funny absent minded things that we do | ADHD Information
leaving my keys in the door
leaving stores without my change or credit card (Fortunately i
always get stopped)
asking a question and then forgetting to listen to the answer
and then having to ask it again only to get a wierd look
always losing gloves in the winter time (one OR both)
being late for work because i set my alarm for PM instead of AM
That's funny - i have done everyone one of those things 100 times. I'll also add losing my wallet 3 times in one week and heading down to garage to get my car in the dead of winter (in a rush of course) and forgeting the keys to my car, condo. I think i've done that a few times. Oh ya, and driving to the store then realizing I left my wallet at home. The funnt thing is i would even think before i left" i better not forget my wallet. :)))))))
I locked myself out of my office today. I would rather not go ask the boss for the keys, so did other stuff while looking for the maintenance man for 2 hours. He let me in. I picked up my keys from the desk, looked at them, put them back on my desk and promptly walked out of my office again just in time to see the maintenance man disappearing around the corner. Too embarrassed to chase after him and tell him I had locked myself out again less than 1 min. ater he let me in, I went up and borrowed the key from the boss. I picked my keys up off my desk, put them down again and walked out of the office to return the bosses keys AGAIN locking the door.
How can I POSSIBLY BE SO CLUELESS!!
I walked into my prof's office once forgetting that I was still wearing my pajamas. Where is the embarassed blushing emoticon when you need it? We need a blushing, non-smiling emoticon. I also walked into a men's bathroom by accident once in the midst of daydreaming.
Unfortunately, it was not empty. 
Fortunately, the guy in there had his pants on or I would have reacted like this 
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I've driven off with my coffee cup on top of my car. Once I arrived at work I just thought I forgot it (again)...then I saw my travel mug in the street on my way home that afternoon.
I have also left my car running (and locked) while I went to get groceries. As I'm heading back to where I'm parked, I can hear a car engine. "That's weird." I thought because I didn't see anyone in any car around me. I still didn't know what I had done until I put my hand on the hood to see if my car was running. Hubby had a laugh about that one when he had to come and give me his spare key.
[QUOTE=scarygreengiant]I walked into my prof's office once forgetting that I was still wearing my pajamas.
Where is the embarassed blushing emoticon when you need it? We need a blushing, non-smiling emoticon.[/QUOTE]
THAT's halarious!!!!! One of the only things thing that I know makes my brain and body function better is sleep. There are a few things that I know make me function not up to par,however, such as eating wheat and sugar.
Today I would be willing to try almost anything within certain parameters. Once upon a time I smoked. But, I wasn't aware that I had ADHD so I wasn't paying attention to whether or not it helped. And, now I'm too afraid to begin smoking again because it was so hard to quit. Besides I have other asthma and the Dr's tell me smoking is contraindicated.
Okay, the last posting that I put up I thought was on a different topic. How I got here I do not know. but, I guess I'm in the right place!
I accidentally sent a package to a friend of mine's address thinking that it was my new address ( was in the middle of moving). When I got to my new address, I waited for my package until the friend called and thanked me for the present. She said that she never really thought of getting an ice cream maker, but now that she has one, she's gonna love it. I kind of gasped and said..err, you're welcome! enjoy!Serves me right for forgetting birthdays...
Funniest thing I did recently was wake up to alarm (set at 12 unbeknownst to me because of a power failure), thought I was late for work and it was noon, and ran outside fully dressed at midnight. I constantly wake up thinking I am late to work when its just late at night. I hit snooze 20 times until I am almost late to work also.Wow Kay's Mom,I first haveto thank you for giving me oneof the best laughs I've had in a very long time!! please know I am not laughing at you, its just that you sound exactly like me!I cannot tell you how many times I'D be driving along and all of a sudden I would think to myself where am I going?Or I would be taking my daughter to School and she would say Mom where are you going?Because I would be headed in the wrong direction.
I am sooo glad to see that I am not the only one.When these things happen to me I feel sooo stupid.But I haveto remind myself that I'm just a little different.
I posted in the ADHD = no relationships forums about my strange conversations with people..and I decided to add that info here as well.
Does anyone have trouble talking to people because your thoughts are more like one long play in which no one knows what scene you are on? When they start a topic..my brain wanders to another topic offshooting from something they brought up (that is unnoticeable to normal people) and before long I blurt out something TOTALLY unrelated. They all turn and look at me and go "huh??"
To pinpoint my daily troubles with daydreaming..this is it..the one thought begets another, which offshoots another, which then brings up another..until before long 30 minutes to an hour has passed and no work/project/fun activity or whatever gets done. Then I end up with hundreds of projects incomplete over the years. It's not that I intended to leave it unfinished..it's just that now that my mind placed me on a new project I totally forgot I had another one open. And so the cycle continues...
You realize that our broken relationships are really just "unfinished projects" really? I didn't mean to lose interest in any man..I went into it all with earnest and in the end I have another unfinished project to which the "finishing" would be a lifetime of love & happiness. I just got off track over and over. 8(
I went back with the last boyfriend and trying to not ever get distracted by people or objects of any kind whether tangible or imagined.
Oh boy this is great. They should change those questionaires for diagnoses to ask if you do any of these things.
I told my boyfriend that many of you leave your keys in the door his first response was I thought only you did that!
Here's a list of some of my annoyances
Driving down the highway and forget where i was going
Driving to work because I started out in that direction going somewhere else
Going into the house with two out of five bags of groceries, leaving my car door open intending to return for the rest. Get inside the house put the groceries away and sit down to do something else...
