You know you have ADD/ADHD when....(fill in the blank with the way you act)

...you can't comprehend why everyone in class is using their class time wisely to get ahead on homework, and your just sitting there not even able to pick up your pencil.

...your room has been a sHi* hole for years and years.

... you meet another ADD-er and it feels like finally meeting someone from the same planet. Not Earth, I mean. :) .

you can't think of the next word you want to say.

you sit down to wikipedia to do research for your history homework and an hour later you know everything there is to know about the mating habits of the praying mantis

when you can lose things forever in two seconds flat... practically in an empty room and without moving.
It's like magic. ;P

...when you want to print up business cards that say, "No. Everybody does NOT do that." or other useful phrases.

...you can't comprehend why everyone in class is using their class time wisely to get ahead on homework, and your just sitting there not even able to pick up your pencil.

Absolutely!

Mine: ...you can talk about religion, politics, the meaning of life and bugs bunny all in one sentence without a pause.

...you got 20 browser windows open, most with multiple tabs. Each following a seperate train of thought. Then look at the clock and see that it's 3 AM and all you wanted to do was check your email.

...start something..... what is that smear on my comptuer screen.

...when you are working on a building site, and you keep losing your tools

...when you are working on a building site, and you keep losing your tools

Good thing you don't work at a bank :D

My first post..

You stumble on this site and realize that there ARE people like you.

I have so many questions........

My first post..

Welcome! :cool:

You stumble on this site and realize that there ARE people like you.

Yep, it always feel good to meet people just like you, you will fit in here great. :)

I have so many questions........

Start a thread and ask away, loads of people here will be more and happy to answer the loads of questions you may wish to ask. :)

Good thing you don't work at a bank :D

If I worked in a bank, I wouldnt be there very long......

But neither would the money! :p

...you got 20 browser windows open, most with multiple tabs. Each following a seperate train of thought. Then look at the clock and see that it's 3 AM and all you wanted to do was check your email.

BWAHAHAHA! Yes yes yes! Me to a T.

You know you have ADD/ADHD when....(fill in the blank with the way you act)

... you ask someone a question then immediately followup with "didn't I ask you that a few minutes ago?" If they say no, you feel like an idiot. If they say yes, you ask them "what was your answer?"

... you show up to work an hour early because you can never remember what time you were supposed to be there.

... you get a call from work asking where the hell you are and you show up2 hours late.

... you walk very fast and people make fun of you for it.

You go to fill up your petrol can, but fill up your diesel van instead (with petrol). I thought it was taking a while. :o

another day...

You order a toastie in the petrol garage
Get in the queue
Your still standing there in daydream when the "cashier no. 4" callouts
Then leave your keys behind, go back to get them
"Heres your toastie sir" er yeah thanks.
Eat your snickers bar, then your toastie
Then look for your snickers bar, realise your ate it already and get annoyed.

... you walk very fast and people make fun of you for it.

haha I do that all of the time. Today I left work to go to lunch and RAN to my car because walking fast just wasn't enough. Always in such a hurrrrrrrrry.

Oh and thanks for the welcome fraz. I think I'll catch up on all of the recent threads before I start anything new.

i love what everyone is writing! keep saying more!

...you study for hours and hours, and in the end you've learned nothing and fail the test

...your friends are constantly yelling at you for being late

...your about to take a shower but realize the hairbrush is in the other room, hour later your sitting on your floor wondering why your room is so messy. then finally you remember the brush and take a shower.

...you got 20 browser windows open, most with multiple tabs. Each following a seperate train of thought. Then look at the clock and see that it's 3 AM and all you wanted to do was check your email.

I love Firefox for this reason... everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for having so many windows and tabs open. INstead of writing down all my thoughts and ideas while I am online, I just open up google and search my thought/idea. Before I get indepth with it, I flip back to something else to finish earlier work. Before I know it, just checking my bank statements turned into a full blown Ph.D research program.

I love Firefox for this reason... everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for having so many windows and tabs open. INstead of writing down all my thoughts and ideas while I am online, I just open up google and search my thought/idea. Before I get indepth with it, I flip back to something else to finish earlier work. Before I know it, just checking my bank statements turned into a full blown Ph.D research program.

I could've written this. I'm crazy with my internet browsing. My boyfriend has seen my how many tabbed windows I have and he tells me that's why my pc runs so slow sometimes.

What really drives me nuts is when I'm on an information quest (which I always am) I refuse to put all my eggs in one basket to read just one thing... I like to flip around and scan a lot! But I get so lost on my quests that the actual information I store is poor compared to my effort. I meticulously keep my browsers open with all the tabs I never had a chance to look at only to close them ALL later when I give up on that window because I started a new one.... it's baffling!

an hour after taking your medication, your at your desk looking around & wondering why no one else seems to notice chipped paint on the ceiling, various corner dust bunnies, or the ugly faux plant w/the faded carpet underneath it...

You even have virtual clutter... I never bother to delete my old emails and just realized I have accumulated over 10,000 in my inbox now. :eek:
And another 1,200 in an alternate email I forget to check very often. :o

You show up at work with eyeliner on one eye.

You don't have to worry about cleaning up spills in the car because all the trash on the floor will soak it up.

You keep opening the fridge when hungry to see if something new showed up.

You find yourself pondering important questions such as: "Why do irons have a permanant press setting?"

You keep opening the fridge when hungry to see if something new showed up.



I know this one all too well. ;P

Sometimes it kinda feels like a Homer moment...

"Anything to eat yet? Aw. :( ... ... Anything to eat yet? Aw. :( ... ..."

LOL

*blank stare*... what was the question, again? :p

1. ...when going to the restroom, you undo your belt to discover, you put 2 belts on this morning. Not only did you forget that you had already put 1 on, but you weren't paying attention while putting on the second so you were genuinely surprised.

2. ...you consistently lose things you really don't want to lose: iPod, wallet, debit cards.

3. ...your thoughts are a gemisch of pictures and words with multiple parallel tangents vying for your attention.

4. ...you can drink a 12-cup pot of coffee and fall asleep.

5. ... you consistently turn the wrong way down a one-way street into approaching traffic.

6. ... you routinely make left-turns on a red-light because you aren't paying attention and think, "since no one's approaching, and there isn't a "no turn on red" sign, it must be safe to go through the intersection..." Suddenly, the red-blue flashing lights and siren behind you make you wonder what could be wrong. It's only when the office asks why you turned left on red that you realize that you had indeed turned LEFT and not right... (FYI: explaining this one to the Policeman the last time this happened to me was not fun).

7. ... you get speeding tickets because you unintentionally speed.

8. ... you discover that you didn't pay your cable bill the last 2 months only when you discover upon returning home that your cable has been turned off due to unpaid bills...grrrr.

9. ... you routinely walk into a room looking for something you know is "really important but you can't remember what it is." 10 minutes (or more) later, you realize the item you were looking for is either in one of your hands or pocket.

10. ... a piece of paper goes "out of sight, & out of mind..." never to be found again.

11. ...when your friends refer to you as a "space cadet."

12. ... you can sit through an hour-long lecture and leave without being able to recall what the lecture was about.

13. ...your friends won't go to see a movie with you because you get up at least 4 or 5 times during the movie to use the restroom or just for the sake of getting up and going somewhere.

14. ... you're convinced you've lost your glasses only to discover upon looking in the mirror that you're wearing them.

15. ... you find things you "put away" in really strange places... i.e. TV remote control in the freezer, clothes in the dishwasher, icecream in the cabinet (which is a mess to clean up by the way...)

16. ...you have 101 projects you've started, but got bored... oh, wait! make that 102...

Speaking of which... i'm hungry. time for dinner!

You show up at work with eyeliner on one eye.

You keep opening the fridge when hungry to see if something new showed up.

You find yourself pondering important questions such as: "Why do irons have a permanant press setting?"

haha, that's wonderful :)

variation on that first one:
- you show up with some item of clothing inside out 50% of the time

the second:
- every time you see a movie (or read a book) again you secretly wonder whether a dramatic event may turn out different this time

and the third
- you keep wondering what those funny ingredients are that they mention on shampoo bottles i.e. PEG-4, methylparaben, ethylparaben or whatever (and never get around to google for them to find out)

an hour after taking your medication, your at your desk looking around & wondering why no one else seems to notice chipped paint on the ceiling, various corner dust bunnies, or the ugly faux plant w/the faded carpet underneath it...

not to mention the piece of paper that said, "guillable" that someone had taped on the ceiling vent... (I KID YOU NOT... during my Chinese I discussion in undergrad, I made the mistake of interrupting a verbal drill to point it out because I thought it was hilarious). Wei Laoshi wasn't amused, but everyone else thought it was sensationally funny. :D

1. your husband finds your long lost hairbrush in the kitchen pantry. It was gone for a week before it was noticed.

