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I took my daughter to school one day (she was in year 1 then), and had my 2 year old son in tow.

When I got home I realised I didnt have my son . I left him in the classroom.

I rushed back to the school and the teacher was having an hilarious time about it all. I felt like such an idiot. How could anyone forget their kid.

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Here's a good one! last week when me and Tequila (my amazon parrot Daughter), arrived an hr late where we work for ourselves on Clearwater Beach b/c I have yet another day job. I never knew we had ppl waiting for us to arrive until a large group came up to us and said they were worried b/c we are always there earlier. Ok, here's where it really gets funny. I explained I diden't get out of work until later, so naturally someone said "where are you working"? AH DAHHH! I've had SO MANY F**KING JOBS, I've lost count! I actually coulden't remember where I was working now!

After a long and VERY uncomfortable pause, I came out with it. I got a few strange looks, but that changed when we got down to bussiness. They gave an extreemly large tip! I'm still wondering if I had ADD written all over me and it was a pitty tip? I guess I'll never know for sure since the rest of the night was super! Lots of tips and no more "ADD moments"!

I had just had my first son, I went to the supermarket to get diapers I was trying to find the best ones I came across these ones that said perfume free I thought that was the greatest thing. I took them home ripped them open My Husband said "what are you doing" I said "there is free perfume in them". My Husband looked at the package and said " They are perfume free not free perfume" LOL

I once drove into work, parked in the garage, and had a hard 10-11 hour day. Came back at the end of the day to my car and noticed that keys were still in the ignition, car still running, and all the doors were locked. Had to make it a triple A day.

OMG I forget how old I am all the time. I look like an idoit cus someone will ask me out of the blue and I'll have to say ok I was born in 1976 and it is 2004 sooooo.......I try doing the math in my head for a couple of minutes before the person says your 28. I say I am, well I guess so then am shocked at how old I'm getting. The last age I remebered well was 24. For a few years thats how I answered the question and my friends would say how long are you going to be 24 it's been like 2 years. I guess 24 is the highest I can count or something. lol[QUOTE=MafiaKiddo]

I have over cooked pasta before and it has gotten really soft but I've never forgotten about it so long that it turned into mush. LOL and it didn't just turn into mush, since the water had long since evaporated the mush had burned onto the pot so all I had was a pasta stain left over.

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lol lol lol

happens to me all the time, I got myself a countdowntimer try to remember to use it, but hey, still manage wreck my pots on a regular basis, especially when hyperfocussing eg on the computer!

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lol lol lol

happens to me all the time, I got myself a countdowntimer try to remember to use it, but hey, still manage wreck my pots on a regular basis, especially when hyperfocussing eg on the computer!

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My mom gets up in the middle of the night to make sure I'm not cooking! She always says, you're gona burn the house down when we're asleep! haha I usually forget the stove thing when cooking hot dogs and/or soup. lol and hot chocolate! I leave hot water in the microwave. A couple of times I forgot I was cooking one hing already and started cooking or eating another haha.

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I took my daughter to school one day (she was in year 1 then), and had my 2 year old son in tow.

When I got home I realised I didnt have my son . I left him in the classroom.

I rushed back to the school and the teacher was having an hilarious time about it all. I felt like such an idiot. How could anyone forget their kid.

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My grampa once left my uncle at a gas station, the police brought him home durring dinner!

Now that my uncle has his own kids, he leaves a daughter at church at least twice a year lol, good thing we live like 4 houses down from him.

My dad left my little brother at church once too, haha, but then I guess it's good our fan takes multiple cars.

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Hi, I have done such things as lost my son...couldn't remember where my car was. Good news was I found my son, but had to walk home and find the car later! If you do not laugh at yourself it will drive you crazy! I think it just makes life never boring!

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wow. That would suck to walk home. I have to park in the same parking lot at college everyday, otherwise I forget where my car is and have to wonder around from parking lot to parking lot looking for my car! lol

I'm sure some ppl have noticed me doing that from time to time. Thank God I'm the only one with my particular car and color at my school.