Dog food for the child; Cereal for the dog
Milk in pantry;Cereal in fridge
Leave office for something , walk down the hall and forget where I was going
Have someone call me and request some help (I'm in IT at work). I say I'll be right up but hang up the phone and start doing something else.
My mother picks my daughter up from school..partly because I get off of work late but partly because I've left her at school on occasion. The funny thing is my mom has often gone to pick her up on non-school days
Plenty of brand new clothes in the closet never worn
On my motorcycle 1ST GEAR to start or pull off. 1ST GEAR!
But the worst was when my daughter was a baby. I put her in the car, reached over and started the car, locked the doors and shut them in order to return my cart. I'm so glad she doesn't remember
I guess I can laugh about this stuff now but like debdrunner said at the time these are stressful situations. The time I locked my daughter in the car it was during a blizzard in a neighborhood know for carjacking. I had to stand out there with her until the cops came. When they got there they gave me a hard time about it. They thought I had left her in there the whole time while I was shopping. When they saw my groceries in the car they were like oh okaaaay. I felt like an idiot
kay's mom38445.3342476852I have had 12 Costco (warehouse club) cards in 4 years. They now keep track! I hate to say it but I lost my current one
I've looked several times for my old ones I don't know where they have gotten to.
[QUOTE=not sure]I'll also add losing my wallet 3 times in one week
[/QUOTE]Speaking of wallets. If you ever get the chance to visit Hawaii, and you decide to try your hand at surfing, don't forget to take your wallet out of your pocket. Mine's floating around in the Pacific somewhere. If I hadn't been able to get a new ID at the Army Base, I'm not sure how I would have gotten on the plane. Although, if you have to get stranded someplace, it might as well be Hawaii.
SPEAKING OF DANGEROUS, MISCHEIVEOUS, THEIVING OCEANS:
I was about 14 or 15 years old, and have always been blind as a bat.....
I LOVE THE BEACH WITH A DESPERATE PASSION!
My friend and I were just arriving at the beach, and the waves where just kind of choppy on this day.
We ran down the beach and tore into the salty waves, you know, the way ocean loving kids do when the first arrive at the ocean, a wave promply over took me, and dumped me in, when I came back up my eye glasses were gone. I never saw them again.
I was so desperate to taste the salt water on my body that I forgot to remove my glasses. I had to go through the rest of the day's activities (which included a cool 3D movie at a science museum), blind as a bat, and bored silly because what fun is an outing such as this if you can't see it--especially for an ADD child???
oh well, i guess some fish somewhere are getting some good use out of them.
putting my daughters plate of waffels in the cup board,not able to find where her breakfast went until that afternoon.
making a wrong turn while driving and taking 2 hours to find my way back home.
locking my car door by accident with the car still running and my pocketbook still inside it because I was gonna stop real quick and ask this guy I saw for directions because I was lost again!took me about 3 hours till i made it home that day.
getting My Husband and Mom up at 8:00 on Saturday Morning so we could take mom to her doctors appointment,which is about an hour away only to find out the office was closed,the appointment was not until the following saturday.
Could go on and on .Might seem a little funny now but the stress that these everyday things bring are really not so funny.Including mixing up words,My daughter still tells me I prown you crincess,because 1 day I was playing with her and instead of saying I crown you princess,That is what came out.I don't know. debdrunner38444.9165509259
well, let's see....
forget the answer to the question I literally just asked! I usually wasn't paying attention by the time I finished answering the question.....
Asking my fiance a question I probably asked him a million times....
Forgetting what I am doing while I am doing it....
Forgetting entire conversations I suppossedly had with fiance....
Talking out of turn whenever a thought pops into my head (during movies, this usually doesnt go over well!)
Looking for things like keys and such when they are really IN MY HAND or in my pocket! sheesh
Being distracted mid-conversation by the littlest things... and not even finishing my sentence!
and that's just what i have done this weekend! LOL
[QUOTE=Tamaraw1969]I have had 12 Costco (warehouse club) cards in 4 years. They now keep track! I hate to say it but I lost my current one I've looked several times for my old ones I don't know where they have gotten to.[/QUOTE]
At least you use yours. I have had a temporary Sam's CLub card for three years. I keep forgetting to get my permanent one.
And Reizende
I feel your pain. My favorite phrase is "speaking of which" . That phrase let's you take the conversation anywhere!
thank you thank you
I am "normal"? It is so nice to hear my little things I do repeated by others!! I am enjoying this website tremendously. I no longer feel like an airhead!!
Failed my first driving licence test!!
In my lessons, the order was turn on car, put in gear, take off park brake, indicate, check for other cars, drive off.
Except in the test I forgot to turn the ignition on, so I put car in gear and took off park brake and then put foot on gas pedal and tried to drive off.
It took me about TWO MINUTES to work out why the car was rolling backwards down the hill, instead of driving FORWARDS! I even kept checking the gearstick to see if it was in the right gear.
Took me ages to figure out that I hadn't turned the car on yet.
I Love what you said,I May not always be perfect but I am me.How true.
Lets see,The more I read in this site,the more normal I feel. I would like to thank each and every one of you.I Have boiled macaroni until it has turned into a fine paste,because I was just gonna leave the kitchen for "A SECOND".turns out it was more like 2 hours.I have burnt the shells of eggs a nice shade of BLACK because the water in my hard boiled eggs had evaporated because I was just gonna run downstairs for a minute to get something,OOPS got downstairs,forgot what I went down there for and started cleaning and vaccuuming.smoke alarm went off and well,there goes lunch.But downstairs was nice and clean.I am afraid to get up and use the ladies room in a resteraunt because I have gotten lost before and could not find where the party I came in with was sitting.They found me at a different table and started laughing.Thet thought it was cute,I just felt like an idiot. I'd say we HAVE organized these stories....right here!