2. When keys are lost at work, they call you first just to make sure they aren't yours.

3. Your husband has to drive 45 min. to pick you up from work because after hours of searching you can't find your keys and swear they must have been thrown in the trash which was emptied hours ago. Six months later in the summer you are hanging the Jacket up (in the summer time because it hasn't been hung up yet) and you realize your keys have been in the pocket the entire time. Hubby wasn't happy after having to make copies of all our keys.

4. You don't eat lunch a lot of days because you forgot to pack it, you are over absorbed in your work, and heck you aren't hungry anyway due to the side effects of your meds.

You wonder why you're still so hungry after having eaten a bowl of oatmeal so recently. Then you find the oatmeal in the microwave.








BTW, I've lost glasses on my face as well. :P Very embarassing when you ask someone else to help you find them. Lol :o

And I put my underwear on inside out more often than I care to admit.

(And I actually do know what those ingredients are but I have a "thing" with my hair... )

You realize your house is a mess because you have too much stuff, but you find this so depressing that you decide to go shopping for more stuff.

1) Your family buys you a key finding beeper thingy that attaches to your keys. You are pushing the remote going from room to room following the sound trying to locate your keys but you can't find them. You finally realize that the beeping noise is following you and is coming from your pocket.

2) It is lunchtime and you decide you will make chicken for dinner. You are on the ball and feeling good because you are planning ahead. You put the chicken in the microwave to defrost it before marinading it. 6pm rolls around and dinner is almost ready. Just need to microwave some vegetables. Open the microwave and...there's the chicken you were planning to marinade.

3) you take the time to make a shopping list and end up at the store without the list or your purse. Or you get all the way through Costco to find that you've forgotten your purse. It's okay you tell the checker....just put my cart in the cooler while I run home and get my purse. (you've obviously done this before)

4) you miss your freeway exit, get off then get back on and immediately miss it again.

5) your neighbors call to tell you that you left your car door open again.

6) you have added the front door to the places to check when you can't find your keys.

At 11am you walk into the bathroom and wonder why the shower is running, only to realize you had turned on the water but never gotten in at 9am (and have been walking around you apartment naked for the last two hours).

Your wallet has a million things in it... cards, receipts, photos, money... most of which is never used. Also, you can never remember if your wallet has cash in it.

Also, your book bag (for school) is a mess... torn papers, crunched-up papers in the bottom... smeared with pencil graphite to the point you can't read any of them... spiral notepads with additional papers filled in between written pages... notes for lectures are not written in order, or even in the right part of the notebook specifically designated for that class... and you carry everything you could possibly think you need or want to have on you for school when in reality, you need none of it (like books to read for fun.. but you never read it... or little games you don't play).
I have notebooks from TWO semesters ago in my bookbag... keep meaning to take them out, but I never do. Instead, they keep getting in my way and they are falling apart.

And, your pockets are always a mess.

2. When keys are lost at work, they call you first just to make sure they aren't yours.



That one is soooo true!

Or the secretary calls you daily to inform you, your original is still in the copy machine.

4) you miss your freeway exit, get off then get back on and immediately miss it again.
LOL LOL LOL..oh..how many times have I done that too ;-)

If someone else walks through your house in the dark you'll know by the clashing, clanging, and cursing.

When your crazy friend looks through the open back door he says "Damn, I thought I was bad!"

You didn't notice that your co worker didn't show up until 3 1/2 hours later on a Sunday night when it's too late to start a scheduled process he was supposed to initiate. It's kind of hard to explain that over the phone.

You were supposed to read over a hundred pages of physical science articles but instead you spent the last 5 hours posting on the net.

You put in a job app to a dozen places without realizing that you accidentally omitted the date you quit your last job.

You filled out an entire quiz without following the three sentences of instructions on the first page.

You set the back yard on fire trying to burn a single pizza box.

Your wallet has a million things in it... cards, receipts, photos, money... most of which is never used. Also, you can never remember if your wallet has cash in it.

And, your pockets are always a mess.

Man, if I ever win the lotto I probably won't be able to claim it 'cause those dozen tickets have been in my wallet forever with old gas receipts...

Man, if I ever win the lotto I probably won't be able to claim it 'cause those dozen tickets have been in my wallet forever with old gas receipts...

Yea, I'm always keeping receipts because I think that I will FINALLY get around to balancing my checkbook. I've done this for years, not once balancing my checkbook. But there is always hope!

Of course, when I DO need my receipt for a return or something, I can't ever find it.

I could've written this. I'm crazy with my internet browsing. My boyfriend has seen my how many tabbed windows I have and he tells me that's why my pc runs so slow sometimes.

What really drives me nuts is when I'm on an information quest (which I always am) I refuse to put all my eggs in one basket to read just one thing... I like to flip around and scan a lot! But I get so lost on my quests that the actual information I store is poor compared to my effort. I meticulously keep my browsers open with all the tabs I never had a chance to look at only to close them ALL later when I give up on that window because I started a new one.... it's baffling!

I think that I abuse the hibernate feature on my computer. I'll have an endless list of applications open, many Firefox tabs, and music playing all at once. When I FINALLY get off the computer, I just put the computer into hibernation mode so that I can continue right where I left off when I come back. Because my projects never seem to end, I reboot maybe once a month now.... even less than that if I cause Windows to crash or something.

You don't have to worry about cleaning up spills in the car because all the trash on the floor will soak it up.

Half of the spills in my truck are caused by the trash I won't clean up because I keep forgetting to do it...

You keep opening the fridge when hungry to see if something new showed up.

Oh jeez... I do this thinking that maybe "this time," I'll find something in there I am in the mood to eat. Sometimes I get lucky and find something in there that I didn't see the last 10 times I looked in there looking for something new.

You find yourself pondering important questions such as: "Why do irons have a permanant press setting?"

Usually such questions I ask to myself end up becoming a "what if" experiment.. usually ending up in a mess or a fire.

2. ...you consistently lose things you really don't want to lose: iPod, wallet, debit cards.

Things I cannot lose I usually put together. At night (before sleep) I usually put my wallet, keys, money, MP3 player, etc all in one big pile. That way when I get dressed, I can grab them all and go.. without having to drive miles from home and think "OH SH*T.. I forgot ...."

3. ...your thoughts are a gemisch of pictures and words with multiple parallel tangents vying for your attention.

Songs, old conversations, things I have to do, things I want to do, pondering interesting questions, random mental imagery, etc... all while I am in class, at work, or even talking to someone.

4. ...you can drink a 12-cup pot of coffee and fall asleep.

I can drink a whole 2-liter of Mountain Dew and fall right asleep. All my friends think I am a beast.

5. ... you consistently turn the wrong way down a one-way street into approaching traffic.

I've done this one time my whole life... but during that one time a police officer saw me and yelled at me for doing so. I'm glad he didn't ask to see my driver's license and insurance because I forgot my wallet that day :o

6. ... you routinely make left-turns on a red-light because you aren't paying attention and think, "since no one's approaching, and there isn't a "no turn on red" sign, it must be safe to go through the intersection..." Suddenly, the red-blue flashing lights and siren behind you make you wonder what could be wrong. It's only when the office asks why you turned left on red that you realize that you had indeed turned LEFT and not right... (FYI: explaining this one to the Policeman the last time this happened to me was not fun).

7. ... you get speeding tickets because you unintentionally speed.

I'm always running red lights or slamming on my brakes because I was going too fast towards an intersection I couldn't decide whether to stop for the red light or keep going because it's not safe for me to stop.

The only speeding ticket I got was a result of me speeding unintentionally. I didn't even know I was doing 80 in a 55. I haven't got any tickets since because I am very lucky and because I generally know where the police hide around where I live.

9. ... you routinely walk into a room looking for something you know is "really important but you can't remember what it is." 10 minutes (or more) later, you realize the item you were looking for is either in one of your hands or pocket.

This happens a lot if something else catches my attention. I can run around the house tearing things apart looking for my favorite pen.. when it turns out I put it behind my ear (I always put my pens there).

Also another thing is that I go to get something in another room and as soon as I walk in that room, I forget why I am in that room to begin with. It might take me 10 minutes to finally remember what it was I needed.

11. ...when your friends refer to you as a "space cadet."

I used to be called that as a kid. I get yelled at by family for forgetting to do things I said I would do...

12. ... you can sit through an hour-long lecture and leave without being able to recall what the lecture was about.

No one ever asks me what we did in lecture for this very reason... I wouldn't know even though I was there and I took notes.

15. ... you find things you "put away" in really strange places... i.e. TV remote control in the freezer, clothes in the dishwasher, icecream in the cabinet (which is a mess to clean up by the way...)

