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13 Jun 2008 @ 9:42 PM Reply # 51
Firecracker Join Date: Sat 31st May 2008
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You go to the campus computer...

...write down some information on one of the 4 notepads you always keep handy. Go to read some in Driven to Distraction, finishing with the section that says you shouldn't self-diagnose, get up to use the computer there, notice a notepad sitting there that happens to look a whole lot like yours, and realize it IS yours...ah forgetfulness...

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16 Jul 2008 @ 1:31 PM Reply # 52
Newsgirl31 Join Date: Tue 15th Jul 2008
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When you tell long anecdotes with no real punchline...

I am famous among my close friends for telling long, rambling stories without a discernable point. My friend Jen (who may have ADD, but hasn't been diagnosed) told a story like that recently and I looked at her and said, "That sounds like one of my stories." We cracked up.

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30 Jul 2008 @ 10:22 PM Reply # 53
addx3 Join Date: Wed 30th Jul 2008
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You lose the wireless phone so often....

that your techno-loving husband actually goes out and buys the old-fashioned kind of phone with the wire that attaches the two parts together so you can't leave it in the freezer. :)

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5 Aug 2008 @ 4:57 PM Reply # 54
jyc23 Join Date: Tue 5th Aug 2008
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... you put your keys and wallet in one pocket ...

... then look for them in the other pocket, and wonder where you misplaced them.

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21 Aug 2008 @ 4:21 PM Reply # 55
Walking Disaster Join Date: Wed 18th Jun 2008
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You know you're ADHD when...

In the time it took you to log in to ADDitude, you forgot what you were going to post in the first place.

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21 Aug 2008 @ 4:25 PM Reply # 56
Walking Disaster Join Date: Wed 18th Jun 2008
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You know you're ADHD when...

Oh yeah! I remember!

You know you're ADHD when you always have to read the last chapter of books first, because you get too impatient to wait until you're finished to find out how it ends.

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22 Aug 2008 @ 7:08 PM Reply # 57
Fi Join Date: Tue 11th Dec 2007
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You know you're ADD when

You turn up to your long awaited diagnosis appointment with your son's school bag in your hand.

You finally get the long awaited ritalin prescription you're been coveting and it takes three months to collect it.

You have to repeatedly confess to your seven year old's teacher that you've lost their homework again.

You work your butt off on hundreds of different projects and when someone asks you what you've been up to you can't think of one thing.

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28 Aug 2008 @ 2:13 AM Reply # 58
InITwithADD Join Date: Thu 28th Aug 2008
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You know you're ADD when

You read the first few responses, then skip directly to the end of this thread to post this response :)

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30 Aug 2008 @ 3:07 PM Reply # 59
ADDee Join Date: Sat 30th Aug 2008
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Disorganized

You know you have ADD when every surface in you house is covered in paperwork, homework, mail and unpaid bills... because if you put anything away you're afraid you'll never find it.

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2 Sep 2008 @ 5:18 PM Reply # 60
bas_ackward Join Date: Wed 27th Aug 2008
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One more time...

I attempted a couple times to post a reply to this thread, but couldn't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

You know you're ADD... 1) when you come home and find the milk in the cupboard, and the cereal in the refrigerator. 2) when you put something in a safe place so you don't lose it, but can't remember where that would be. 3) when you want to find an important document, you hesitate because it means spending a few hours "cleaning" (picking up the clutter) the house.

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2 Sep 2008 @ 5:31 PM Reply # 61
bas_ackward Join Date: Wed 27th Aug 2008
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My niece has done that...

She told me so herself. She has a good sense of humor, so she was laughing about it. While she hasn't been officially diagnosed, I'm quite sure she has it. Same for my brother and mom.

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roneydapony said: you know you're a.d.d when you're talking on the phone and have a moment of panic where you ask 'WHERE IS MY PHONE!" and tell the person on the other end of the line that you've lost your phone

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