I recently wore two different shoes going out to lunch with a friend. (Did I already post this in this thread? hmmmm I probably did.
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[quote=sunshine]-scowering my cabinet tops with parmesean cheese because I saw the green can and thought it was comet. [/quote]
That really cracked me up! It reminds me of when I put red dish soap instead of ketchup on my dinner. Yummy!GypsyWomyn38454.4178356482
[QUOTE=Mark Goode]How 'bout this one, it's a killer:
Arriving back at the airport one night after a conference in Belgium, and catching a train home from the airport.
Realising on arrival at home that you had driven to the airport and left your car on the airport car park.
Catching a train back to the airport to the following morning to fetch your car, only to discover on arrival that your car keys are in the pocket of the suit you wore yesterday, and you have to call your wife to get the next train to bring your keys.
Mark -
[/QUOTE]That sounds a lot like me.
How 'bout this one, it's a killer:
Arriving back at the airport one night after a conference in Belgium, and catching a train home from the airport.
Realising on arrival at home that you had driven to the airport and left your car on the airport car park.
Catching a train back to the airport to the following morning to fetch your car, only to discover on arrival that your car keys are in the pocket of the suit you wore yesterday, and you have to call your wife to get the next train to bring your keys.
Mark -
Mark, that is suck a perfectly beautifull screwup... I can't breatheAll of these are cracking me up.
- Losing my keys every single day for the last 10 years of my life
-Forgetting my keys in the door
-Forgetting to bring my sons sweaters home every time he has play group.
-Putting dirty clothes in the dryer (I did this twice when I was pregnant, I think I really lost my mind)
-scowering my cabinet tops with parmesean cheese because I saw the green can and thought it was comet.
This morning I was on my way to work when I realized I had not taken my Strattera. Since I just started it last Thursday, I was determined to be good about it so I decided to drive home at lunch to take it. Well, I opened the door, took in the mail let the dog out to pee, made a hot dog for lunch, let the dog in and left for work again. On my way back to work I remembered I forgot to take the freaking Straterra.
Arrrrggghhhhhh
I got three calandars and put in each one of them :go to the courthouse and pay traffic ticket by Friday! I still forgot, being absorbed in a project. Thus I had to go to court on Monday, but had to be at my in-laws (States away)that Sunday. I cried and drove to police stations all Saturday asking them how to pay my fine so I could leave town that night. I got all kinds of advice but nothing worked, so I stayed, ruining Sunday's family plans, and today, Monday, I realized I was a week off! The calandar had the right court date, but I had lost a week in my mind! So I paid the fine, which was for not having my licence on me. She said "could I see your licence?" Id just gotten a replacement, but it's now missing too!
[QUOTE=velvetinkbrush]leaving my keys in the door [/QUOTE]
I have them attached them to a chain on my jeans.. u can never leave them in the door then. I used to get a bit obsessive compulsive about forgetting to lock the door.
me too, or i'd check my purse five times in a row for my keyseven though the first four times they were therei've started a pan of water boiling to make noodles and then
made the mistake of turning on the discovery channel. i didn't
know the water had completely boiled away until the smell of
the metal became apparent
I am constantly losing my gas cap to my car. But one day I lost my car!! One day I went to a friends BBQ. He wanted me to run to the store to get some Ice but a friends car was behind me. He throw me the keys and told me to use his. I took off and went to the store to get ice and a few other things. On the way out I could not find the car. I walked down every down every isle. I franticlly called my friends house telling him that my car was stolen. He laughed and said "You too Steve's car Dork!!". I found Steve's car and had fun at the BBQ. I made coffee this morning...that turned out to be hot water because I forgot to put the COFFEE into the filter!yes then there are the funny quirky fun things we thing of
like going to fly a kite in the dark with 1/4 mi of string and a ten foot cloth tail soaked in the liquid from green luminence chem lights freshly cracked...have you seen a UFO in Wallingford CT?
I know where to go next timeI feel depressed.
To Hysterical
I've done some of these things too.
i cannot have a conversation in a car if i have to give directions.i don't know HOW many exits i have caused a person to miss
because we were chatting away and i forgot to keep my eyes
on the road (happened twice to me last night!)
I have a terrible time keeping track of what I need to do each day so I am trying to get a system down-- one that I will use!
I had an appt. yesterday. Because I had to call the doctor's office to get the right time and day i decided i would keep an appointment book in my purse that would be big enough to keep everything in one place. The problem I found with this is I can not keep track of what DAY it is -- even when I have my appointment book and write appointments in it on the right day. So number one thing to accomplish is to know all day long what day it is.......
call things by the wrong name- like I'll say I'm going to go give the dog his carpet instead of his dogfood(switch words with same # of syllables)stick bizarre things in the fridge, or worse, the mailbox
talk to myself to keep on track
mix up foods- put ketchup on my cereal, for ex bc I'm not paying attention yuuuuuk!!! too funny
hehehehe
i trip an awful lot
if i get distracted, i always forget what i was doing before i got
distractedleaving my keys in the door
leaving stores without my change or credit card (Fortunately i
always get stopped)
asking a question and then forgetting to listen to the answer
and then having to ask it again only to get a wierd look
always losing gloves in the winter time (one OR both)
being late for work because i set my alarm for PM instead of AM
The other day I pulled a pizza out of the freezer and turned the oven on to preheat... and hour later I wandered into the kitchen to a very floppy pizza and a very preheated oven! The oven even dings when it's preheated (love that feature!) and somehow I didn't hear it or ignored it or something.