Oh man... I find that if I have to shift my focus on two things at the same time (instead of shifting back and forth like I can do easily) then one of the two things doesn't get done or I start to do weird things with that task... like as you said.. .remote in the freezer.

16. ...you have 101 projects you've started, but got bored... oh, wait! make that 102...

Half built models, a million books (none of which is read)... a thousand bookmarks in Firefox (all in one big list, not organized), new ideas scribbled on random sheets of papers... all of which I intend to look at one day but never do..

etc,.

when you drink 2 cans of energy drink with your mates..they are buzzing like bees, and you are smiling like a cheshire cat, while relaxing on the lounge..unable to move ;-)

After reading all these posts,for the first time ever i feel...i know...i have finally found my home. Just didn't realize i had soooo many roommates.

- you find out you forgot to rinse out the conditioner after taking a shower - 50% of the time
- you ask yourself "what am I thinking" multiple times a day
- when you can watch the laundry tumbling in a running washing machine for longer than 1 minute
- when you can do more work while waiting for the bus in 20 minutes than in a whole day behind your desk
- when your SO tells you with a sigh "we need to discuss something ..." at least once a month and you realise with a sinking feeling that it will be about the same issue *again*
- when you're full of emotions and upon being asked "what do you think" cannot utter a word because you cannot determine with which one of the 100000 things you should start *aw, it's gone again*
- when you can stand on the beach looking at the waves for an hour without being bored - *BUT* -
- have the feeling of being asphyxiated to death after 20 minutes in any meeting
- when people ask you if you smoke pot a lot - when you don't
- you can play for half an hour with the leftover foam in the washing-up bowl imagining it is a map of the world and simulating continental drift
- put two contact lenses in the same eye regularly
- when you have the sensation that everyone goes ahead in life while you stay in the same place - and cannot figure out why that is so
- when people around you think you are "sweet" and "cumbersome" at the same time
- when you find it really hard / impossible to defend yourself against criticism
- there is never anything in your agenda
- there is no empty horizontal surface in your house - and it nearly always supports a pile of something or other

.... when you plan to do the handyman thing ie - buy all the parts , plan out the job, advertise what your going to do to your significant other, when and how long it should take. Get ready the night before put your work clothes on in the morning, go outside and mow the lawn, trim the trees, go to the recycling depot shop and forget you were supposed to paint the house. Then do a crap job in half the time that you planned to do it ............. true story - it happens to me frequently. LOlolOl

you read 4 non fiction books at a time, rarely finish any of them, and start them in the middle.

...when you tell your kid you'll make him a sandwich, go into the kitchen, wonder why you're there, stand around hoping you'll remember, then forget you were going to do something, wander off and do some laundry.

He now knows to follow me and remind me what I'm doing. :o

you forget that you forgot that you forgetted something.

you go to get a glass of water for your brother-in-law and end up playing video games for an hour before he comes up from putting in lights to ask where his water is

You think the whoever came up with TiVo is a genuis. Now you can watch the 4 one hour shows you forgot to watch the night before, but you can watch all 4 in an hour and not miss anything.

you think the panic for you car is to locate it in the parking lot.

This is my first post, glad I found this place. I am off to do tons of reading.

...your family gets irritated with you when they constantly bump their heads into cupboard doors that you forgot to close after you opened them

...your electric bill is high because you never remember to turn off the lights

...you're baffled when your husband picks up your gym shoes after a workout and asks, "did you realize that you only had an insert in ONE of your shoes today??" and you realize that in switching the inserts from your regular shoes to your workout shoes you got distracted and only switched one of them and didn't notice the entire workout -- maybe you should have two pairs of those

...you tell yourself ten times on the way from the front door to the car to check the rear tire before you get in the car because it was looking low yesterday - and as you pull onto the freeway you think "dang! I was going to check that tire!" (and it's actually three days later when a coworker says "did you know that your tire is flat?" that you remember to check it at a point in time in which you weren't already in the car and moving)

...you walk out of the bathroom intending to walk five steps to the dresser to grab a hair tie and put it in your gym bag, and when you get to the gym that night and don't have one there, don't even remember what it was you did instead

...you can't think of a word that you want to use in a conversation and have to substitute something else (or a long explanation of said forgotten word) but two days later when it randomly pops into your head, you simply HAVE to call or text the person you were talking to and share your discovery, which of course they don't have any appreciation for (nor do they have any clue what you're talking about, since they've long since forgotten whatever unimportant subject it was that you were talking about)

...you start a reply to this question because as you read you get ideas and have to write them down before you forget them, but then keep scrolling up to read... then down again to write... then up... then down...!

...I had another idea but I think I forgot it....

...you re-read this post and realize that the wording was wrong in one sentance so edit it -- then re-read it again and find another mistake lower down, so you edit that -- then continue reading and want to say that sentance differently.....

- there is never anything in your agenda


- and yet you never have time to get everything done!

...you tell yourself ten times on the way from the front door to the car to check the rear tire before you get in the car because it was looking low yesterday - and as you pull onto the freeway you think "dang! I was going to check that tire!" (and it's actually three days later when a coworker says "did you know that your tire is flat?" that you remember to check it at a point in time in which you weren't already in the car and moving)


I do this one all the time! My poor truck is in terrible shape because I only think about maintenance while I'm driving it. And non-ADDers don't seem to understand how you can completely forget about it the second you get out of the car. :p

...if you don't wear a watch
...if your mobile wakes you up in the mornings
...if you hate-love the whole world
...if the DSM4 is like your biography
...if you suck in either reading or calculating
...if you run into the kitchen and forgot already what you urgently needed
...if you rip out the petrol hose...
...if you know better than your doctor how an NRI/SNRI works
...if you have allergies
...if you have more coping skills than hair on your head
...if no doctor understands you and you are physically fine
...if you know how to spell disorder backwards
...if smoking 3 boxes of cigarettes makes you concentrate a little
...if you need 6 month to one year to find the right meds
...if pharmacists think you are a drug dealer
...if you spell drug with k and wonder why it's underlined red
...if you hate ADD kids
:cool:

...
...if you hate ADD kids
:cool:

oh gosh, I love the ADD-PI daughter of a friend of mine (she's 7). I've never been a small kids person, but I get along with her so well - like we totally understand one another. It was hilarious that both she (well, her mother) and I found out that we both had ADD-PI last summer.

If you once (ok, last year) accidentally let your auto inspection expire…and then received a ticket for it… and then forgot to pay said ticket… and then got a large fine, which you had to wait a few weeks to afford but subsequently dis-remembered… and then they suspended your license for non-payment of the ticket but you didn’t find out because you don’t actually open the mail you collect from your mailbox once or twice a week because it’s on the other side of the house and frankly, nothing particularly exciting comes via post anyway… and then you got pulled over for driving with a suspended license and that was a big problem…and then you had to get a lawyer to get you off… and then that cost a lot of money… but then it turned out that it didn’t cost a lot of money because you repeatedly forgot to send him a check anyway and then….

...you can think of something and then forget it in the same second.

(I love this thread!) :D

If it's generally "comfort issues" that remind you your underwear is on backwards.

If even the dog knows that consistency isn't your strong point.

If you forget to eat, breath or go to bed.

You pull into the school parking lot for kid pick up, you count 5 heads in the rearview mirror to only get a phone call 10 minutes later as you're pulling into the driveway that you left your middle daughter at school. You look back and forgot you told them they could bring a friend home that day accounting for the extra head (doesn't help when your PTA president and can't hide from the shame)

When your husband comes home and asks where *insert kids name* is and you look dazed and confused trying hard to remember where you gave them permission to go to

The kids ask where the house phone is and you say "I dunno I use my cell, I think *** had it last" to only offer to call it to help, to only realize you hear it coming from the laundry room where you now remember hanging up from a call and putting it in your make up bag... then you hear a kid say "your make up bag? Laundry room? Mom really?"

You're super excited you found the energy and follow through to not only thaw out the ground beef but even cook it, after draining the grease you put it back in the pan to only forget what it was you were going to cook.

Or you start to clean out the fridge of all the 'intended' dinners since you know all the meat you thawed out over the last few weeks is most likely bad and you don't need another lecture on the wasting of money.

When you read these responses and can relate to almost everything.

As you type your response, you notice a thank you card that you needed to mail six months ago but still haven't because you can't find a stamp and misplaced the rest of the address.

When you find library book "Hunted mammals of the sea" from the library that you checked out in the 4th grade for your first book report ever, but can't locate your license or debit card and they are NOT in your purse and you know they haven't been stolen.

