A.A.A.D.D.

[MDO0505]

pretty sure I have this disease!!!!




> 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 Coke I'd 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.
>
> The Coke is getting warm,
> and I decide to 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 water.
>
> I put the Coke 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 contai ner 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 Coke 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

 

[Lammie]

Here's another one. I make a list for the store. I can't remember what I needed to put on the list. After remembering, I have to find something to write it on and a pen. After locating these items, I can't remember what I have to get. I remember, again, write it down and then leave the list on the pool table. At least that's where I found it, after I got home. I got to the store without the list and couldn't remember where I put it.

Both my parents have dementia. I am afraid I am doomed. After visiting my mother in the nursing home last weekend, my husband, upon leaving remarks, "So this is what I have to look forward to."

 

[grannysoo]

So true... I find at times that I have the attention span of a 3 year old.

 

[larryshoat]

I think you've summed up my life perfectly .

Larry