Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder! Somehow I feel better even though I have it.

Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD -- Age Activated Attention Defecit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decided 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 to get the car-washing cleaning supplies, I notice mail on the porch table that I had brought up from the mailbox earlier.

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

I set my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can underneath 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 might as well pay my bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table and notice that there's only one check left in it. 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 had been drinking.

I need to look for my checks, but first I need to set the can of Pepsi aside so I don't knock it over.

I notice the Pepsi is getting warm, so I decide to put it back in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head towards the kitchen with the Pepsi, the houseplants catch 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'd better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the plants.

I set the reading glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water, and suddenly spot the TV remote that I had inadvertantly left on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when I go to watch TV, I'll be looking for that remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the living room where it belongs, but first I still have to water my plants.

I pour some water on the plants, but since I'm using a cup instead of a watering can, much of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the TV remote back on the table, then get some towels to wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what it was that 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 kitchen counter, the plants still don't have enough water, there is still only one check left in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with my 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 have to check my email....

Tell everybody you know about this, because I can't remember who the hell I've already told.

Don't laugh! If this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

I am not there yet but I have such a busy life I am sure headed in that direction. Best of luck to you. Hope they find a cure or at least a pill. LOL

ha, and here I thought I was just losing my mind

Thanks for the clinical name. I actually call it ~pinging~

Ohhhhhhhhhh hell lets just dance instead I've been there so long that I start checking my e-mails then get side tracked to this site for a while and forget where the hell I was at or what I was going to do and start all over so you see in the end you do get a few things done you might go in circles for a while but hey we at least complete a few things at the end of the day.

Thanks for this one nothing like laughing first thing in the morning!

Stop and smell the roses.

Life is so Grand.......

WHAT A CROC! The doctor is just looking for new reasons to throw pills at you. I grew up full blown HYPERACTIVE and they threw Ritalin at me in doses that made me weird and psychotic. The problem is we have so much on our minds as adults (responsibilities) that we can get overwhelmed trying to got everything done. Focus can seem impossible but part of it is not letting our duties consume us. Sounds like you are going through the mental consumption phase. The trick is trying to stay focused on one thing at a time. Sounds easy... I know...

it was just a joke

Geez Keith...I hope there are no sexual side effects...can you imagine!?!

Sounds like you're a hella multi-tasker!!

Heheheh he did not say ADHD look again and then read the whole thing

But at first glance I thought the same thing till I read it.

Hummmmmmmm actually you just get lost within time there. Sooooooo it can be a good thing as well.

Wow, thanks, I thought I was ready to go on ARICEPT.. Now I know I'm not alone..When I start riding my motorcycle again, I am going to wear a name tag with addy and kids phone # on it in case I end upoout of state....

Wow, thanks, I thought I was ready to go on ARICEPT.. Now I know I'm not alone..When I start riding my motorcycle again, I am going to wear a name tag with addy and kids phone # on it in case I end upoout of state....

see, told ya, double posted

You don't have a problem at all, in my unprofessional opinion.: Because you finally do finish everything you set out to do that day. Fact is, you are very efficient. You do things when you are near them so you don't have to keep walking back to that place. It also breaks up the day nicely. Variety can spice up the most mundane of chores. banana:

OK, so you didn't finish anything, so what? There's always tomorrow. I think the source of the forgetfulness may come from feeling like you aren't doing things all the way through. Drop the anxiety and know that the plants will be fine with just a lttle water, the car will get dirty again anyway, and you probably needed to stop writing so many checks in the first place, am I right? Drink that cold Pepsi and lighten up on yourself Budd!

It's a JOKE people!!!

im young but i think i got it.

i start doing 1 thing an it leads to alotmore like described.