I came home from work with the intentions to work out at the gym. I wanted to run in and run out. But I got distracted and never went to the gym. The next morning I found my car still running in the drive way.i haven't lost the gas cap to my car in 10 years but, the last 3 cars i have owned all had a plastic cord attached too it
i had a VW rabbit when I was younger...It had the rag cap a few times. Rabbits didnt have a flip cover so I had to have something in the opening...so I drove a Molotov Rabbit in between reaqquring a new cap. i was not exactly a good citizen back then I just took someone elses cap when the chance came.
i burned green Giant boil in the bag vegggies.... boiled every drop out and the palstic bag melted into the pan....damn that was an interesting TV show I was watching while cooking. AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHyou have the funniest stories!
Going into a building without being able to find my way out.
Walking into the wrong apartment.
Leaving my keys and purse everywhere.
Walking out of the store without my purchase.
I have been struggling with day planners. I can never complete my daily goals, on the days I can find the planner. I am a college student. I carry my class schedule all year.
Going to light a cigarette when I've already got one in my mouth!
(not recently, I quit the cigs some time ago. I won't quit my pipe though - nicotine makes my brain work better)
Among many:
take the wrong freeway and not realize it until way later
the other day, I grabbed a pan and put it in the micro. Lucky me that when I tried to close the door the handle got in the way.
Pulling away from the Gas pump with the nozzle still in the tank...I HOLD THE DAMN THING WHEN I TANK UP NOW
Saying the second half of a thought in a conversation because I must of assumed I was talking to a telepath and hadn't bothered with the first half...and someone saying huh back at me with that funny look when you get when you have skipped the first 5 steps in a conversation. I don't know if I made that clear but it is embarrassing when someone looks at me with that scrunched up face because they dont have a clue what I am talking about and I realized it's because I jumped way ahead in a conversation without bothering to have it.
Loosing names I know.
The letter reversals when writing or typing the word reversals on occasion when talking
Forgetting what I am talking about in mid sentence because POOF it was time for another thought.
The periodic bruises on my legs I find but can't remeber when I slammed into a door or cabinet or some other thing in my way I didn't notice. I saw this big 4 inch black and blue once after getting out of the shower. It was tender but for the life of me I couldn't remember nailing myself. I am sure I was going 300 miles an HR...said OW...and continued on my way. That was the only one that freaked me because Damn it had to of stung when I did it.
plus most of the other stuff mentioned I like this thread I don't feel broken when I read stuff like this. I feel less alone and the medication has helped a lot if not entirely.
Leaving my car keys in the door (and having them brought to me by a co-worker).
Walking out of stores without my change, card or purchase.
Completely forgetting meetings, appointments until I look at the clock and realize I am an hour late!
Walking all the way to the other side of the house to put something up, only to realize I left the 'something' behind.
Walking out of the house, locking all the doors, getting in the car, and then realizing I left something inside (purse, briefcase, files etc).
Esther
Looking in the fridge for crackers, or the cupboard for milk.
Getting to a room and then not remembering why I am there.
Leaving the store without the one thing I went there for.
Tearing my bedroom apart looking for my purse and then realizing I dropped in the hall when I came home.
Asking my BF the same question three times in as many hours because I forgot he answered it already. I just called to ask when my daughters Pediatric appt is because I lost the sticky note to remind me...and the receptionist replied it was yesterday
Here is a string I posted on another topic.
Here's a funny story. I started an account with E-greetings and wrote a bunch of birthday cards to friends and family to be sent via email. I also took the time to write down anniversaries and some other special occasions such as holidays. I wrote nice things and set them up to go out at the appropriate dates. I wanted to do this because I knew I would forget those special occasions and not send a card or make a call to the people I truly love and care about.
Several months went by and my brother calls me and says he is really impressed with me. He said he really wanted to thank me for remembering his birthday. Of course I should of kept my mouth shut because I replied, "it's your birthday?" He wasn't so impressed after that. We both laughed historically because he knew what just happened.
Forgeting how to get somewhere that I have been numerouse times...getting lost no matter how good the directions are, Never coming home from the grocery store with a completer meal, and here is the worst...I was with the 3 kids and the dog at the park, plus one little friend...got home later that day hours later, and the dog was in our back yard, but I didn't remember putting her back there. I had left her at the park and thank goodness for the kindness of strangers...someone brought her home. I felt horrible, our dog wouldn't go anywhere with me for weeks...at least if wasnt one of thekids..hahahahahaI've never left the gas nozzle in the tank, but I've forgotten to screw the cap back on and close the little door.
Locking keys in the trunk, in the house, in work after hours when there's no one around to let me back in.
Milk on the roof of my car. (someone beeped and managed to get my attention a block later. It was still up there)
The ever popular, "why did I come in this room?"
Going to the store for one specific thing, coming home with three bags full of junk and not the one specific thing I needed in the first place.
OMG- MegMarie, I thought I was the only one who got lost going somewhere I'd been a hundred times before!
One place I lived for 3 years, I couldnt figure out how to get to the grocery store- EVERY single time. And its not like the store moved or anything, it was in the same location, about 2 miles away! I'd have to sit down and think about it, or get the map out every single week. How hilarious is that???!!??AHHHHHHHHH
i've lost the gas cap to my car too! so annoying.
i'll also drive down the highway and when i get to my
destination i have no idea how i got there or what the trip in
was like
does anyone else have this problem?
when you clean and organize, you can;t find things anymoreI always forget stuff....