When your at a work meeting and people know that when they sit next to you, to hold on to their pens or you may accidentally walk off with them. I usually need to borrow a pen because I "misplaced" mine. They laugh about it, luckily.

When your four year old boy asks you if you "remembered your purse" or tells you where you parked (so very sad:( )

When you mail a Christmas card a few months late and include in that Christmas card, a card from the previous year and say "Better late than never."

When you father calls you and asks you for your address for the fourth time in three weeks intending to mail you a Christmas card and you know that he won't because he will need to find the stamps, remember where he put the address, find a pen, and actually go mail it BUT he will have to remember to get the card before he gets into the car to go to the mailbox. You know all of this and laugh ...realizing genetics is a pretty funny things because I am just like my father.

When you win an award at work stating, "The person most likely to lose her keys" and when you go up everyone practically gives you a standing ovation.

When you rack up lost school book debt over $200 in one year (7th grade).

When you are at a meeting and really think you are listening and then you are asked a dreaded question and have no idea what they are talking about...just to realize you were probably never really there at the meeting anyways.

When you meet another ADHDer and can follow their topic jumping and feel like kindred spirits. You both don't even need to say, "I am ADHD" you just know.

When your husband remembers your anniversary dates and peoples birthdays and you can't even get the days straight on your own parents birthdays. I try...I really do. When you don't get offended that your dad forgets your birthday or doesn't know how old you are because you are the same way. We laugh about it. I just remind him and he says the same thing, year after year "Oh cra*).

you sit down to wikipedia to do research for your history homework and an hour later you know everything there is to know about the mating habits of the praying mantis


I love this. Made me LOL...

I get so lost in the internet it is unreal. I can sit down to do check my bank details and five hours later I realise I've not eaten or drunk etc... It's like getting totally sucked into another world.

You have to ask people to remind you that you have planned to go and see them or there is a good chance you won't turn up.

You double book yourself on a regular basis.

You go downstairs to make a cup of coffee and end up rearranging the front room--- That's what I did today. :)

You have over 3,000 emails in your yahoo account. :eek:

You leave the computer to run around for a few seconds, and come back like an hour later to find that you didn't even exit this screen. =/

You have over 3,000 emails in your yahoo account. :eek:

That would be me.

you sit down on the loo and theres no toilet paper and once again.... its too late (saying this actually last time i went, i checked first and there was none so went upstairs. go me!!! love you all, i'm finally home x x x

opening a bracket (but forgetting to close it again like in my last post, i'll remember this time) heehee xxxxxxxxxxxxx

You look back at class assignment and find that you've chosen, "procrastination, day dreams, insomnia" as the three words to best describe yourself.

love you all, i'm finally home x x x

when it really feels like that!

You tell your friends you really like tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches rather than confess to forgetting the meat.

Hi -- I'm new here, but need to add this one.

You know you have ADD when...
Your wireless phone is tied to its base with a string so you won't lose it.

... you always have to run to catch your train
... you have to buy expensive lunch at a shop or counter because preparing and packing it at home before it's time to leave for work takes too much organisation and preparation
... you rarely cook in the first 8 years after moving out of your parents' house, and wait until a couple of minutes to 8 pm, just in time to get to the supermarket before it closes, to buy a microwave dinner, some snacks and breakfast for the next day
... you also bring some peanut butter because you're not sure if there still is any at home, only to find there were still 3 pots of peanut butter, all opened
... you sit behind your computer all day
... you look at the 'sent mail' folder and notice you had two rushes of productivity which lasted about half an hour each, one in the morning, one in the afternoon
... you start to fear you will not be able to have a successfull career, after believing for many years that the sky is the limit

.....your child asks a simple question while you're on your way to sort laundry and it's 6 more months before anyone has clean clothes again...

you know you have ADD when:
- your cell phone reminder goes off every half hour (and people think your special someone is calling you)

-you have a great system for keeping track of things but don't remember what it is.
-you complain that the cash machine ate your card. Then they tell you it is the slide-in slide-out kind and the card is in your pocket.
-your brilliant analysis offered at meetings is followed by silence, then a change of subject

You wake up at 6am, convinced your going to make it to your 9am class this time around, until you realise its 9:30 and your still in front of your laptop, in your bathrobe, googling absolutely anything:P

You forget that really clever idea you had for what to post on this damn thread...

You manage to burn the soup and then serve it cold!!!

I make some interesting meals. :D

When you show up for your job interview on time, but a week early.

When you put those darn fish sticks on the baking sheet, get a little snack for your son, sit down at the computer to check email, five minutes later forgot that you hadn't set the timer. Guess that is was actually only five minutes ago and not fifteen, so you set the timer in between the two and hope your random guess was alright. Then hear the timer go off and run to turn those fish sticks over but can't find one of your three spatulas. You decide on a long fork instead. You open up the oven to discover no fish sticks. You look on top of the oven and there they are -fish sticks not spatula...meanwhile you are starving.

That would be me right now.
Grrr...

you know you have ADD when:

"well, folks, we're now in the amazon river. this over here is granite, but most people just take it for..... er..... aw, not again...."

... when even remembering to take your one-dose-a-day tablet of Long-Acting Ritalin can be beyond you at times :o

no kidding on that one above.

When you are so busy hyperfocusing at work you forget to pump (nursing) and then it becomes completely obvious by everyone you are with child - so embarrassing.

When you remember that you had to go to the bathroom four hours ago but you just can't pull yourself away from that specific task (hyperfocusing again).

You live on this forum but your newest employer also doesn't approve.

When you put those darn fish sticks on the baking sheet, get a little snack for your son, sit down at the computer to check email, five minutes later forgot that you hadn't set the timer. Guess that is was actually only five minutes ago and not fifteen, so you set the timer in between the two and hope your random guess was alright. Then hear the timer go off and run to turn those fish sticks over but can't find one of your three spatulas. You decide on a long fork instead. You open up the oven to discover no fish sticks. You look on top of the oven and there they are -fish sticks not spatula...meanwhile you are starving.

That would be me right now.
Grrr...


to add to that...you also discover that you forgot to turn the oven on in the first place.

your keys are always missing, your socks dont match and your at work early on ur day off thinking to ur self man is it time to go home yet!

You search for the phone number you just wrote down and it's mysteriously disappeared in the space of 10 minutes. Whether it was you...or someone else that moved it...only to find it less than 2 feet away in plain sight.

...you don't use your filing cabinets at work like everyone else in your office.

You always find two conversations in your head and, while talking with someone, you forget which conversation is A and which is B ... and whether A or B was the one they were involved in. :o

You look around your entire house for your coat for a very VERY long time and give up. Then later you discover that it is actually hanging up and YOU put it there.

You always find two conversations in your head and, while talking with someone, you forget which conversation is A and which is B ... and whether A or B was the one they were involved in. :o

I get strange looks from people at work because I often do this.

when you introduce yourself to someone twice.

within 5 minutes of each other.

...you've been in the process of cleaning and organizing your bedroom for your entire life. It's never finished. Even if it "looks" clean enough for company, there's always something left to do. A box to be reorganized, papers to be filed, decorations or furniture to be rearranged. And when it does get to the "company clean", stage it can go to the 'sheer chaos' stage in a matter of an hour or so! Sigh.

Amy

P.S. That reminds me, when I get home, I need to clean my room. LOL

...you can't think of a word that you want to use in a conversation and have to substitute something else (or a long explanation of said forgotten word) but two days later when it randomly pops into your head, you simply HAVE to call or text the person you were talking to and share your discovery, which of course they don't have any appreciation for (nor do they have any clue what you're talking about, since they've long since forgotten whatever unimportant subject it was that you were talking about)


This is a biggie for me . . . I'm a teacher and I'm always stumbling over words, usually not able to think of the one I want to use that would make my whole explanation SO much clearer. Sad when I proceed to define the word I'm looking for and the kids come up with it for me.

I have the opposite problem -- I have too many words to use (meaning I put the H in ADHD). Often the words I use are a bit esoteric (why? because they jump to the front of the line). After saying something like "brobdingnagian" when I really meant "gargantuan," folks look at me like I'm some pretentious *** when really all I want is to convey the exact meaning.

... you are in the middle of a conversation with someone and a third person interupts. The first person that you were talking to says "now, what was I saying?" and you can't remember what they were talking about.

I know I have ADD when I join a great site like this one, get really excited about it, write a few blogs and then ignoring it (I'll go back to it tomorrow) for 3 months. I'd probably run across it then and think, "What a great site!!"

No wonder I can't keep friends. LOL. I suddenly start ignoring them. (not on purpose of course)

You have a collection of "uncluttering your house" books...all over the messy house. And a few books on procrastination that you never get started reading. Or never finish reading.

