Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

[cateyes1]

 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 Pepsi I'd been drinking.

 I'm going to look for my checks,
 But first I need to push the Pepsi aside
 So that I don't accidentally knock it over.

 The Pepsi is getting warm,
 And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

 As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
 A vase of flowers on the counter
 Catches 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 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 container 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
 Pepsi 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 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 I've sent it to.

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


Have a good day everyone!!

[oldbuddy]

I HAVE IT TOO!!!

I just never know what it was called  

[lorettahknox]

You are awesome! This madam, is my life on a daily basis. I've spent a lot of days like this. (lol)  Sometimes one thing just keeps leading to another, but thanks to you I feel so much better about it. God bless you. That was very true and very funny.

[cateyes1]

I HAVE IT TOO!!!

I just never know what it was called  

Well now you know oldbuddy 

[cateyes1]

You are awesome! This madam, is my life on a daily basis. I've spent a lot of days like this. (lol)  Sometimes one thing just keeps leading to another, but thanks to you I feel so much better about it. God bless you. That was very true and very funny.

Mine too so you are not alone lol

[pnielson1]

I also have the disorder you spoke of, but this one is really getting me upset. See if this rings any bells for you. I walk into a room and for the life of me I can't remember why I went in there. I believe the name for that is DESTINESIA  or in layman terms destination amnesia. I have to turn around and trace my tracks back to remember what I was doing and looking for. It can be very frustrating.    Does this sound familiar to anyone? 

[minervaspirit]

It sure does sound familiar.  And if I'm going to the store and need more than 2 items, they'd better get written down or forget about it !   

[bowrunner]

Now I know what my problem is called.  That is so me every day.  I constantly start something only to see something else that needs doing and on and on it goes.  Thank you for a great laugh.

[potluck6]

very funny I know what your talking about.forgetting a lot also unless I really make a mental note like where I parked the car. if I can't remember if I put make up on well I look at my face,deodorant well put it on twice no problem. The keys not in my purse so who knows where they are ask my son who also drives the car oh yeah he has them. there are more things but I can't remember them.

[rricardi58]

I have done this many times where I intended to do something and I thought about it for several minutes and I could not remember.  I decided to do something else and then I finally remembered what I wanted to do in the first place.  But I also have sensory issues where loud noises really agitate me to the point that I cannot function at all.  If it keeps up I will go into meltdown where I either leave the area where the noise is, fall asleep or zone out completely or totally freak out and say or do things in an effort to stop the noise.  I have found that prozac helps cut the anxiety so that I can at least tolerate the noise but still not function very well.

Also, I can only communicate with someone verbally and not through body language very well.  I have been told this by my friends.  And if two or more people are talking with not much of break between each others words, the word all blend together and I cannot understand any of them.  Even if I try and focus on one person talking.  I may hear some words, but not all the words.  Also, this only allows me to hear one side of the conversation at a time.  So, either each person has to talk one at a time and slowly or there is no point in me participating in the conversation.  Even if I could lip read, I could only lip read one person at a time.  My hearing has been checked out to be absolutely normal and actually excellent.   So, this is definitely not a hearing issue.  Based upon my research, it is a sensory processing disorder.  I also have this with taste and body position (called vestibular, I think is correct).

[maxinmotion]

Thanks for confirming my membership into the "Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder Club". Very funny stuff.

[cateyes1]

I also have the disorder you spoke of, but this one is really getting me upset. See if this rings any bells for you. I walk into a room and for the life of me I can't remember why I went in there. I believe the name for that is DESTINESIA  or in layman terms destination amnesia. I have to turn around and trace my tracks back to remember what I was doing and looking for. It can be very frustrating.    Does this sound familiar to anyone? 

First of all welcome to FC  And yes that sounds soooooo familiar to me. In fact while in the bathroom the other day I was thinking of something I needed to do, and when I left I totally forgot what it was. So back into the bathroom I go and BINGO I remembered lol, how weird is that 

[jkhanson]

Thanks for the laugh.

My husband just shared that same story on Facebook last night.

[hstille]

I also go through this everyday and did not know what was going on with me and it really bothers me day to day but thanks to reading your post i know what it is and now i feel alot better about it!Thank you!

[cateyes1]

I also go through this everyday and did not know what was going on with me and it really bothers me day to day but thanks to reading your post i know what it is and now i feel alot better about it!Thank you!

You are so welcome, rest easy now