Had an add moment this morning | ADHD Information
I live in a high-rise apartment building. I walk into the elevator today and a guy who lives a couple doors down says 'isn't it nice that they cut the trees down that used to be in front of our windows?' Of course i looked at him like he had four eyes. And he says' 'U didn't notice it?' and I said no and he gave me this terrible look that pretty much said 'boy what a moron'. There was also someone else in the elevator who's like 'I guess this guy never looks out his window' and they were both laughing at me. I kind of sluffed it off but stuff like that happens to me a lot and it really bothers me. Makes me feel like i'm on one planet and the rest of the world is on another.
I wish I could count the number of times my husband went from a full beard to clean shaven and I never noticed!
And then there was the time when I had only been married a couple of weeks and had to pick my husband up at work. There was this weird, grubby guy running across the parking lot with this stupid grin on his face. I thought he was a loony toon! When he got really close, I realized it was my new, much loved hubby! I didn't recognize him because he didn't look as well groomed as I was used to or something! Whatever it was, I had stared into that face many times, admired the great bod, all the things a woman in love sees when she looks at her man, and still didn't recognize him.
And how about the times I have gone outside, then talking to someone on the phone, had to think about whether I had put my sweater on or was wet before I could tell them what kind of weather we were having.
I am the most unobservant person I know! Its not that I don't care, I just have a zillion other things in my mind at all times! How can I remember them all?
That is funny - I never notice new hair do's. They have to be on the head for a good month and then I will go "wow you had your hair done" and yes I get that look too - like a month ago they respond. I also forget to brush the back of my hair - only the front. I always forget to iron one sleeve on my husband's shirts. I have learnt to laugh - it is very funny and entertaining - beats being perfect I reckon. Also - the amount of started and unfinished projects in my house - whew!Hi Donny & Rae70. I have always had this problem and it can be embarressing and sometimes funny! 
The hair do thing has always been beyond me. I'm always amazed at how I can be talking to someone and they looked the same as they did say yesterday, than someone comes along and says "Oh your hair looks so nice" and of course they say thank you and I feel like a total idiot
My gosh, I could write a book about my inability to "notice". And isn't the worst when someone wants you to guess whats different about something! I only wish I could remember what it looked liked before. Now that's funny! Oh, the "moron looks" Im very familiar with that look. Even from my own family. Thats when I not only feel like I'm in another world, but wish I was on another planet.
I used to be in the classroom (Science Teacher) and had to get seating charts out after Christmas break because I couldn't remember the kids' names.
As for noticing things... It's amazing how many people have gotten their hair cut since I started on my meds!!! And no matter where we are going to eat, I almost always leave my house and turn right at the end of our street (like I'm going to work) Mind you that almost ALL of the places we eat out require a LEFT turn at that intersection. Does anyone find that you can remember something for quite a while and then forget like you never knew it? Constant brain cramps which make it hard to carry on an intellegent conversation. Know what you want to say but just can't remember the words to say them. That's me! I used to smoke alot of pot and blamed it on that for years. But even years after I stayed the same. It used to be where I would always use the term I'm not stupid I'm just stoned. Than I found myself not having that excuse. Can anyone relate to that?I've been there and done that. How is everyone at names. I was moving to Oregon with a friend years ago and stopped off to say farewell to other friends in New York. When I went to introduce my friend that I was moving with I couldn't remember his name. That was a look I'll never forget. I can relate. I never notice anything around me. My husband always tells me the lights are on but no one is home. I hear that alot. I was beginning to think I was stupid with the exception of some really good ideas.I do that all the time. I'm a nurse and I could not remember the abbreviation for Asprin to save my life and I've known it for years! I could just feel people thinking, buty she's going to be a stupid nurse. Couldn't remember the word "refrigerator" once, my boyfriend thought I was weird.
i introduced a few ppl from my company to my husband..we were in line behind them at a cafe for lunch...i used the wrong version of one name ..i said 'talia' instead of natalia, i plain forgot the other womans' name and just did the old looking at her then my husband and saying "this is my husband jase" and then i proceeded to embarrass myself by trying to compliment the woman-whose-name-i-couldn't-remember-even-though-she-sat-nex t-to-me-for-a-whole-day...about how her brother was going to be carrying the olympic torch?? umm. no. he's INNNN the olympics. he's competing in it. ohhhh ..i guess i missed that in our company newsletter. geez.
it makes me not want to be in public. 
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I forgot to get a prescription for my sons meds 1 week ago. I had waiting 2 months to get that opointment and forgot to ask for the prescription - now I dont know when I can see him again i get that all the time, i'll be in the middle of explaining something and then i'll stop and go "um... uh... i forget what word/name i was gonna use" and it'll be something simple like the name of a person i've known for years and i always get this stupified look from whomever i'm talking to.and speaking of not noticing things, at my old place my roomate moved his computer from the living room to his bedroom and it took me almost a week to even notice, one day i was like"dude, wheres your computer" and he looked at me like i was stupid.
but ya, laughing at it is the best thing i've learned to do, though before i figured out i could have ADHD i wasn't sure why i was laughing at it