You take it personally when you're the last post and no one responds after you for a few days. THREAD KILLER!!!!!

...you can't think of a word that you want to use in a conversation and have to substitute something else (or a long explanation of said forgotten word) but two days later when it randomly pops into your head, you simply HAVE to call or text the person you were talking to and share your discovery, which of course they don't have any appreciation for (nor do they have any clue what you're talking about, since they've long since forgotten whatever unimportant subject it was that you were talking about)


This is a biggie for me . . . I'm a teacher and I'm always stumbling over words, usually not able to think of the one I want to use that would make my whole explanation SO much clearer. Sad when I proceed to define the word I'm looking for and the kids come up with it for me.

Wow, this is sooooo me. I've done this with so many words. Words as simple as post office, "....you know that place where you send your mail.":eek:
All of the words are there(in my head), they just swim away too fast for me to catch.

At the gym I work out at, I changed into my work out clothes and placed my pants, shirt and gym bag in my locker. I then closed and locked my locker with a combination type lock...I then point my car keys with the car alarm activator towards my locker (as I would my car) and attempt to activate the alarm......Ayyyyyyyyy! I think a few people saw me do this!

At the gym I work out at, I changed into my work out clothes and placed my pants, shirt and gym bag in my locker. I then closed and locked my locker with a combination type lock...I then point my car keys with the car alarm activator towards my locker (as I would my car) and attempt to activate the alarm......Ayyyyyyyyy! I think a few people saw me do this!


A few weeks ago at work I tried using my security badge for the elevator. All I had to do was push the button! This was on the outside of the elevator. I don't know if anyone saw me...except maybe the security guards if they were watching that hall through the monitor.

You get pulled over at a road block, the cop assumes that you are drunk or on something and you fail the field sobriety test even though you're completely sober!

"What's said in the bedroom, stays in the bedroom." As in, my husband tells me I need to do something and the second I leave the bedroom (or whatever room we're in) I totally forget he even said anything!

You get pulled over at a road block, the cop assumes that you are drunk or on something and you fail the field sobriety test even though you're completely sober!

Did this actually happen to you?? If so, that's hilarious. I have tried some of those field sobriety tests "for fun" and fail them as well.

have tried some of those field sobriety tests ..
what is a field sobriety test? Do they have you say tongue twisters? Or walk in a straight line?

You know you're ADHD when in the middle of the movie 'Juno'
when it says on the screen "Spring"
you point and yell "SPRING" :)

then fall over laughing at thinking it said "SPRING" instead of "FALL"..and they changed it from "AUTUMN"..then laugh more because you are good at laughing at yourself..then have your nephew tell you to SHUT-UP because everyone is staring ..lol..lol..

:)
That was me BTW if anyone here was in the cinema on Friday Night..hehehehe...

you sit and try to force yourself do get work done, but hours go by without accomplishing anything. You tell yourself that you'll get up early and get things done, but then you find yourself procrastinating past the time you'd normally get up.

you can't remember the last time you made your bed but that's the least of your worries because your bedroom is so disorderly in general

your car has such a ridiculous amount of empty water bottles, papers and plastic bags that you casually shove armfuls of trash to the back seat whenever you have a passenger getting in next to you.

you walk to get something, but along the way you get involved in something else and forget why you got up in the first place.

You have been on the ADD Forums for just a few days and already received two warnings about stupid stuff I shoulda known better. It's not the rules that was stupid, just me not even thinking.

... you encounter a thread with an interesting prompt and after skimming the 4th or 5th post, you jump to "post reply." after submitting your response, you continue skimming the rest of the thread and then you realize that you already answered the question posed in this thread and in order to save face, you write a long-winded explanation about why you posted twice... :O/

your car has such a ridiculous amount of empty water bottles, papers and plastic bags that you casually shove armfuls of trash to the back seat whenever you have a passenger getting in next to you.


Your husband refers to your vehicle as the car-nado.

You try on a few outfits for work in the morning and find one that works. Then you realize a little before lunch that you never put on a bra or underwear....you have to take an emergency trip to Victoria's Secret at lunch that day.

You call all your significant others "Baby" so you won't forget their name. Trouble starts when you don't recognize the voice over the phone. :confused:

You've been in the shower for 5 minutes and can't remember whether you've shampooed or soaped yet so you do it again just in case.

When I got pulled over and had to do a field sobriety test they asked me to follow a flashlight with my eyes, my reaction was probably delayed seeing that my cordination is horrible! I had to count back from 100, since i was put on the spot I had to actually think about it... so embarresing! They had me walk a straight line keeping my arms out, keeping eye contact with the cop--- i couldn't help but laugh at the fact that I was actually sober and still couldn't pass any of these tests! The police obviously didn't find it amusing! I kept telling I was A.D.D. and just "naturally impaired"! I had a bad seizure a year and half ago and when I came to, the paramedic was asking me the date and the vice presidents name and I just had to tell him I wouldn't have known any of this stuff in the first place! Thats horrible! =)

You've been in the shower for 5 minutes and can't remember whether you've shampooed or soaped yet so you do it again just in case.

Every few days you have an attack of the forgets shortly after you leave the house - going through the rigamorole of 'did I put on deodorant?' 'did I brush my teeth?' 'did I remember the keys/mobile phone/wallet'?

And of course you can't be happy until you've done the sniff test/rummaged through your bag doublechecking everything etc.

Or worse - when you keep chewing gum and a spare deodorant in your bag because there are plenty of days when you really DO forget :o

Your husband refers to your vehicle as the car-nado.

..... in this case..hubby's car has always been the car-nado!!

I keep deodorant, a toothbrush and toothpaste in my car because I'm always running out the door like a chicken with its head cut off! Anyone else ever had to brush their teeth in the car? I've done it at red lights and can't imagine what others would think if they saw me doing it! It's a good laugh though.

Just today I ran over my backpack, with my usb stick that had my papers in it (lucky it didn't get crushed). Also I had forgotten to put my mp3 player in there (luck of the Irish X2). Somehow my old (sentimentally valuable) calculator still works. The only real damage was some warpage on a hundred dollar textbook, a smashed pencil box, and some warped chemistry study cards. WHEW! Why did I set my pack down on the passenger side, then go inside, come back and run over it?????

you sit and try to force yourself do get work done, but hours go by without accomplishing anything. You tell yourself that you'll get up early and get things done, but then you find yourself procrastinating past the time you'd normally get up.

you can't remember the last time you made your bed but that's the least of your worries because your bedroom is so disorderly in general

your car has such a ridiculous amount of empty water bottles, papers and plastic bags that you casually shove armfuls of trash to the back seat whenever you have a passenger getting in next to you.

you walk to get something, but along the way you get involved in something else and forget why you got up in the first place.


hahaha, this provided a good laugh for me. My backseat is FULL of trash and empty bottles haha.

you know you have adhd when you are doing something one minute, then you do something else the next, and the thing you were doing in the first place doesn't cross your mind and then when you remember it, you do that thing again, but by the time you start doing it again you lose all interest in it! lol

you know you have adhd when you forget things all the time
i always forget where my brush is
or where i left my socks
or where my shoes are
or where my phone is
even though sometimes ITS IN MY HAND!!! OR RIGHT INFRONT OF MY EYES!!!

god so many things lol

oh and you know you have adhd when someone is talking to you you just zone out... when they are done talking you look at them with a puzzled face and question them about what they just said, and when they say it again, you zone out AGAIN, and ask them AGAIN, and then if you dont hear them again, you just give up on it and just say okay to it

OH and also!
you know you have adhd when you find yourself singing random songs or you find yourself shouting out random words that youve heard and you remember what was said and you shout it out or talk to yourself about it and then a few minutes later youre like.. 'what the hell did i just do that for?'

Sprinkle in some depression -

I have a thousand things I need to do but I am frozen in indecision. I tell myself, just pick one thing - my mind jumps from one to another to another to another - they all seem equally pressing - i cannot choose. Stuck in a rushing whirlpool of thought and guilt and indecision...I give up and come visit the forum again.

Is that ADD?

^^
I do that
I don't know if it's add or not but I do that...
x

You know you have ADD when....

You need to reschedule your first appointment for the ADD evaluation because you realize the day before that you booked another appointment at that same time.

And then you miss the second evaluation appointment because you've known for weeks that the appointment is on the 17th....and you've also known it is on a Friday...and then the Thursday "before" the appointment your Outlook calendar reminds you that need to be at the appointment in 15 minutes...

