Do You Have ADD?

Checklists make me laugh. Take this one, from ADDitude, one of my current go-to places for ADD info and support (My comments are in bold):

* Do you feel overwhelmed in stores, at the office, or at parties? Is it impossible for you to shut out sounds and distractions that don’t bother others? Oh dear lord yes

* Is time, money, paper, or “stuff” dominating your life and hampering your ability to achieve your goals? yes, yes, yes, and yes

* Are you spending most of your time coping, looking for things, catching up, or covering up? Do you avoid people because of this? Are you writing this checklist to describe me?

* Have you stopped having people over to your house because of your shame at the mess? I shut my door when people come over to our house, so they can’t see

* Do you have trouble balancing your checkbook? Thank the good lord, the goddess, and the flying spaghetti monster that my online banking does it for me

* Do you often feel as if life is out of control, that it’s impossible to meet demands? What, you mean other people don’t constantly feel like their life is a plane careening towards the ground?

* Do you feel that you have better ideas than other people but are unable to organize them or act on them? Yes. I have had several ideas that I either told my friends and they acted upon, or I later noticed other doing and profiting from

* Do you start each day determined to get organized? Today will be the day I remember to check my planner!

* Have you watched others of equal intelligence and education pass you by? God, yes. It sucks

* Do you despair of ever fulfilling your potential and meeting your goals? In my weaker moments

* Have you ever been thought of as selfish because you don’t write thank-you notes or send birthday cards? Probably. My graduation thank you cards are still sitting on my desk, needing to go out. Graduation was a month ago

* Are you clueless as to how others manage to lead consistent, regular lives? How do y’all do it, anyway?

* Are you called “a slob” or “spacey?” Are you “passing for normal?” Do you feel as if you are an impostor? Yep, yep, not very well, I put on a good show

Hmmm, I answered yes to every question. Maybe I might possibly have ADD?

Book Review

Currently, I only own two books on ADD.

I get others from the library when I have time to read them. The big plus about Terry Matlin’s Survival Tips For Women With AD/HD is that I can pick it up, read a few tips, then put it down and get distracted by other things.

I have, of course, attacked it with my handy-dandy highlighters, so that I can remember tips that I like, and ones that I really like get photocopied or put on sticky notes. I may post some of my favorites from time to time, but this needs to be quick because I have homework that needs doing