You know you are adhd when... | ADHD Information
you know when your add or adhd when you go to fix the kids plates for supper and remember half way threw you for got to start the washer and realize you didnt fold the clothes in the dryer then when you are done your wondering why the kids are sitting at the table wondering if i'm done fixing their plate. And dont get me started on trying to find my keys or the cordless phone...AND thank god you can call your cell phone to find it..Thats when you can find the cordless phone.
Hey Choc...I've tried that, among other 'tricks'...but then I forget if I wrote the date or not.
Hey Spaz,
this has been a very popular topic again and again.
Yesterday I went to the post office to mail a present. Was running late so figured 5 minutes in post office was all I could spare.
Stood in queue. Got parcel weighed. Found it would be same price for 4 day delivery as for overnight express post.
Got an express post bag, lined up again. Found out I left my wallet in car. Went to get wallet.
Realised at the car I was carrying wallet the whole time along with present and mailing bag.
Went back, stood in queue for third time. Paid for bag, mailed present finally.
Then realised I had put my wallet on the weighing scale with the present the first time, which made the normal post as expensive as overnight. My wallet is very heavy with coins and reciepts.
Damn, 4 day post would have been cheaper to start with.
30 minutes spent in post office.
Come on guys won't any one else share their ADHD moments?
saying to myself"don't forget your lunch...don't forget your lunch...whatever you do, DON'T forget your lunch..."
(((in the car 30 miunutes later)))
"AAAH SH*T! I FORGOT MY LUNCH!!!"
Since you mentioned having trouble remembering if you took a pill or not, I wanted to let you know my new trick. I stick a postit note on the container and write the date and time every time I take a pill. So far its been working!
The daly rutine of trying to find my wallet and keys.
I have been trying to remember to phone my gp for weeks now to get a hayfever script. I always remember when I can't do it. Like today is saturday and the surgery is closed.
My wife is the same but doesn't have ADHD but she does suffer depression. I notice that when i'm depressed it is worse, how do you distinguish between ADHD and depression in this area of symptom?
Tinker38486.3509953704I have a habit of pulling up to the drive through and after I place my order, I tell them its to go. Duh! It is always to go at the drive through.
When I was visiting my Dad in New Jersey, I was driving on the turnpike. When I drove up to pay, I handed the cashier my ticket and said "How much do I owe you?" He looked at me strange because it is printed on the ticket how much to pay. Meanwhile, as I am searching for the correct amount, everyone behind me is honking.
one of the best things about the message boards for me is being able to realize that their are others out there like me. I am not the only one who can not find keys,has a messy car and forgtes Items at the grocerie store.It usually helps if I can laugh at myself,so here goes.......
You know you have ADHD when......
--Your new neighbors come over to introduce themselves and you absolutely can not find your keys to open the door.After about ten minuts of you searching they finaly just leave.
--You go to the store to buy ice cream and realize you left your wallet in the car..you go to retrieve your wallett and realize it is at home. You drive home, get the wallet, go back in the store and when it is time to pay realize the wallet is in the car.
--you go to switch the laundry and realize that evan though you put the clothes and soap in, you forgot to close the door and start the darn thing.
--You never make it through an entire perscription of antibiotics because you can never remember if you took your pill or just thought about taking your pill.
--When you are snack mom at soccer,forgot to buy grapes for half time so,you rush to store fill 10 baggs with 10 grapes each, go to game, fail to notice when it is half time so you have to take grapes back home with you.
--When your two year old knows to say.."mommy lost it whenever any one is looking for something.
I just realized I wrote you know you "are" adhd when...
Please forgive me as we are all individuals and not defined by Adhd.
I should have written you know when you "have" adhd....
Please accept my appologies every one
oh gosh, this is a good topic!!!!