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Adult ADD: What is it like?
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 129566" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Okay, I'm ADHD. You should see me clean a house. I'll start in the kitchen. Pick up a sweater for the bedroom. Hang the sweater up and start sorting the dirty clothes. While sorting, I'll notice that the house keys are on the bed. Will stop sorting clothes, pick up the keys, start to go put them on the key rack, notice my daughter has a glass in her room. Go to get it, put the keys down, pick up the glass. Put the glass on the kitchen counter. Start to sweep the kitchen floor, notice I didn't clean the stove and one counter. Get the Oxyclean for the hood. Grab the glass put it in the dishwasher. Notice that the key rack doesn't have the house keys. Start searching for them. Discover I haven't finished sorting the clothes, sort them, take a load to the washer, put it in. Pull it out (detergent first in this washer, not my old one). Add the detergent, softener, etc., start wash. Back to kitchen. Clean hood. Notice keys are missing ... do a search for them. Finally remember the glass and use logic to figure out where keys are.</p><p> </p><p>The house ultimately gets clean and it doesn't take me that much longer than most of my friends, but it certainly isn't the easiest way to do it and can be quite frustrating.</p><p> </p><p>I always have to have some noise going around me. If I have to seriously concentrate on something, then I have the television AND the radio on. It is the only way to blot out all the extraneous noise (cats meowing, wind blowing, leaves falling, etc.).</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps a little. I could go on a bit more but I think you get the picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 129566, member: 3626"] Okay, I'm ADHD. You should see me clean a house. I'll start in the kitchen. Pick up a sweater for the bedroom. Hang the sweater up and start sorting the dirty clothes. While sorting, I'll notice that the house keys are on the bed. Will stop sorting clothes, pick up the keys, start to go put them on the key rack, notice my daughter has a glass in her room. Go to get it, put the keys down, pick up the glass. Put the glass on the kitchen counter. Start to sweep the kitchen floor, notice I didn't clean the stove and one counter. Get the Oxyclean for the hood. Grab the glass put it in the dishwasher. Notice that the key rack doesn't have the house keys. Start searching for them. Discover I haven't finished sorting the clothes, sort them, take a load to the washer, put it in. Pull it out (detergent first in this washer, not my old one). Add the detergent, softener, etc., start wash. Back to kitchen. Clean hood. Notice keys are missing ... do a search for them. Finally remember the glass and use logic to figure out where keys are. The house ultimately gets clean and it doesn't take me that much longer than most of my friends, but it certainly isn't the easiest way to do it and can be quite frustrating. I always have to have some noise going around me. If I have to seriously concentrate on something, then I have the television AND the radio on. It is the only way to blot out all the extraneous noise (cats meowing, wind blowing, leaves falling, etc.). Hope this helps a little. I could go on a bit more but I think you get the picture. [/QUOTE]
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