I keep wrecking my gel/hair stuff because I forget to put the cap back on. I can relate to the other stuff you're talking about too, expecially the "put pot on to boil but forget it doing ________" all my pans stick now because I burned off the nonstick stuff on the top.
[QUOTE=Muffin]
I have been struggling with day planners. I can never complete my daily goals, on the days I can find the planner. I am a college student. I carry my class schedule all year.
[/QUOTE]HAHAHAHA! I always lose my planners.
putting away groceries and finding my new box of panthy hose in the freezer and my frozen pizza in my sock drawer. -----writing down an appointment on June 10 that said "3:00pm! Important! Don't forget!" I went to another appointment only to find out that my 2:00pm appointment on the 4th had really been scheduled for 4:00pm on the 2nd. I just had to stop dinner and log on to tell you what I just did. I usually keep the ketcup on the sink, where I also keep my dishsoap (live in a really small travel trailer). Anyway, I went to squeeze the ketchup on my plate, and thought it was coming out terribly watery. I know, you've probably figured it out already...I was squeezing dish soap on my dinner. Ugh!! hmmm ... Actually, not bad. That's what I get for finally putting the ketchup in the frig where it belongs. GypsyWomyn38411.7861458333Creative crazy I did the opposite. I sent a fax but instead of hitting the fax button I hit the copy button. Minutes later I hear somebody yell out, who is making copies 310 copies of a page entitled "to eilleen 310-xxxx"? My reply, "Oh no!?"I once left a pair of combat boots on the roof of my car. I was about a quarter of a mile down the road (and around several corners) before one of the rolled off onto the back of my car.
Here's one that will make you feel good about our national security. While heading out the range with my unit one day, I lost my M-16.... on my shoulder. It's actually easier to do than you'd think, with all the gear you have to wear. I didn't feel to bad about it once one of the Sergeants did the same thing.
I used to constantly forget my keys. Now I'm so paranoid about losing them, that my hand automatically goes to my pocket whenever I walk out of a door.
More than once I've set out for the laundry room, only to find myself rather confused and standing in the bathroom.
If I'm having a hard time finding something that I'm looking for, it's almost a guarantee that I'm looking directly at it.
I went to copy something on my multifunction machine....and instead of hitting the copy button...I hit the fax button...I could hear the dial tone...I guess but I just wasn't consious of it and I kept thinking why isn't this stupid thing copying anything....UGGGGh....then when the dial tone went to that screeecchhhing du du du du noise ...I then realized I hit fax button and not the copy button
...then I laughed to myself and thought this would be a great thing to post here.....
....then I happily hit the fax button again accidentlly and again did not figure out what I did until the dial tone changed again......What is wrong with my brain
.....it is asleep!!!!!!!!!!
One of the funniest things I've done is while putting away groceries, I put a gallon of ice cream in the cupboard - and realized it almost right away. Feeling very proud of myself, I took the ice cream out of the cupboard, and promptly stuck it in the pantry where it proceeded to melt all over our boxes of cereal until my husband discovered it the next day. Needless to say, I have yet to live that one down...
Pyxelle
I had to post what I did this morning. I got out of my car after taking the kids to school and realized today was trash day. (I was so proud I got the right day) Before I got out of the car I paged my husband. I had cover-all type of work clothes on with a front pocket which I put my cell phone in while I took trash out. While taking trash out the phone rang. As I was talking on the phone I finished with the trash and as I went into the house I starting looking for my cell phone in my pocket. It took me a second to realize I had it in my hand talking into it!Pyxelle- that is funny!! thanks for the laugh!
[QUOTE=Fly away]I had to post what I did this morning. I got out of my car after taking the kids to school and realized today was trash day. (I was so proud I got the right day) Before I got out of the car I paged my husband. I had cover-all type of work clothes on with a front pocket which I put my cell phone in while I took trash out. While taking trash out the phone rang. As I was talking on the phone I finished with the trash and as I went into the house I starting looking for my cell phone in my pocket. It took me a second to realize I had it in my hand talking into it! [/QUOTE]
LOL!
I hate it when I do things like that - I constantly will start yelling out "where's my hairbrush/cell phone/car keys?!- only to have someone point out to me that I'm holding the thing I'm freaking out about losing!
Pyxelle
Has anyone walked into work and realize that they don't remember most of the drive there!?!?forgetting to bring my 11 O'clock medication to Work today..........DOH I AM NOW HOMER SIMPSON FOR THE REST OF THE DAYA friend took me to lunch today, and she was ten minutes early. I had just finished showering . Hair still wet, but dressed, thank goodness, I slipped into my shoes (open heeled), grabbed my purse, and we left. It wasn't until after lunch, when I went to the restroom to wash up, that I noticed I had two different shoes on!! Luckily they were both similar in color, so unless I said anything nobody would notice. My friend and I had a good laugh, tho. 
Going to the doctor ,, and sitting in the waiting room. Finially the receptionist said, "Christy, we don't have you down for today!", I said, " You must be mistaken, I am sure its for Tuesday !"...... Then she looks at me and says,,, "Dear, it was for last Tuesday!".
Funny thing was,,,, it was to talk about wether or not I should go on meds for ADD.
Do you all have trouble keeping appintments? I have great intentions, and write notes all over, and still manage to screw things up!
Christy
Scary Green Giant
I can hardly read your posts because I am so distracted by the cute grover flopping all over the place. Seriously, it is over stimulation for me.