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uhhh..how old am i? < yes i forget that all the time and what year it is etc etc..i tried to tell him hey! i don't even remember how old I AM ..so don't take it personally! LOL

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LOL I can never remember my own age, which earns me a lot of strange looks when asked. haha

Ok tonight I started dinner (pasta the only thing I really cook) and sat down at the computer to check my email and do a few other things. After awhile I heard a crackling noise and there was a weird smell. Of course I jumped up and remembered that about an hour and a half ago I started making dinner. Got to the stove to find a mushy paste in the pot that I had left my pasta in.

kronicdaydreamer: i've left my car running and locked in my keys when i was having lunch w/ a friend (and i was the one that drove us)

in the same month i think i did an additional two times. my husband:"i know you have adhd but this is ridiculous!" <obviously we had a little spat about that...

so now i have several sets of keys...all over my house and a key safe (magnetic) attached to my car underneath so i always can get in..

i forgot how old my husband is recently. it was like i was completely disoriented..it was a normal day but then he and i started talking about randomstuff and i started talking about his next bday and i said "so for your 31st bday..." he was staring at me funny and i asked him why :"sumi, i'm 35 how could you forget how old i am?? what in the world?"

uhhh..how old am i? < yes i forget that all the time and what year it is etc etc..i tried to tell him hey! i don't even remember how old I AM ..so don't take it personally! LOL

i wore my dresses inside out sometimes when i was in elementary ...b/c i just didn't notice what i was doing-

i know there are a ton of things i've done that are really adhd..but i can't remember any right now!

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kronicdaydreamer: i've left my car running and locked in my keys when i was having lunch w/ a friend (and i was the one that drove us)

in the same month i think i did an additional two times. my husband:"i know you have adhd but this is ridiculous!" <obviously we had a little spat about that...

so now i have several sets of keys...all over my house and a key safe (magnetic) attached to my car underneath so i always can get in..[/QUOTE]

That's pretty funny. What's scary is that I can remember atleast threee occasions where I ran right through a redlight in the middle of busy traffic because I was obviously distracted...probably daydreaming(heh heh). It was scary. I'm sure I looked rather pale after each incident though I sport an olive complexion.:)

This morning whilst putting out the garbage, I locked myself out of my appartment, half in pyjama's without having eaten or drunken anything with just a couple of coins in my pocket... .

Has locking yourself out of ones house got anything to do with ADHD? Don't know. Kinda stupid of me...

[QUOTE=madhdline]Has locking yourself out of ones house got anything to do with ADHD? [/QUOTE]

It has everything to do with ADHD. I finally had to buy a car (VW) that requires me to lock it with a key and that the lights go off automatically. My ex-boyfriend had to rescue me more than a few times in the middle of the night when I worked the graveyard shift.

OMG is right....like ouch...man I would go crazy if I did something like that...I would be yelling and screamming for my mom right away..I prob would not hav done wat u have done...some people I know say that at 17 u are still act as a child in that situation...and ya I would have but hey its better then going blind...I don't knwo can u go blind from that??? This actually happened to me last night.

I was at work and getting ready to leave for the night. I had left some paperwork inside that I needed to take home so I went back in to grab them. I walk into my office and grab the paperwork and set it down to lock the door. I reset the alarm system and leave...with no paperwork and realize it as I'm pulling out. So... I disarm the building, unlock my office and grab the paperwork. I start to wak out and set the paperwork down to punch in the code to re-arm the security system. I get into my car....no paperwork. At this point I'm actually laughing hysterically because hey.....what else can ya do except try to find some humor in it. I managed to do it right the third time and drove home chuckling the entire way.

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One Sunday after church, my husband went outside with our older boys. My 5 year old stayed with me while I gathered my things (I sing on the altar). He was happily rolling on the altar talking to himself while I had a conversation with the priest. I then proceeded to walk out the door, into my car, and started to drive off. My husband pulled up beside me and said " do you have Michael?" I said, "I thought he was with you" and then I started to laugh "Oh my gosh, he's still in church!" When I went back in, there he was still contentedly waiting for his scatterbrain mother to tell him it's time to go.

Thankfully, he was in a safe place, but what if it happens in a mall or something? I have recurring dreams of losing my children in various ways.

If these boys survive their mother, it will be a miracle.

