Can Anyone Here Relate??? A.A.A.D.D. -- Quite Common!

southerngale · #1 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:07 pm

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of soda that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the soda aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the soda is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the soda, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye---they need to be watered. I set the soda down on the counter and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of soda sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Copy this message and sent it to everyone you know, because I don't remember if I sent it to anyone yet!

deb_in_nc · #2 Postby **deb_in_nc** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:12 pm

Boy can I ever relate!!!!!

Debbie

ColdFront77 · #3 Postby **ColdFront77** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:40 pm

In a way I can relate to this. When my parents say it is time for dinner, I like to put things in their place before I get to the table. I wasn't quite the same way when we lived in Massachusetts. I like to get things out of the way so they don't have to be done after (in this case) I eat. I have a feeling it may be AS [Aspeger's Syndrome] related.

#4 Postby **streetsoldier** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:47 pm

I WISH I had that problem; I can tell you what I was doing at 7:30 pm on February 17, 1959 if you asked...

Amanzi · #5 Postby **Amanzi** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:56 pm

Well I cant remember what I did last hour let alone last year! My husband has a nickname for me in Afrikaans "loskop" it means loose head.....yeah if it wasnt attatched to my neck I would loose that too. So please pray for me now because if I am like this at 25 goodness only knows how bad I will be in a few years time :o

#6 Postby **streetsoldier** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:59 pm

Nah, "Amazing"...your perception and discernment will increase with age and experience. TRUST me on this... :wink:

ColdFront77 · #7 Postby **ColdFront77** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:06 pm

Bill, my long term memory is quite good as well. Sometimes I don't remember things in the short term, but once I do... it tends to be with me forever. Most if not all of my family (not sure about my extended family) are impressed with things I remember on certain dates.

Funny thing is, I am not interested in history, for the events themselves, but more so when the events occurred.

#8 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:30 pm

CAN I RELATE TO THAT? Did I type this message? Wait I just got interrupted so I can't remember!! :roll:

Yes, I am a classic example of it. I was diagnosed by me and my childrens pediatrican when we discovered Erin had ADDHD. It drives me crazy sometimes and my wife most of the time. I am either TOTALLY FOCUSED IN THE EXTREME OR TOTALLY UNFOCUSED IN THE EXTREME it seems.

I know of other adults too who have it and in fact are medicated to contol it. He is like a fart on a griddle the way he manages his projects!

mf_dolphin · #9 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:31 pm

What was the question? ;-)

Rainband · #10 Postby **Rainband** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:37 pm

I have a good memory for now!!! But it will fade :lol:

#11 Postby **azskyman** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:54 pm

I cut this out, or printed it out, not that long ago....and then I set it by a soda can.

Well, with all the stupid soda cans around the house I can't seem to find my copy.

So thanks again for sending it...

Now where are my instructions on how to print from my computer.

I think I set those instructions by a soda can...but..

#12 Postby **pojo** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:20 pm

you mean its not called CRS! :roll:

:o

I've been teasing my dad about that for years!!! I guess he really does suffer from AAADD.

Stormsfury · #13 Postby **Stormsfury** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:50 pm

yeah if it wasnt attatched to my neck I would lose that too.

Ummm....I'm in trouble ... I felt the exact same way this morning.
First, when I went to North Charleston Post Office to close out my stamp and cash stock there.

First ... I forgot my timecard in the car.
Upon returning to the car, for the timecard, I put my Mountain Dew back in the cupholder and subsequently forgot that.
Soooo, I went back to the car to get that....and subsequently made THREE entrances to the N. Chas. P.O. before actually having everything straight.
(And I made the exact same comment to myself)

southerngale · #14 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:52 pm

David, my mom is a classic example of this as well. I tend to get sidetracked at times but nothing like my mom. Bless her heart...she'll work herself to death and then wonder why she didn't really get much accomplished at the end of the day. And believe me, she's always busy doing something.

For me, it usually happens when I get overwhelmed with more to do than usual. I try to do too many things at once. :roll:

Amanzi · #15 Postby **Amanzi** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:59 pm

streetsoldier wrote:Nah, "Amazing"...your perception and discernment will increase with age and experience. TRUST me on this...

Ok I will trust you on that one.. problem is will I remember that you told me so :o :lol:

#16 Postby **coriolis** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:59 pm

That is too funny SG. That's me to a "T"

#17 Postby **azskyman** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:24 pm

Interesting how over the years I can remember the day I scratched my 67' Mustang while washing it...but I have to check the dishwasher to make sure I ate dinner tonight.

Help.......

skyman

southerngale · #18 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:15 am

LOL skyman!! :lol:

Miss Mary · #19 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 7:24 am

Southerngale - I like that, AAADD - I have it!!! Just take a look at my house, and there's evidence of it.

Let's see:

We all live out of laundry baskets, even though we have dressers and closets. For some reason I can't seem to do all of it in one day, fold it and then put it away. It sits in the hall, clean in baskets. A few times it's come in handy. One of the times the hoses behind our washers split there was a clean load of towels just sitting there - how convenient! I blame it on the fact that you can wash a load in half the time it takes to dry it. So the loads get all back up, and I end up doing other things. Like cleaning out the coffee maker, or toaster oven.

I like to blame it on sensory overload or being a taxi driver to my girls. I'm rarely home for longer than 2 hours at a time. How can a big job get done, start to finish?

See I have lots of reasons I can come up for why I'm like this too. LOL

Maybe we all need Ritalin? There's a thought. he he

azsnowman · #20 Postby **azsnowman** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:00 am

"LOL!" Marshall....Hmm, now where was I? Talk about loosing your train of thought, what train? I thought I was waiting for the bus?

How true......geesh! I've gone to my tool box for a certain size socket, wrench, got to the tool box, forgot what I was doing. Yes indeed, the age of *CRS* has come around full fold

Dennis

Can Anyone Here Relate??? A.A.A.D.D. -- Quite Common!

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