Too Focused (hyperfocus) Report for Patients Like You

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Experiencing Too Focused (hyperfocus)
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Itsalwayssomething Data Quality: 2 stars Sex: Female Age: 54y Condition: Chronic Pain Syndrome 22 additional condition(s) Quality of Life: Social: Moderate Mental: Moderate Physical: Moderate I am: Good Itsalwayssomething ▼ First Symptom: 07/79 Dx: 07/92

Too Focused (hyperfocus) Report

Hyperfocus is an intense form of mental concentration or visualization that focuses consciousness on a narrow subject, separate from objective reality and onto subjective mental planes, daydreams, concepts, fiction, the imagination, and other objects of the mind.

What we've learned from patients who report Too Focused (hyperfocus)

Symptom severities

Severe	1
Moderate	1
None	3

What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Too Focused (hyperfocus)

What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Too Focused (hyperfocus)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Amphetamine Salts	1

Last updated: May 23, 2013