Sincerely,

Undiagnosed, Unmedicated Scatterbrain

My bad habit nearly killed me.

I once swallowed my retainer while eating yogurt and watching tv. ADDers are the masters of the weirdest stories ever.

I was eating yogurt and watching tv, and at the same time popping my retainer in and out of my mouth (unconscoiusly). All of a sudden I swallowed and paniced b/c I realized the second I did it that my retainer was still floating around in my mouth. The prongs got stuck in my throat and I was chocking; couldn't breathe.

Did my parents know any rescure breathing? Hell no. So, my dad says "Let me take a look" and I started screaming. I thought he would just try to rip it out. I thought I might swallow it further. It was a full on crisis. It finally popped out on its own.

Pretty embarrassing.

I COMPLETELY sympathize with your eyes story. I used to have a habit of twirling pens and pencils between my fingers while studying or reading, and occasionally, the back of the pen, or the back of the pencil WITH CHEWED OFF ERASER so the METAL part is at the end of it wiound up in my eye. Ive been to hospitals because of this. I once smashed a tin foil wrapped sandwich in my eye and needed surgery. It completely sux. I also chew pens til they explode in my mouth. That sux too, but less so.

Once I got my toe stuck in the Bathtub faucet, and firemen took it out. Once, on the way to school I slammed the front door on my shoe, and couldnt move til the gardener came and cut my shoe off with gardening shears. How to explain that lateness to a teacher?!?!

Good luck to ya

[QUOTE=Rae70]In primary school I forgot to wear my underpants, and did a flip on the monkey bar and everyone saw

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B'HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

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First day of 6th grade: I went to school with a white t-shirt and a HOT PINK BRA. Yup, everyone knew what I had grown over the summer...

Still can't believe that one girl actually asked me WHY I was wearing it! (Don't they teach kids anything these days?!)

Stories.....oh man....I should just get one of my friends to come on here and I'm sure they could type page after page of "stupid" things that I've done....Just yesterday I was walking home from campus (I'm in college and live close enough to walk to/from school....but it's still quite a walk)...well I got half way to my place and realized that I didn't have my keys!! I don't have any clue how I realized that I didn't have them...I think it's because I always keep them in my hands so that I don't mis-place them...but yeah, I ended up having to go back to the school to get them and when I walked in, I couldn't remember why I had gone back to the school!! haha I remembered shortly after though, and I told myself that I would always keep my keys in my hands so I don't lose them or forget them anymore....Well...just today I "lost" them again...except I didn't even know it! For the first time in my entire life, I was actually early to class...the class before mine was even still in the room!! So....I decided to sit in the hall and eat my candy and talk to a friend while I waited for them to get out...before long, I was in my class and things were going fine...well, about 5-10 minutes later, a couple of guys open the door of the room and say "did anyone in here lose their keys?" as they held up my keys!! I didn't even realize that they were gone!! Yeah, anyways, that's just what happened today and it popped in my head when I saw the forum...lots of other stories too...maybe I'll think of them and post them another time hehe

lots of stories but poor as hell memory. got the nick name "mad man alan" back in high school from the stuff i did.

well i was not thinking once and while off roading i just shot into a three foot deep pond, filled with soft sand, quicksand. i had to get a guy with a 10,000 pound winch to pull me out of that one. oh yeah it was a hour before the high school prom where i was going to drive my friend and his date to the prom in the mudy truck since they could not get a limo. i got my suit all muddy from that. i thought my mom was going to kill me. the truck had a foot of water in it. it was worth it.

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In primary school I forgot to wear my underpants, and did a flip on the monkey bar and everyone saw

A place for our outrageous ADHD stories...they are the best.

Last night, I was sitting at my computer and realized that my eyes were dry and sore, so I went to the bathroom cabinet in search of my eyedrops. I didn't have my glasses on, but I know what the bottle looks like and where I keep it in the medicine cabinet, so it was no big deal..

So, I stood in front of the mirror, learned back and put the drops in. It immediately stung like a mother and I actually thought "Geez!! I guess my eyes really ARE dry and sore." So, I squirted more in my eye again and really held it in my eye and waited for my eye to feel soothed. My eyes just started crying and stinging.