Although I have been doing this for 4 years or so, it just occurred to me today that it is my ADD (hope you can follow, not sure how to explain but had to share somewhere):

I teach history. When I hand out a quiz or test I always have two copies, form A and B so I alternate between the rows of my kids. I have about 12 rows to pass to (3 in each row) and at LEAST three or four times during this task I forget which form I JUST handed to the row before. Literally, we are talking seconds.

hi I'm gabi
I don't know how old are you but i'm 21 and i recently discovered i have all the symptoms of ADHD.
when u start to read smth and it turns out u read everything but u don't remember not a single word and that your mind was in another place
when u do smth at work and u keep checking and u always find a mistake
when u said smth just minutes ago and u forgot everything

Took a plant outside to re-pot it the other day. It was a nice, sunny day but it IS winter here. Got distracted doing several other things. Remembered it and went out, repotted it, brought it back in. A few minutes later I noticed all the leaves were dying. I guess the temperature, or at least the windchill was below freezing and it never occurred to me. Poor thing - I hope it pulls through. It's a tough plant, though (begonia) - has to be to survive my care for this long. I think I've nearly killed it at least two other times.

.... you have your car repaired after you had an accident, and the mechanic says "Yeah, we kind of tidied up a bit, too. BTW we found this" (hands over bottle of shampoo bought 2 months ago) "and this" (hands over bottle of toilet bowl cleaner).

You think I should have tipped him?

when you go to see a concert in the city a week early :)
luckily, I can go tomorrow night :)

MOST DEFINITELY better than the other way round!

I went to the doctor today to let him know how the Straterra is working. (Jan 3 is when I started it) The last few days I think maybe they're helping...a little. But when I was paying my co-payment to the receptionist, I was telling her as I was writing it in the checkbook register, "See, I even remembered to write it in the register!" (I always forget). "I just could never remember how to spell Straterra." Just then, I noticed that's what I was writing in the payee column "Straterra". Oops! At least I wasn't trying to write a check!

I once thought of a good one liner to finish that sentence so I started to write something like this on a forum:

"I know one ... I know one ...

Oops ... I forgot but I'll be sure to remember to write about it right away when I remember, if I jot it down on a post-it with the pen that was just here a minute ago by my papers which have been moved by someone and obviously I need to put them in a folder that's over there so that won't happen again, ouch, what the heck is this laundry basket doing in the middle of the hallway (I hate doing laundry) and why doesn't anybody put stuff away where it belongs (I'll be good and just walk this over to the laundry room right away this time), well at least there's some coin there at the bottom of the washer so how much . . . [big blank] Ahuh! Is that the doorbell? No, that's my cell phone ... "oh that haircut appointment wasn't for tomorrow??" I better brush my hair in a hurry, and my teeth (what a mundane pain), . . . that's where the pen was . . . ummm . . . I'm glad I remembered to go buy those post-it notes on the way back from the appointment but I have to get cash from the bank for gas and a treat for the receptionist as I'm running very late . . . . Sure I'll make it to the gas station as the last time I ran out of gas on the road I was in school .... what was the name of that God-forsaken highway where I got stuck in ice-cold weather? Boy did I have to go then too ..... relief ..... oh yeah Google that gas station that charged me $4 for a quart container plus the gas while It's filling up. . . oh there's my browser Favorites, scroll to ADDitude, Forums, Log in, back to Forums, who posted that last one I was reading, no that's the name of who started the thread but the time for whoever posted last except for (boy I wish they made this easier like maybe I should write them a letter, no better yet I'll learn to do Web Design (I wonder what language I should learn HTML or C++ or A+ is that one a language or a test, well skip that, but maybe that tech guy who really owes me can help me build the web's unique, universal (and highest Google ranked?? how do you get there without $$$$??) site. I'll call it the "SUGGESTION BOX FOR EVERYTHING"? Cool idea. I won't forget that, but how many web pages should it have and what functionality? So what am I doing with this pen on my laptop at the airport b/c I promised myself to type all my reminders and notes onto Outlook? Am I late to . . . what was I thinking?" :confused:

Was this long enough for ya'?!

addaway- that is so me!! everyday.

... you walk very fast and people make fun of you for it.


LOL I do that

...it takes you an incredibly long time to get through this thread because you keep googling things in peoples' signatures.

...you've actually stopped in the middle of a sentence to add something like, "Oh, look, a(n) (insert name of random distracting object here)!!"

... when you have hoarded piles of statements from bank accounts that you closed years ago, but after the better part of an hour of searching still can't locate the all-important original report of the assessment that confirmed that you have ADD ... sheesh!

...you are getting in your car, five minutes later than you wanted to leave. you have too many things in your hand so you put them on top of your car so you can open the door. you get in close the door and start driving. it isn't until you make a sharp turn or start going 50 mph that you hear a thud behind you. meanwhile you are thinking to yourself. "What was that noise? Better not think about it I'm running late today.".

That's a classic. I did that with my sketch book the day it was due. someone else ran it over and there were tire marks on it. Luckily my art teacher had ADD and mentioned how original my tire marks looked. hahaha

. . . what was I thinking?" :confused:
oh gosh - yes! :o hahaha .. that happens n times a day.
If there is a 4 word statement that sums op ADD it must be this!!

Sorting the mail. I've got a PO box for my business and mailbox for personal mail. Between all the junk mail, bills, catalogs, business invoices and bank statements - if I don't get it sorted right away (which I rarely do) - I end up with big, intimidating pile on my desk. And the inflow is just never ending!

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc312/busyhermit/2008_02280005copy.jpg

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I was just thinking today how funny it would be for us to post pictures of our desks. Not sure how to do this. Mine is currently a disaster.

That's a good idea - I saw that exact thing on another forum one time! At least I THINK it was another forum...........:confused:.............yeah, I'm pretty sure it was another forum.

Anyhow, all we'd have to do is start it up - probably in Chit Chat, and see if we get any takers (as long as we can post pictures in Chit Chat - I think we can :confused: ). I think I'll try it with my lovely mail pile. Go to Chit Chat and show us your desk Mavka!

You know you are ADD when the only thing you are consistent in, is inconsistency.

You mean I have to do chores? The dishes don't automatically get done by themselves?

You can't decide where you want to live if you could choose (I have a blog of places I'd love to live at). A big city sounds so great!.......but then there's the small town charm of itty bitty towns too. I'm neutral on a bunch of stuff. I could go from one extreme to the other without being able to choose....

This is pretty bad... I guess I wasn't paying attention and I didn't realize their was a median in the middle of this parking lot. The picture is blurry but it still speaks 1000 words! Even worse two of the people with me I had just met, great first impression!


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You can think straight unless your foot is wiggling....

You know you are ADD when the only thing you are consistent in, is inconsistency.
aww that's philosophical :p
How about when you're not even consistent in inconsistency? Then you are *possibly* brilliantly consistent at some unpredictable moments, but (!) the fact that that in itself is inconsistent again and chaotic may actually negate the consistency.
Ugh.

You can think straight unless your foot is wiggling....

Oh man I relate! My mother forever tells me to stop moving my foot.

u don't read any of these posts u u just post your own stff and make a big runon sentance

Sometimes I like to think my medication is helping me. Yesterday was not one of those days. LOL. Lots of little stupid stuff. Like when one of the kids hollering for chocolate milk. So I poured three cups. One for each kid and one for me. Put the milk away and I gave a cup to TJ (who was hollering for it) and took mine out to the computer. My husband had to remind me "What about Cody?" I left his sitting on the counter instead of giving it to him. At least I poured some for him!

Or....I looked at the topic of "How often do you dust?" and I automatically picture Danny Tanner. I've been watching too much Full House lately. So I get off the topic of "How often do YOU dust" and change the subject to how often a fictional character dusts!Yesterday I was watching the Golden Girls and was wondering who does the most cleaning because I hardly ever see them do it! I stray off the subject too easily!!!

Woo-hoo! This is post #153! Throw me a party!!!! Or I can get off on the simplest little things. Stupid little things. Woo-hoo! Three posts in a row!

Or....I looked at the topic of "How often do you dust?" and I automatically picture Danny Tanner. I've been watching too much Full House lately. So I get off the topic of "How often do YOU dust" and change the subject to how often a fictional character dusts!Yesterday I was watching the Golden Girls and was wondering who does the most cleaning because I hardly ever see them do it! I stray off the subject too easily!!!

Oh they'd probably have a cleaning lady do most of it for them, IMHO.

Reminds me of how prior to The Brady Bunch no-one ever showed the interior of a bathroom that had an actual toilet. I mean presumably characters DID go, they just never mentioned or discussed it :rolleyes:

I mean presumably characters DID go, they just never mentioned or discussed it :rolleyes:

Do any characters in any show ever go?

maybe related .. I've realised at times that I could not imagine that the Queen would actually 'go' .. I mean - that's just too common. So what would happen if you went for an audition and you really had to .. er .. that would be awkward.
Come to think of it .. I have a similar block when it comes to imagining her eating things like mashed potatoes or Brussels sprouts. Nibbling almost subliminally on exquisitely thin toast with Caviar maybe ..

