You Know You've Got ADD When . . .

(Part 2)

. . .your purse is stolen and you just thought you left it somewhere!

. . .you spend two hours making a complicated list with flow charts and fopotnotes which organizes your next week, including meal planning and budget... and loose the only copy.

. . .you thought you left the curling iron on and you turn around and go back to find it unplugged. Worse yet you think about it and decide no you didn't leave it plugged in and then you return after work and it's been plugged in all day!!!

. . .your son says that he lost his backpack and it's on his back.

. . .your son has ADD when you tell him to clean his room and his bed rises two feet.

. . .your son has ADD when he goes trick or treating and doesn't remember his candy until July.

. . .you're standing in your house trying to figure out what you got up for, and then the phone rings again.

Rule #1: If you are ADD, never ask another ADD person to remind you of something.

I once thought I left my purse in a pizza place. When I called they said they hadn't seen it. Thinking it had been taken I began to get upset...until I took out the garbage, that is. I had thrown it away with my drink cup.

How about when you forget what you're looking for, but continue to look for it hoping you'll recognize it when you see it.

. . .you laugh at this joke:
Question: why did the chicken cross the road?
Answer: How 'bout those Red Sox?

. . .you go to your first ADD Support Group meeting and you get whiplash from nodding your head up and down in the first 10 minutes...

. . .you make a shopping list to go food shopping, then lose the list.

. . .the stack of papers that are as tall as you are is your "to do" list.

. . .you go out to lunch and the waiter never comes to take your order because if you close the menu, you will forget what you wanted.

. . .you lose your wallet...in your purse.

. . .you're consistently 20 min late to the therapist and you're located across the street.

. . .you're going 60mph and you suddenly throw the car into reverse...just to see what would happen.

. . .your partner's breathing patterns are distracting.

. . .every fish you've owned has starved to death.

. . .you spend all day looking for your glasses and they are on they're on top of your head.

. . .you go to a flea market and no one sees you for a week.

. . .you think social cues means playing billiards with friends.

. . .you're at a party and you make an off beat joke and your spouse pinches you and you say, "Why did you pinch me?"

. . .your nickname is "the blur"

. . .your ADHD son makes it a habit of checking behind you nightly to make sure the oven and stove are turned off. You worry him.

. . .you leave your purse on the car hood and drive off . . . not once but twice within a few months.