05-28-2010, 06:01 AM | #1 |
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Symptons...
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS......PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed the bills aren't paid there is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.... Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to. And keep in mind that I was doing something else before I sent this and can't remember what it was! Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!! |
05-28-2010, 07:48 AM | #2 |
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OMGosh!!!! I have that too!!! I've been wondering if this problem had a name.......now I know it does!!! I wonder if there's meds for this?
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05-29-2010, 05:43 AM | #3 |
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I would probably forget to take those meds! I have a serious case of this. Sometimes, it's Monday and then it is suddenly Saturday. Did I do anything productive from Monday through Saturday? I don't remember!
What was I talking about? I can't remember....oh well!
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05-29-2010, 12:21 PM | #4 |
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Hmmm, now I know what I do during the whole day.
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05-29-2010, 02:51 PM | #5 |
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This might have been funny if it wasn't TRUE!!!!!!!!
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05-29-2010, 07:39 PM | #6 |
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I had a day just like this yesterday!! I kept laughing at myself because this is exactly how my day goes.........and, no.......I don't get much done!!!!
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06-03-2010, 08:15 AM | #7 |
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Sounds like Scott!
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