Hilarious....you depicted perfectly a typical five minutes in my mind. I may have to print your post out just so I can make people understand how we think and why I am mentally exchausted everday by 11 am. It is wonderful to know I am not alone. Thank you!

As for me...I just finally threw away the Christmas cards I had put in envelopes and addressed to family members in November. Ironically, I had put them in my day planner/organizer so I would not forget to mail them. Obviously I forgot a bunch of times. I should have kept them and just mailed them next year, but I knew I would completely lose them way before then.

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you spend hours cleaning,, and 10 minutes later it's worse then when you started

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I'm not sure wether to laugh or cry! Actually I am doing both! I've been reading all of the "You know you are ADD when..." Posts. I have been sitting here laughing out loud. I got to this one, and just roared....and now I find myself crying...because I soooooo understand that whole post...It is my life! I am 39, and was diagnosed very recently, so I am just a basket of emotions right now. I am so glad I found this site Looking forward to getting to know all of you! Cherub

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Donza said: You know you are ADD when..... going shopping takes 3 attempts. I normally leave my shopping list behind and have to go home and fetch it, on returning home I then put my handbag down to pick up my list, and then arrive at the shops with my list and no bag!

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kelsey said: you spend hours cleaning,, and 10 minutes later it's worse then when you started

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You are looking for sunglasses and they are on the top of your head. Have your math tutor say you can't be taught because you ask question such as if it is an abstract number why do i need to know it. Tell your future father in law That the world may think he is telling the truth ; but you won't believe anything he say the very 1st time meeting him!!!! State the obvious to your co-worker and look around when they all act shocked that you actually said it Put the car key in the freezer and run around looking for them the next day until your father finds them and ask is there a reason you needed the keys so cold. God there is so many things. All I know you better have a sense a humour which thankfully I do.

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I forgot and missed my appointment to talk to the doctor about getting me diagnosed with ADD!

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You know You're ADD when you wander about the weird sound "everyone else's" cars are making only to realize 15 minutes down the road that you've been driving with your parking break on!!

You know you're the least ADD of your ADD family when you have to set up a chore chart ... with your parents names on it. I did that in high school... none of them ever got done... We forgot where we put the chart, and then forgot to do them anyway, and to make a new chart.

You know you're ADD when buying a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread takes 3 hours in the grocery store and you still forget to buy bread.

You know you're ADD when you call someone to say, "I have to tell you somehting important. I forget what it is now, but it's really important." ..this also works with walking into other people's offices at work, and professor's offices on campus... they all think I'm crazy.

You know you're ADD when it gets quiet in an elevator and you start asking people what their favorite color is... okay, everyone in a 6 hour radius thinks I'm crazy.

You know you're ADD when you are given a book on ADD from your doctor when he diagnoses you and you laugh for three days, because you don't have the attention span to read through the chapter names, much less the chapters!! 2 years later? I have read 45 of 200 pages... but I looked at all of the pictures!

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your colleague taps you on your shoulder and asks you to put your glasses back on so you can hear them....

FYI - I strongly suspect everyone in my family (with the possible exception of my father) was/is ADHD.... we had company once that came in sat down for a cup of tea with us, and announced after 10 minutes she had to leave, because she couldn't take us anymore. We were verbally bouncing off each other and talking in almost a short hand. <G>

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Well, see my 14 year old son thinks he knows all........but you know you are ADD when you are getting upset with your 14 yr old for doing the same thing you do, what do you mean you forgot your homework.......what you mean you forget to take your meds.........here I am trying to be a good Mom who has learned to work around some of my ADD and I want him to do that right now...........my classic is when I am searching for my glasses, my son saying he what are you going crazy over, I tell him what the problem is and he says nicely(laughing his butt off), Mom they are on your face! Thank you God I am not alone...........

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