Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder..it has a name??

finally........a name for what so many of us go through every day. now i have a LEGITIMATE excuse for what i do lol

A. A. A. D. D.: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my lawn.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down 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 checkbook 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 Coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I realize the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 go in to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 down 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 driveway is flooded

The car isn't washed,

The bills aren't paid,

There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,

There is still only one 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 day long, 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.

evie

By Winglover
Posted June 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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Evie,
I'm laughing so hard tears are in my eyes. I live this way everyday. My laundry is half done, haven't washed my floor yet or done the errands on my list as I sit here reading posts. Thanks for the official name for what I have!
Lisa

By Jan83443
Posted June 30, 2009 at 11:58 am
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Oh my gosh! That sounds exactly like one of (or most of) my days. I didn't know there was a name for it! I just tell everyone my hard disk is full and the delete button doesn't work.

By sternum
Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:54 am
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Oh Evie:D Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm in the middle of an episode right now. In the last hour I went to the kitchen to start breakfast and poured a coffee instead.

On my way outside to drink it, I picked up a book from the table and took it with me.

When I got outside I noticed the flowers needed to be dead-headed. So the book and coffeee were put on the table.

Then I thought since it is Canada Day, it would be a nice idea to put a couple of small flags in the window box.

Then I decided to take a photo of the pretty flowers with the flags.

On my way back to start breakfast, I realised I wouldn't see my son till this evening and since it is his birthday also, I should send him a Happy Birthday greeting in his e-mail.

And as long as I'm here at the computer I might as well check my e-mail.

Nothing there so I came in to see what my heart sisters are up to.

I laughed the whole time I read your posting, until i realised I am in the middle of an episode now.

This condition is rampant :D.

Have a great day and be blessed
--- Gloria ---

PS
I think I'll go have breakfast now. At least , I'll head in that direction. When they find the pill for this, send me some.

By nogo
Posted July 1, 2009 at 6:46 pm
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Evie,

Oh my - I'll take a case!!!! And to think I blame MS, the meds I'm ALREADY on, and you name it! I had no idea I had yet ANOTHER disease! I should have known of course! Some days I have a hard time just getting from the room I started from to the room I was trying to get to. There's just too many distractions along the way. You're right - by the time the day has ended, you don't have any idea where or what or why anything happened!!

Blessings to you! Loved the humor break, Jan

By Great-gram
Posted July 4, 2009 at 1:39 pm
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Hi all! Just think, I've lived most of my life that way and I'm older than most of you. Only mine started as a toddler, and was before they had any name other than they don't work to their full potential, keep you after school, like that's really going to work. What it does help is having empathy for the children and adults that do suffer from it. All kinds of things can cause it. In children it can be the impact of elevated lead levels, and they really don't have to be that high; exposed to pre-natal smoke, or second-hand smoke after their born; fetal alcohol; enviornmental toxins; stress; drugs. In adults it can be some of the same things, but medications and health conditions can alter the way the brain is wired. Somethings are in our control and somehings are not. My mom wouldn't take excuses from me - I was put on a 25 cent allowance, and if I lost anything, I had to pay for it. I had to learn to compensate; I perform better when my "plate" is full, when I am under pressure -- this is not good for general health; I've learned to hang up the keys; remember my purse most of the time - not always; make lists - try to stay with it; Forget paper work; always have piles of paper, no matter where I am - no victory in that; house is not immaculate. The other problem is addictive behaviour also goes hand in hand with the ADHD - like I've said before the "H" up and left. Too old, and health problems solved that one for me. Does anyone buy presents or cards, and when it's time to give them doesn't know where they are. I hid my flash drive - can't find the one for work or the one for home. One day I left my child in the car; fortuately it was in the evening - she just when to sleep and it was less than 15 minutes before I realized that we were missing one of the 3 that needed diaper changing. Wooops! Becareful of the meds that are used, there are some out there, but most aggravate the health problems we already have. Do your research before you take anything, especially relating to heart problems. I choose to just trying to compensate better and live with it. Thank God my husband understands, and knows that I try.
68 years, and still tromping! Blessings! Great-gram

By msplace
Posted July 5, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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HI, Here I thought I just had a to full of a mind, I had so much in it that I could not remember to do what I was going to do first? In this case, alot of us have this thing all the time. Some call it some-timers, some call it part-timers and so on. So , there is now a name to all madness now hu ? Im not sure if it makes me fill less infearer or just plane silly at times! I do know one thing, its not getting any better with age, Haaa! I use to tell my mom , you curesed us with your bad memory!
She would say, oh well thats just the family thing we have, now called DNA of crouse. So dose this DNA thing leed to al-timers or is it just a silly thing we have? I have a Son that keeps every move He makes in a little book called a dailey. Im sure this is a {big thing book} for every day, what about the little steps we go through every day ? I have saying , I have never had very far to go, so when I losse it I want care! You know what its just true! I want to know where I put every thing and every step I take every day! Silly me Hu? Thanks for this inlightenment of a name for the ageing and forgetful times in our lives!

sister M

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