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When your life is sorta like the movie, "American Splendor" or you have friends like the characters in the movie.

... while shaving your hair, something I have done many time, you realize that your forgot to put the clipper comb #2 and shave to the skin behind your neck.

... you come upstair asking the kids to stop watching tv and go play outside, look what's on tv, sit for 30 seconde at the computer, go downstair and been ask by your wife what are you doing...

... your wife ask you to check on the net if that iPod is still on sale, sit at the computer, see that your browser is at a page you have not finish reading, do some random click and then your wife ask you: Then what is the answer? I ask her what is the question....

Although I have not yet an official diagnostic, I had so much fun reading this topic and found so much like me in it I decided to share....

Although I have not yet an official diagnostic, I had so much fun reading this topic and found so much like me in it I decided to share....

You're welcome to join in! You know yourself better than the doctors anyway!

My mother-in-law and husband was looking for the cord to the cordless vacuum (to charge it). Good thing they asked me today and not tomorrow when I'd have forgotten. I forgot it went to the vacuum.

I was planning on having my first garage sale and getting nervous yet excited about it. Mostly excited about getting a lot of stuff out of the house (mostly baby furniture and toys....most of which we bought last year at garage sales...way too many). Now my purpose is to raise money to "help get our kicks on Route 66". It appeals to me and I could picture my 4 year old going with me. Shared my idea with my husband and he says "no". MIL says "she thinks she's going to get rich off of it!" No I don't.... But it'd still be fun to try. Off the topic here so I should make that into a blog. As for the topic....I was going to learn French at home!!! Got a few books and was prepared to give it a shot. Now my endeavor is Route 66. Can't I settle down and DO something instead of dreaming? No wonder my husband doesn't believe in me. :-(

I wrote that last post before work. A few times when I was typing it, I asked my 4-year old to get me my art history book (I'm taking a couple online classes). He never did but that didn't bug me. I left the house at a decent time and started to work. A couple minutes later, I realized I forgot my art book and binder. I was planning on doing some homework that's due Monday. So I called my husband on my cell phone (which I hate doing when I'm driving) and turned around. He came outside and gave them to me. Ok, I might still make it on time...maybe. Got on the interstate and my brain was still thinking of Route 66; I missed my exit. TOTALLY missed it. Sometimes I'll miss it and think of it right then. Today I got to the next exit before realizing it. Ok, so I'll just get off there and go down a main street instead of getting back on the interstate. I never tried getting to work that way and I got lost!! I knew where I was but couldn't seem to get to where I needed to go. Got to work and was walking to the door. I realized I left my binder in the car. Oh well! Maybe lunch break. It has some papers in there I need. So I was 10 minutes late.....and now I think I might be a few minutes late from my break!!!! AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!! I need time to stop! At least for a few minutes so I can catch up! And then tonight will be a time change to screw me up more! LOL

When you decide it is time to tend to the cat litter box and as you prepare to do so you see your scale and decide to hop on because it has been about a week since you last weighed yourself. You stare at the scale in horror...how in the world did you gain 13 pounds in a week! You look around freaking out and then see the 14 pound cat litter container in your hand....

When you decide it is time to tend to the cat litter box and as you prepare to do so you see your scale and decide to hop on because it has been about a week since you last weighed yourself. You stare at the scale in horror...how in the world did you gain 13 pounds in a week! You look around freaking out and then see the 14 pound cat litter container in your hand....

I love it! Thanks for the laugh! Sounds like me.

..you figure out you probably have ADD, get all excited because it explains a lot, buy a book about it, loose said book, and promptly forget about the entire thing for about a year haha :rolleyes:

This one is pretty good! My freshman year of college I lived in an apartment complex and had been there for at least a month or so, I park my car and waltz into 'my' apartment. I look around for a little too long, dazed and confused, thinking "whoa my roomates must have gotten really drunk last night and have thrown a party" because the furniture was all rearranged (each apartment came furnished with the same furniture)... It reeked of pot too, which wasn't typical. Next thing I know some random chick comes out to the living room and I'm just standing there dumbfounded... OMG I'm definaitly in the WRONG apartment building! I had even put my bags down and everything! It was in the middle of the afternoon.... completely sober too! You should have seen the look on that girls face!

I started a thread (there's probably already one like it) about movie/tv quotes.

"You can lead a herring to water....but you have to walk really fast or he'll die!" Rose on the Golden Girls

Got me started thinking....I should copy down all the great stuff she says! But then I'm on the second season now so I'd have to start ALL over! I need to give up on that idea. I already started (but haven't kept up with) a list of Blanche's "conquests". But see! Start one post and think about MORE senseless stuff to do!

You know you have ADD when you're always late from lunch break at work because you're on the ADDForums!

you rite an appointmen down in your planner (b/c your trying to be good) and show up a day late

...you've seen Casablanca eight times and you still have no idea what it's about.

...you've seen Casablanca eight times and you still have no idea what it's about.


I've started watching that movie several times and I STILL haven't finished it! I finally actually watched all of Gone With The Wind! Good movie...once I finally seen it all the way through!

You LOSE your prescriptions.
Then when you finally get a new one...
You LOSE the pills!!!

...you've seen Casablanca eight times and you still have no idea what it's about.

I found this particularly funny...

Cuz it's true. ;)

you can be 30 minutes too early at a meeting and be 5 minutes late to that same meeting :confused:

LOL I didn't read all the posts... however, if someone said it already I'm sorry ahead of time.... You know exactly what you want to say... only to have it slip your mind the minute you open your mouth to speak. LOL

You look back at class assignment and find that you've chosen, "procrastination, day dreams, insomnia" as the three words to best describe yourself.

HAH! Thats so ME!

when your coworkers no longer find it odd to see you putting your socks on in the breakroom because all you ever have time for is to stick them in your pocket. And of course the shoes are slip ons because, c'mon! who has time to TIE SHOES!?

you can be 30 minutes too early at a meeting and be 5 minutes late to that same meeting

That's FanTAStic! I have done this at work. I get there maybe 45 minutes early but just barely clock in on time because i'm reading or chatting or doing homework. I'm not good with spare time. I always think I have more than I actually do.

You have one of those shower cleaners that all you have to do is press a button and it sprays the entire shower, but your shower isn't any cleaner because you can't remember to press the stupid button.

...putting your socks on in the breakroom because all you ever have time for is to stick them in your pocket.

I feel SO much better about those socks in my pockets now.

When you send your child to the shop for a birthday card!!

Then phone her mate to see where she is..(her mate say's coming back from the shop)

still hasn't clicked i sent her there....

she walks in, i'm about to shout where the hell have you been ....

when i notice the bithday card in her hand. WHOOPS ARGGHHH!!!

how the hell did i forget and not even click when her mate told me where she was lol
not funny for my daughter though!! poor thing

You say "yes" and make a pact with your ADD buddy not to post on ADDF until after work tonight. Did I forget ...... the impulsivity factor, DUH?!!! :o

Caught you, ADDAWAY! :mad:

Oh, wait. That means I broke the pact, too. :(

You realize that you've just spent over an hour on this forum when there is a stack of paperwork to attend to!

You have to call the Time and Temp number 2-3 times in a row, because you forgot to listen for the temperature. :D

Also, thank goodness they have movie listings online now because I never listened long enough to find out what time the movies started. (Yeah, I know they list the weather online these days too.:rolleyes:)

You have a dream that you found stuff you were supposed to throw away in the microwave instead. Then when you wake up, you decide to check in the microwave, just in case. You open the microwave and find the soup you were going to eat last night.

I was going to put my two-year old's socks and footed jammies on him. I put him in the chair, laid the socks on the desk next to us and proceded to put the jammies on. He started hollering about something (since he's only 2 I don't immediately understand what he's saying) and I was getting frustrated, telling him to just put the jammies on! Glanced over at the socks....That's what he was trying to tell me! I feel so bad when I do that. When the kids are TRYING to tell me and I get frustrated at them. My four-year old would laugh it off. "Mommy forgot!". I'm sure glad kids forgive so easily.

I once thought of a good one liner to finish that sentence so I started to write something like this on a forum:

"I know one ... I know one ...