But cute.
I can't tell my left from my right. When I have to ..I used to pretend I was writing which would be my right hand...but I started imitating with my left and couldn't even see this was wrong! Now however I have a fool proof way..put your hands infront of you, all fingers together and pointing to the sky....now drop your thumbs down which will naturally be at right angles to your hand. Do you see the letter "L" being formed by your hand edge and your thumb on the LEFT hand?
Unless you're dyslexic...it'll work every time and so will the odd yet facinated looks from those watching. Actually i've caught several people who do this now as a result!
You guys think that's bad searching for your keys. I keep a spare in my wallet because I can literally spend hours looking for them. So I keep a spare in my wallet so that when I can't find them I can just use the spare. Now if I can only remember to take the spare out of the ignition befoer locking the door. This has happened to me several times.
PS. I locked my office keys in my office and had to get a spare from my boss. Second time in a month. They don't know I have ADHD, But you guys do!!!
Oh wow do I love this board! I finally feel normal!
Okay here are mine:
Being totally late because I am insanely distracted looking for my book Driven to Distraction - I love the irony in that one!
Leaving my keys in the door only to find them the next morning - it's amazing my house has never been broken into!
Yes, losing my gas cap. ALL THE TIME! At least now my truck has a little cord thingy so I can't do that all the time.
Leaving my back pack/shoes/luggage/purse etc on top of the vehicle and then having to make my husband pull over while I am running down the middle of the road to get them back. I have actually done that so much that both my husband and I check the top of the truck before we leave
Walking away from stores without my purchases, change, purse you name it!
Always late, even if I get ready 6 hours early, before I have to leave and I am all prepared, I am still late.
Asking a question, not listening to the answer and then having to ask it again - I've gotten quite adept at re-asking without the other person realizing I didn't hear a word they said
Forgetting what I was talking about mid sentence
Multi tasking - I can multi task circles around most people, just don't expect any of those tasks to actually be completed.
Having to go back in the posts for this post to remember what it is exactly I am replying to!
These are all great! Here are mine:
Missing my exit on the highway (with no obvious distractions such as radio, phone, passenger).
Forgetting to put the car in park, and panicking when it won't start.
Leaving the stove and oven on after cooking dinner at least a couple of times a week. My husband now checks it before he sits down for dinner.
Going on the internet to look up some specific detail at work, and half an hour later wondering what I am supposed to be working on.
Carefully making a grocery list and leaving it at home.
Forgetting the laundry until I am looking for socks several days later then finding either a very wet or a very wrinkled load.
I used to be a waitress. Customers would ask for the ketchup or whatever, I would go back to the waitress station but couldn't remember for the life of me what I was there to get. I had to walk back out, stand in front of their table and look at them before it would come to me, then I could plod back to the waitress station muttering ketchup, ketchup, ketchup. I got alot of weird looks
do all these things happen to you when you are medicine too? Because I thought my meds werent working due to me running around forgetting things...etc.
rainct -
These things don't happen to me as much with my meds. Actually what the meds do is allow me to actually have some control on the distractions (meaning that if I feel myself getting distracted I can actually tell myself, I'll get to that later, rather than jumping in and doing whatever it is that is distracting me), allow me to remember to post a sticky to remind myself of something (where as before I would procrastinate writing the note on the sticky), allow me to actually remind myself to listen to what the other person is saying, allow me to actually realize that I am running late and who cares about the book, I'll find it later etc etc - all the things I couldn't do before. The meds aren't the be all end all, I know that I have to do a lot of work as well to live my life with ADHD. I make a lot of lists too, my life is just one big constant list and without my meds I also put off making the list, positive that I will remember it all and I just don't if I don't take my dexedrine
thanx, chaotic..you 've definitely helped clear this up for me..I appreciate it!!!
hope u have a good day!!
Riantc
This morning (like all weekdays) I was out of bed at 5:45 am (!).
I came downstairs for my caffeine fix, and as the mutt was sitting by the door, looking at me expectantly, I let her out. Some minutes later I looked to see if she was ready to come in - but there was no sign of her. After about 15 minutes I go out into the dark, frosty morning to find her - slipping and sliding on the icy path as I go... but no dog in sight. I whistle, call out, and search for signs of her escape route. How am I going to tell the wife the mutt's done a runner?
Climbing the stars to break the news I see the mutt in her bed, curled up in that strange way that dogs do (with their noses up their own bottoms). She opens her eyes briefly, then goes back to sleep.
I'm damned if I remember letting her in
Mark -
[QUOTE]Forgetting to put the car in park, and panicking when it won't start.[/QUOTE]When I was a teenager, I borrowed my mother's car and when it wouldn't start, I freaked, calling towing. Ends up I didn't know you needed to put most vehicles in Park to start.
I still forget to put my car in park all the time. The worst time, tho, was when I was at an AAA office picking up a trip tick and traveler checks, and I "parked" in "drive" my aunt's car I had borrowed. While I was inside, someone came in and asked if the Toyota Carona outside belonged to anyone...it had rolled backwards into an empty, rocky pond in front of office! At least I was at Triple A, so it was easy to get towing service.
I never did tell my aunt, and fortunately it didn't do any damage (that I was aware of). AND it could have been WORSE..if the pond hadn't been there, the car would have rolled into a busy street.
Another time, I was in the dentist chair at a college dental clinic. Someone came in and asked if anyone owned a little red Chevy Luv P/U? It had rolled back into an SUV (hitting just their spare tire, thank goodness)
Now, I alway, ALWAYS check to be sure I have it in park, and the emergency brake on TOO.
