself to do one task at a time. But I think I could focus on one thing at a time if my concentration were better.

One thing that helps me if I want to get something done to put myself in a situation where that's the only thing to do. Like if I wanted to work on writing I would turn the modem off and/or disconnect wifi so I wouldn't have internet and it's just me and my word document, or if I wanted to read some of my book I'll crawl under my bed with just my glasses and the book. I think somehow adding structure to your day is a great idea. Are you still exercising? That's a good start.

Hi blue, your thread gets me to thinking. A lack of structure, I think, tends to be not good for those of use with BP. It seems that we tend to lose our focus and concentration. We might tend to become bored. And distracted. Manic - or depressed.

I'm concerned that you've mentioned the way you're feeling lately...the lack of motivation, over-spending...do you feel like your really not doing well, or are you mainly bored and feeling cooped up? I guess what I'm asking is if you're headed in a manic or depressed cycle?

Blue, I am wondering if its not because you are cooped up, as @BethRags also mentioned. I get like that sometimes when I'm getting revved up- I don't know what to put my concentration on and nothing interests me! I just go from thing to thing. Maybe try cleaning something? Your profile says you're quite athletic. Can you exercise today? (I can't go for a walk today because its uber windy!)