Oops ... I forgot but I'll be sure to remember to write about it right away when I remember, if I jot it down on a post-it with the pen that was just here a minute ago by my papers which have been moved by someone and obviously I need to put them in a folder that's over there so that won't happen again, ouch, what the heck is this laundry basket doing in the middle of the hallway (I hate doing laundry) and why doesn't anybody put stuff away where it belongs (I'll be good and just walk this over to the laundry room right away this time), well at least there's some coin there at the bottom of the washer so how much . . . [big blank] Ahuh! Is that the doorbell? No, that's my cell phone ... "oh that haircut appointment wasn't for tomorrow??" I better brush my hair in a hurry, and my teeth (what a mundane pain), . . . that's where the pen was . . . ummm . . . I'm glad I remembered to go buy those post-it notes on the way back from the appointment but I have to get cash from the bank for gas and a treat for the receptionist as I'm running very late . . . . Sure I'll make it to the gas station as the last time I ran out of gas on the road I was in school .... what was the name of that God-forsaken highway where I got stuck in ice-cold weather? Boy did I have to go then too ..... relief ..... oh yeah Google that gas station that charged me $4 for a quart container plus the gas while It's filling up. . . oh there's my browser Favorites, scroll to ADDitude, Forums, Log in, back to Forums, who posted that last one I was reading, no that's the name of who started the thread but the time for whoever posted last except for (boy I wish they made this easier like maybe I should write them a letter, no better yet I'll learn to do Web Design (I wonder what language I should learn HTML or C++ or A+ is that one a language or a test, well skip that, but maybe that tech guy who really owes me can help me build the web's unique, universal (and highest Google ranked?? how do you get there without $$$$??) site. I'll call it the "SUGGESTION BOX FOR EVERYTHING"? Cool idea. I won't forget that, but how many web pages should it have and what functionality? So what am I doing with this pen on my laptop at the airport b/c I promised myself to type all my reminders and notes onto Outlook? Am I late to . . . what was I thinking?" :confused:

Was this long enough for ya'?!
you should put this somewhere "5 minutes in an ADD mind..."

You have to call the Time and Temp number 2-3 times in a row, because you forgot to listen for the temperature. :D

That is exactly me. I've done that since I was old enough to use a phone.

for some weird reason you set your alarm for 6am even tho u start work at 6.10.
so you end up missing the bus and having to take the taxi to work.
then you do the exact same thing the next day!

for some weird reason you set your alarm for 6am even tho u start work at 6.10.
so you end up missing the bus and having to take the taxi to work.
then you do the exact same thing the next day!

Also when you set your alarm so that it goes off to give you an hour and a half to get up and ready, but instead you use that time bargaining withyourself to get out of bed and when you finally get up you should actually be walking through the doors at work. Except it doesn't hit you that you should be at work until about 10min. after you should have been there because you were in such a sleepy haze up till that point.

woops i meant to say that the pass arrived at 6.10 am not thta i start at 6.10
start at 6.30 lol...
lol spaceman can relate haha, have done that a few times. but nope not again, positively psyching myself out of these bad habits ;P

You're reading the forums....
and then look down... and notice that you've been trying to roll the gum that you're chewing along the "lick-me" edge of an envelope (while it's still in your mouth) ... to see if you can pick up some of the flavor...
more-or-less without really thinking about it, or taking much notice....

That bill comes in showing that you didn't make the payment you thought you did, come to find out, because you stuck that check in the wrong creditor's envelope . . . what a domino effect when you're doing them all at the same time! Back to one at a time, tardily, for me ... better late than never! :p

you go to get gas and end with new cds, clothes, a new video game and the gas lite on - with no money left

(Scenario)

The thought in your head pops up that "I need to get a few items from the store".
Let's say Rice, and some Soy Sauce. You finally motivate yourself enough to get up and drive your lazy *** to the store.

Once you Arive there, you find a buggie, and start rollling around the store with a "foggy" memory of what you were supposed 2 get.

You see some taasty looking cookies on sale 2 for $5, and decide, hmmm those look good i'll get em! Then you see a movie that you've always wanted that's on sale too! so you get that also.

Then it hit's you...The Question comes to your head " What else was I supposed to get"??
Hmmm... Well I got the cookies and the movies..What else is there?

After awhile of "Kind of thinking" while walking around the store, you go in line to buy your items. When you buy them, and leave and get in the car you open the cookies... and take a bite out of one, and say yummm!!

And it hit's you.... "F*CKKK! I forgot the Rice and Soy Sauce"!!

This is a true story :(

(Scenario)

Once you Arive there, you find a buggie, and start rollling around the store with a "foggy" memory of what you were supposed 2 get.



I hate that "foggy" memory. Drives me crazy. I feel like I'm in a daze walking around and around the store. Have to keep concentrating on what I'm looking for. If I have a list, I have to look down every few seconds and concentrate on just one item at a time.

I lost the list, sorry, ... it'll probably turn up after you don't need it anymore. :o

My toes are cold.

This was the only appropriate thread I could think of to put it in. Wanted to let SOMEONE know! LOL.

No matter, as long as your feet don't get cold on that other thread ... hey, you thought about it ... ok me 2! :cool:

What do you do ADDaway? Post to EVERY thread! LOL. Or are you stalking me? Did ya read the latest on the favorite quotes one?

I cannot help meself, as you're Un:eek:! :cool:

I cannot help meself, as you're Un:eek:! :cool:
I LOVE it! LOL. Thanks for the laugh!:p

while reading these posts you laugh and then you cry because you can't believe you have found a place where people are just like you!
when your 6 year old daughter tells you "its ok Mommy, you always forget stuff"
when you get "impossible to get" Hannah Montana tickets and forget to take your daughter to the show and then you have to spend 6x as much to get second hand tickets to go the next night. Yes.....this really happened.
when you have a kazillion things to get done around the house and all the time in the world and nothing gets done.

aight...

if you cant wait a second longer and forego reading the rest of the posts just so you can post your own.

if you eliminate punctuation most of the time. (Life is a run-on)

if people have so much fun around you and you are left wondering, are they laughing at me..or with me.

if you listen to the same song on repeat play for an 8 hour shift at work just so you can concentrate (alternatives include, listening to instrumentals or music in another language...reggaeton)

if you keep meaning to make it back to a CHADD meeting but ....keep forgetting to

if there's one word in your vocab. you can never remember...no matter what devices you come up with to try to...

your mnemonic devices dont make sense to anyone else...they are looking at you like, that helps you remember??!!

Your awkward silences are extremely too long?

You carry 3 purses...but your credit card and license is in your jacket pocket

You dont care about small details regarding anything..if someone ask's you how old you are...you round up or down based on how you're feeling that day. If someone ask's what you do, you over-generalize it.

if you countdown to MAKE yourself focus to get out the door in the mornings.

if you chew and pop your gum all day long to make you focus

if you meet someone else with it, and you ask a few other people "do I act like that" in total shock...and even moreso when they say...uh yea.

when you know a little something about almost everything, and help us, if you have a smart phone cause you're going to google it real quick..no it'll just take a second.

if you look at your junky _____ (fill in the blank) one day, and it's like someone took blindfolds off and you're like, I gotta clean this crap up...wtf?!

If you carry a book with you everyday like its a security blanket but you're not reading it.

and..... if your close friends and family know when they go out with you, you will inevidably not be able to find your credit card, cash, or license when it's time to present it.....pretty much every time you go out....to the point, they make you check before you get out the car....but you still wont be able to find it come time because you've now moved it to another pocket or something.

aight...

if you cant wait a second longer and forego reading the rest of the posts just so you can post your own.

if people have so much fun around you and you are left wondering, are they laughing at me..or with me.

if you listen to the same song on repeat play for an 8 hour shift at work just so you can concentrate (alternatives include, listening to instrumentals or music in another language...reggaeton)

if there's one word in your vocab. you can never remember...no matter what devices you come up with to try to...

your mnemonic devices dont make sense to anyone else...they are looking at you like, that helps you remember??!!

You carry 3 purses...but your credit card and license is in your jacket pocket

if you meet someone else with it, and you ask a few other people "do I act like that" in total shock...and even moreso when they say...uh yea.

If you carry a book with you everyday like its a security blanket but you're not reading it.

and..... if your close friends and family know when they go out with you, you will inevidably not be able to find your credit card, cash, or license when it's time to present it.....pretty much every time you go out....to the point, they make you check before you get out the car....but you still wont be able to find it come time because you've now moved it to another pocket or something.

I selected those that totally apply to me. OMG! I especially like the purse one and the book one. And the last one describes my mom to a T.


Another of mine is.

When you know you own at least 10 highlighters but can't find any of them because they are all being used as bookmarks in your books ABOUT ADD.

Every time you watch a movie, a new scene or two pops up. They've always been there, but this is the first time you're seeing them because you haven't changed the channel yet! (The rat-poison scene in Ratatouille? I'd seen that movie 6 times before that scene popped up.)

Knowing what you know now, you understand why you recall liking Sesame Street much more than Barney.

You've started reading the same book 10 times, but can't get past the first few pages becau