All of a sudden, I had a horrible realization that I was hoping wasn't true. I had completely forgotten that about 2 months ago, I had a face breakout and one of my friends at work who has terrible acne said she had a sample, topical acne clearing solution. OMG!!!! I couldn't see to read the label, so I immediately started flushing my eye thoroughly with water and ran to get my glasses and YEP! I put acne solution right in my eye!!!!!!! The container is identical to my eyedrops. GEEZ!

I was SOOOO lucky that my eye seems to be ok.

Hi, my name is bluebird and I couldn't be more ADHD if I tried.

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When I was a teenager, I had a job in Coles as a checkout operator. I had only been working for a couples of days and because figety and overwhelmed easily. I tended to be extremely clumsy and inappropriate with customers.

At one point a lady came in my checkout to buy Tampons, I did not get a price on it, so held it up (rather roughly) to get a price, somehow the box just exploded and tampons went flying everywhere.

At 15 I was so embarrassed, I was nicknamed "Med" for the rest of my stay in that job by the other staff.

Hi Bluebird, I'm glad your eye is OK. Thats one mistake I would never make, unless I had a serious ADD moment simply b/c I've always had eye problems. Maybe not real problems, but ever since I was a kid, there could be just one speck of dirt, sand, you name! And yup, it was headed for MY eyes. now I have slight dry eye, and have my eyedrops on the computer table and sometimes I'l look twice to make sure there the right thingI'm really paranoid about that.

Rae, my story is as embarresing as yours, left a "bad tast in my mouth" and gave me a nickname that lasted for over 2 yrs! I guess it was about 10 yrs ago. We had company for a few days, so my husband, wanting to hide his "roid" problem, put a tube of Preperation H on the sink where my toothpast goes. I didn't turn the light on b/c of course I know where my toothpast is. OMG! It happend so fast, that by the time I smelled it, I was tasting it!!!!! But instead of keeping my cool, I ran out of the bathroom holding the tube of prep and cussing at the top of my lungs Our friends came running out of the bedroom, my husband out of ours. I was nabbed and called "butt breath". That storie was told many times when someone after hearing them call me that would ask

I hope the rest of our ever growing ADD/ADHD buddies is willing to share their stories. Come on Y'all, I know there are some really funny stories out there. Please feel free to share!

LOLOLOLOL Rae and Latina. That totally cracked me up.

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HAAHAH!

Just this morning, for my breakfast I got a glass and a bowl out of the cupboard and then poured cereal into my glass and was about to put the milk in as well when I noticed what I was doing.

I just stoof there and thought "What an IDIOT!!!!!"

When I am brushing my teeth, and get distracted and go on walkabout, I sometimes spit out right onto the floor, because I have forgotten the basin is not straight in front of me !

This happens every once in a blue moon but...In the morning

I get a cup and pour myself a cup of coffee. After I finish that cup of coffee, I go back to get another cup to find the coffee pot missing!!! I put the coffee pot in the cabinet by the cups rather than back on the heating surface.

Ok here's a funny one that happened just yesterday.

My friend J (real name, just 'J') called me up and told me that his brother thinks he left a jacket at my house one night when we were playing poker. This poker night was like almost two years ago, when his brother was in town visiting. I told him that I had no memory of anyone leaving a jacket here. Then I went into my living room and there it was draped over the couch! I totally blocked it out! For years! lol.
[QUOTE=floofthegoof]Ok here's a funny one that happened just yesterday.

My friend J (real name, just 'J') called me up and told me that his brother thinks he left a jacket at my house one night when we were playing poker. This poker night was like almost two years ago, when his brother was in town visiting. I told him that I had no memory of anyone leaving a jacket here. Then I went into my living room and there it was draped over the couch! I totally blocked it out! For years! lol.
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ROFLOL!!!

OMG r u my husbands twin !!!!!!

"My friend J (real name, just 'J') called me up and told me that his brother thinks he left a jacket at my house one night when we were playing poker. This poker night was like almost two years ago, when his brother was in town visiting. I told him that I had no memory of anyone leaving a jacket here. Then I went into my living room and there it was draped over the couch! I totally blocked it out! For years! lol."