| My disorder has finally been diagnosed |
by Egaeus |
2002-06-05 07:49:00 |
I have long suffered from it. Symptoms include an inability to concentrate, and inability to stay on task, and an inability to complete anything among other things. This has resulted in reduced job and school performance, and alienation from my friends and family. I have been diagnosed with early-onset AAADD! Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...
This is how it goes: I decide to wash the car; I start toward the garage and notice the mail on the table.
Ok, I'm going to wash the car. But first I'm going to go through the mail. I lay the car keys down on the desk, discard the junk mail and I notice the trash can is full.
Ok, I'll just put the bills on my desk and take the trash can out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox anyway, I'll pay these few bills first. Now, where is my checkbook? Oops, there's only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk. Oh, there's the coke I was drinking. I'm going to look for those checks.
But first I need to put my coke further away from the computer, oh maybe I'll pop it into the fridge to keep it cold for a while.
I head towards the kitchen and my plants catch my eye, they need some water. I set the coke on the counter and uh oh! There are my glasses. I was looking for them all morning! I'd better put them away first.
I fill a container with water and head for the flower pots - Aaaaaagh! Someone left the TV remote in the kitchen. We'll never think to look in the kitchen tonight when we want to watch television so I'd better put it back in the family room where it belongs.
I splash some water into the pots and onto the floor, I throw the remote onto a soft cushion on the sofa and I head back down the hall trying to figure out what it was I was going to do?
End of Day: The car isn't washed, the bills are unpaid, the coke is sitting on the kitchen counter, the houseplants are half watered, the checkbook still only has one check in it and I can't seem to find my car keys! When I try to figure out how come nothing got done today, I'm baffled because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!! I realize this is a serious condition and I'll get help, BUT FIRST I think I'll check my e-mail...
Please send this to everyone you know because I DON'T REMEMBER TO WHOM I'VE SENT THIS!!!
Apologies to anyone who has already seen this. |
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I also have an early form of this disorder. | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 07:55:58 |
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Wow... | by Pic | 2002-06-05 08:01:29 |
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I'll reply, but first... | by perldude | 2002-06-05 08:06:32 |
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I was on my way to get a pen to follow perldudes | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 08:09:23 |
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Sounds good | by Pic | 2002-06-05 08:12:09 |
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Write it backwards on your forehead. | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 08:14:16 |
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I'll help if I get around to it | by perldude | 2002-06-05 08:25:33 |
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I've got my own system. | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 09:16:05 |
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Like Mike? | by perldude | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Sorta | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 09:37:02 |
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Gee, medal detectors? | by Atrahasis | 2002-06-05 11:02:18 |
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no (winning) Olympians allowed. | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 11:21:17 |
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I think I'll try | by Pic | 2002-06-05 09:40:12 |
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hmm, i think i'll go send this email... | by sketcher | 2002-06-05 08:29:37 |
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i have straight up a.d.d. | by sketcher | 2002-06-05 08:28:04 |
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At what age does this... | by skeegenin | 2002-06-05 08:40:51 |
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So that's what I have..... | by notageek | 2002-06-05 09:11:13 |
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If it makes you feel better | by Egaeus | 2002-06-05 11:16:44 |
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LOL! That's just being drifty! | by slamlander | 2002-06-05 09:26:18 |
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The important question is: | by Naruki | 2002-06-05 10:25:24 |
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You could make a good case | by Egaeus | 2002-06-05 11:15:19 |
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Of course if you do make it in | by pecosdave | 2002-06-05 11:48:41 |
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The retaillers would love this | by whybird | 2002-06-05 16:38:06 |
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That's not AAADD, that's stack overflow! | by kahuana | 2002-06-05 11:15:13 |
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Ohhhh that one I know well... | by SaleGamine | 2002-06-05 11:17:12 |
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I traded my stack for a deque... | by kahuana | 2002-06-05 11:39:01 |
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LOL | by SaleGamine | 2002-06-05 11:45:26 |
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<aol>Me too!</aol> | by CartaMusica | 2002-06-05 12:07:51 |
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ADD | by FireballMatt | 2002-06-05 11:20:01 |
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I was diagnosed as being Hyperactive | by toller_dad | 2002-06-05 12:01:57 |
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This has always been me... | by CartaMusica | 2002-06-05 11:38:17 |
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Cure | by huitzilopochtli | 2002-06-05 12:20:41 |
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I would | by Egaeus | 2002-06-05 12:30:22 |
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Then | by huitzilopochtli | 2002-06-05 13:41:47 |
