I have no idea why it took me so darn long to figure this out. I feel like everything makes sense now.

Omg...I was a quiet kid in school and I was a straight D student, no matter how hard I studied. Nothing sunk into this thick head of mine.

My very first job in high school, I was threatened to be fired because I couldn't count money. Besides not being able to count, I had an extremely short memory. Couldn't remember if the customer gave me a $20 or a $10. Cash register was short every time I worked.

Knew something was wrong with me and I wasn't quite right. Settled for jobs that didn't require too much thinking. No cashier jobs for me. I could handle making a sub or a whopper and that was the extent of my capabilities. This still applies, now in my 40's. There's nothing more humiliating than having someone half my age chew me out( in front of customers) for the stupid mistakes I make.

I have no memory. Be it cleaning, or whatever, I will walk into another room for something, and stand there and talk to myself wondering what the HECK I came in there for. Nine times out of ten I say screw it, I can't remember and then nothing gets done. My whole day is spent trying to remember stuff. It's really bad when you have to look in the toilet for tissue because you can't remember if you wiped after peeing--or can't rememeber if you pee'd or not.

Never complete anything. Drives my husband crazy. Have a zillion craft projects started and have not finished one single thing. I buy all the supplies, get them out, am excited, motivated, and then within an hours time, I'm totally disinterested. Put the stuff away never to be seen again.

Who makes tuna casserole and forgets to put the tuna in?

Who puts chicken in a pot to slowly boil, leaves, comes back in 1/2 hour and never turned on the burner?

I can read the same paragraph 5 times and not understand it all 5 times.

Hubby has to explain 80% of everything to me in terms I can understand. What would I do without him? Oh, look a bird!


Stuff comes out of my mouth that doesn't make sense because my brain has a zillion things floating around in it and I try to grab the right words, but a lot of times I grab the wrong word.   Keep an eye on that bird because he is going after the cat.    

I feel so darn stupid most of the time. I can't carry on a conversation with anyone but my family members because I can't focus long enough. I forget what I'm talking about and omg...it's so hard to pretend!

I hate talking to anyone because after the first couple of sentences, I totally lose interest and all I hear is blah, blah, blah. I can only nod my head occasionally and hope to god I'm not asked a question, because I draw a complete blank and have no idea what they said.

My daughter was diagnosed as adhd when she was 4. She is 19 now. It never in a million years occured to me that I might have adhd also. Not once. I never compared myself to her. She was hyper. I'm not. She was a trouble maker. I'm not and never was. It's only the past few years when my immediate family began making fun of me, in a joking way.   I took in all in stride. I just thought I was dumb. Family catches me all the time saying dumb things,

Two days ago, for some odd reason, I decided to try one of my daughters Concerta pills. In about two hours time, I was like WOW!   I had total control to focus on any task. I actually completed MANY things that day. My kids even noticed and told me I didn't say anything stupid that day. It felt like the brain fog that had been holding me down was lifted, and I felt like a normal person for the first time. I could focus!! Woo Hoo! I felt alive!! I completed tasks!! I wasn't walking around in circles wondering what I forgot. It's like a whole new world opened up for me. I felt it, and it felt damn good! It felt so good, I feel like crying because I have wasted so much of my life walking around in a fog, when I could have felt so good.

I'm going to make a dr. appointment asap, and tell her all these things. Was I in denial, or was I in such a fog that I couldn't even see the forest for the trees?


I know this is long. If you were able to read it all, thanks. I just had to get it all out. Will post again after I visit the dr.

[QUOTE=brainfogbetty]My dr. prescribed me Adderall @ 20 mg per day. She said I could break them in half and take 1/2 in the am and half pm if I wanted to...or something like that. Couldn't follow what she was saying.[/QUOTE]

That would be the equivalent of 10 mg's..It would have been far easier to prescribe 10 mg's. What type of doctor is managing your meds? When you go to the doc take a pen and paper and write down the instructions. Sometimes we are not fully paying attention, adhd or not. How are things going?

[QUOTE=brainfogbetty]OMG--you're right!      I haven't taken my dosage today, I'm going to wait until the morning. I had a long day today, and I think it's too late to take it now.
I'm hoping it helps me. [/QUOTE]

Be patient as each person must go through a trial of meds until the right med and dose is found for the individual. Don't get discouraged. Eventually you will dsicover what works for you best Your wise to wait until morning to take your next dose otherwise you might not sleep too good when its taken too late in the day. If you would like we could remind you tomorrow morning to take the med until you get used to taking it

brainfogbetty wrote:
I was starting to blank out when she was telling me about the dosage

I do that also and I dont have ADHD Please keep us posted with your progress and feel free to post your questions any time