Losing keys in the house EVERYDAY!!!, when they are not in the door...
Leaving Purse in restaurants, stores, I even drove off with it on the roof of the car. Some kind stranger found it and called me. I didnt even know it was missing.
calling my children by the wrong name, I end up saying You Child.
Calling my husband and forgetting why
running upstairs and forgetting why I ran up stairs...
Recently I walked into the women's bathroom in a store while reading a little help wanted paper.Luckily no one was scandalized since it was empty.
TR!
I constantly lose the keys to my house and car. When my family was coming in to help me remodel my house I kept getting copies made and giving them to all my relatives. They thought I was just being nice, but I know myself and how terrible I am about losing keys. I just wanted to know that when (not if) I locked myself out I would be able to get back inside again.
I also constantly lose my debit card and checkbooks....I have gotten more than one so I can buy stuff without having to look like a total idiot.
I love this site......I can totally relate.....I think my parents actually can too. My mom locked me inside the car when I was a baby.....A guy stopped and opened the car door with a bar like a locksmith, only he didn't look very comfortable.
Another time she got out of the car to check the mail on the way home, locked the doors with the motor running and shut it. She had to go to a neighbor's house to use the phone to call me a fast food restauraunt where I was with some friends.....After I stopped laughing I went and unlocked her car for her.... and she wonders where I get being so scattered from....lol
My personal, all time best, is when I woke up to some really loud bird sounds. I couldn't figure out why they were so loud and why I was so cold. I had turned off the heat while I had the kids outside, so it wouldn't kick on all the time. When all the kids went home for the evening I locked the back door, got my purse and went to a meeting. I came back and went to bed.....You guessed it. I forgot to shut the back door I had locked. Thank goodness I have some really good neighbors
This is a true story and It happenend about a year ago. I have not shared it with any friends or relatives; I trust it only to you, my ADDers in Arms... I came home early from work one day (@4:30p versus 5:30pm) and was exhausted from a tough day. I had been having trouble sleeping so I took an OTC med for sleep and lay down around 5:00pm. The next thing I knew the clock said 6:30!!! I lived 30 minutes from work and had to be at work by 7:00am. I called my boss right away and left a message on his machine to tell him I would be late. I felt great from a night of good sleep, so I ran to get dressed then drove as fast as I could to work in the pouring rain. Believe it or not, I am almost NEVER late for work, so I was a bit taken back with being late as well as a bit embarrassed too.I got to work by 8:00am and parked in a differrent lot to get to my office thru the back way
. I flipped on the light to my office, started my computer and began to answer my phone messages from the day before. I just couldn't get over how good I felt from getting the sleep I needed. I was pleased that I had only several messages on my phone, and because of the dreadful weather outside (Storming and lightening all throughout the morning) I was not bombarded with the usual phone calls first thing in the morning from families and agencies. It was the morning from heaven! "Well, this won't last," I told myself, so I delved in to any/all work I could do on my computer. I was so PRODUCTIVE! Because it was essential to our jobs for each of us to be on our units by 10:00am, my co workers and I spent our mornings in our offices, then meet up for lunch. I broke from work @9:30 to use the restroom, I started to get REAL tired. "Crap!" I thought...My inital feeling of energy and goodwill had lasted less than 2 hours and I had the rest of the day to go... but what the heck...I had had worse days and I would get through this one too. The weather outside continued to worsten and tornado watches were out everwhere, my work county included. Before leaving my ofice to go to my unit, I checked the radio for weather alerts and thought how odd that the programming times had changed. It was my first clue that something wasn't quite right...
And then....all of the sudden the kind of strangey weiredey kinda things that I had sensed since getting to work that morning came together in one moment of ADD insight that only we ADDers can appreciate...It was NIght Time! It was 9:45pm! I had not overslept at all....and hell...no wonder I was now sleepy!
I sat in my chair, laughed my head off, went home and went to bed. The next day was great because of all the work I had done the night before...
I felt really stoopid that I didn't get the clues sooner, but had it not been storming so hard, I would have known the dark sky meant it was nightime.
That's my story...and it is the single most convoluted ADD event of my life...
OMG
Not laughing at you but WITH you.
I know...I know...that is why I trust it only here...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 they don't have free perfume" LOL
That is the funniest and most truthful thing I have ever read!
I have to use my cell phone to record or take a picture of the location of my car in parking lots at the malls! I have even had to have security help me find it! I've been lost for hours on more than one occasion, just wondering around, literally praying that I find my car!
Hi everyone I'm new to this site. I have been diagnosed with ADHD for my entire life. Although not until my marriage was approaching a bitter end did I finally do something about it. I guess it would be kind of hard to live with a person who's mind is alway somewhere else. The good news is my wife only got put through ten years of it. For me being a fantasy/sci-fi geek I think it has compounded the issue.
Some of my favorite things are when I'm flying my starfighter through the enemy's mother ship in a hopeless attempt to disable it's shield generator. Its not as easy as it sounds. There are alot of twists and turns and obstacles to avoid, not to mention the enemy fighters. However, I'm not always successfull, quite a few times my starfighter runs out of fuel because I wasn't paying any attention to the fuel gauge. Its a long walk across a massive industrial plant (the mothership) carrying a full propane tank back to my forklift (The starfighter) so I can get back to work.
Or how many of you are daydreaming away without a care in the world only to discover that your driving a car! It kind of takes me by suprise because I have to try and figure out where the heck I am. I get proud of myself because When I figure out that I'm driving I will look down to see ho fast I was going and it will be 55mph right on the button.
