Re: Is This ADD or Something Else?

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One example that’s “out there” a lot is that of sending the add child to clean their desk.

And in the end, the phone gets reprogrammed with only numbers to video game stores, but the desk is not cleaned.

And they can’t recall why the phone ended up getting reprogrammed and the desk isn’t cleaned – but they were busy the whole time – literally doing one thing after another, but can’t recall what, or the steps it took to get to the phone reprogramming.

Lack of ability to hold the numbers of steps in the short term memory, so only parts of it gets saved.

It’s embarrassing as @#$% at work – and causes TROUBLE – and ends up getting disciplinary action – example happened to me today in a meeting of all IT staff……..

Everyone discusses things going on that the rest of the group should know about, list what’s happening or going on, etc.

Comes my turn I can only think of 1 or 2 things I’ve done today, but I was busy as heck all morning. Just can’t recall what it was! If at the end of the day or end of the week I’m asked “what have you been working on – I might recall the last thing I did, maybe a couple of other things but that’s it – so I look lazy, like I’m not busy enough, not doing enough, so I keep getting MORE work sent my way.

Yes, that’s ADHD – that same sort of issue shows up in list after list.

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