Another favorite of mine is when I stare at the silverware drawer for 5 minutes when I'm really trying to get a glass of milk!
Zhang
P.S. Don't worry I have never caused any accidents at work or while driving a car. At least not yet.
Haley,
Yes! that would have been me asking that same question(about the phone booth) Last night I had my husband shaking his head yet again (We have 2 Boys, and 2 cars) My husband said he was going to take them both to soccer practice, I looked at him and shouted how can you take both? That's impossible He said "What???" I told him, you can't take both cars!!! He started to laugh as I stood their with my arms crossed still missing the punch line! DUH!!!!
-Tamara
I flunked my drivers test the first time too. I just couldn't follow the verbal instructions. Little did I know, I really wasn't a bad driver, but just don't perform well udner stress & can't follow verbal directions. The officer made it look like I was awful because I screwed up under pressure and he was yelling for me to go back to the station.[QUOTE=Tamaraw1969]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 they don't have free perfume" LOL [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Haley][QUOTE=Tamaraw1969]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 they don't have free perfume" LOL [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]
What an absoltely wonderful ADD story...it had me smiling in amusement and understanding all afternoon. Years ago, I remember reading a newspaper head line that said "Man found murdered by phone booth." ???? I turned to my then boyfriend and asked, how can a phone booth do that...were there cameras or sensors in there? My boyfriend rolled his eyes, patted my arm and said...awe...poor baby....It took me a whole friggin' month to figure out how I had misinterpreted the information, but now I think how my views about it were pretty cool....Cameras or sensors in phone booths....hmmm....we definetly see the world through a different but interesting lens do we not.
Haley in ohio
[QUOTE=eliza]Failed my first driving licence test!!
In my lessons, the order was turn on car, put in gear, take off park brake, indicate, check for other cars, drive off.
Except in the test I forgot to turn the ignition on, so I put car in gear and took off park brake and then put foot on gas pedal and tried to drive off.
It took me about TWO MINUTES to work out why the car was rolling backwards down the hill, instead of driving FORWARDS! I even kept checking the gearstick to see if it was in the right gear.
Took me ages to figure out that I hadn't turned the car on yet.
[/QUOTE]I failed my first drivers test too. I didn't forget to start the car though, but only because it was already running when I got in. I sat down, buckled my seatbelt, and checked my mirrors. As got ready to go I looked down at the shift lever and thought, "R is for Drive". It went downhill from there.
[QUOTE=Haley]
"Man found murdered by phone booth." ????
[/QUOTE]The first thing that came into my when I read that was "How did a phone booth murder somebody?"
When I was young, we moved to a new town and I had to take a swimming test at the pool to get put in the right class.
I am and was an excellent swimmer.
Well the instructor said to swim across the pool and back, using your arms. So I hopped in the pool and swam down and back using only my arms and dragging my legs behind me motionless. I was exhausted and it took a long time, but I made it, and she put me in the remedial swim class, where I stayed all summer.
I have been getting lost for years.I am just grateful That There is finally a reason for it.The last time I got lost I was taking my 14 year old around the corner,it was dark out,I dropped her at her friends and I dunno what happened but my mind just kinda went blank.I took a couple of wrong turns here and there and got home about a half hour later.her friend lives 3 blocks away.My husband wanted to know where I was when I got back,I told him what happened,and his response is once again"only you".Well I am soooo happy that it is NOT only me. Oh the disappointments of ADD.
Haley
[QUOTE=Haley]"Man found murdered by phone booth." ????
[/QUOTE]I can't believe it....I'm still laughing!!
My very first thought, also....how on earth?! In fact you've all got me LMAO!!! You know how we all switch words around from time to time? When a local factory closed down a couple of years ago, I had to do a double-take at the newspaper headline "Jobs blow for 300"
Mark -
stixx, eafiii, reizend, tamaraw; eric the mad....and all others who have and continue to share themselves here: We have GOT to organize our stories in some way....we all have so much in common....finally there's a place for us...here...with each other.
Getting lost has been life long for me; losing wallets and the money that was in them; LATE FEES from bills I swore I had paid then found a month later in my glove box (or purse, or desk etc.); inapproprate input in conversations because I can see where the conversation is going thank you very much so for god sakes get to the point! already. Sheesh!....
(somebdoy help me!) Oh...that's right...you have...you've been there...you've said that...coooooooool.
(We bad...we bad...) Can't cross the street without directions mind you, but we bad...(and smart, and creative and insightful, and passionate, and curious, and on and on..,) Yep we are IT! We r what the world needs...we..... is rambling...
Night AllHaley in Ohio
I've gotta show this to family/friends that have considered my "cluelessness" to be a running joke...anyway:
I've lost my wallet more times than I can remember...one floated across a lake, someone found it, and mailed it back to me!
Without fail, run back in the house from the car at least twice each morning (cell phone, wallet, etc). Often return at the end of the day to see my untouched morning coffee still sitting on the counter.
Keys have gone "poof" a gazillion times.
Have gone to work with no belt...or tie
Just last week...got a call from the bank, you guessed it, ATM card was left in machine.
I play parking garage roulette at least once a week. That's where I go from floor to floor searching for my car.
I get half way to an outside appointment and realize I left the directions on my desk.
I constantly walk into bookstores and recordstores all jazzed up to check out something....and I cannot for the life of me remember what I came to look for.
I constantly respond inappropriately in conversations because I know where its going and I try to skip ahead rather than let the conversation take place at normal speed.