ADHD/ADD Folks

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Originally Posted by JAGG

Remember you hoped for this! ;-) I don't think someone having ADD or ADHD and not knowing, is that big of a deal. Since it really only affects the person who has it. The real problem, that I deal with everyday on our highways, are the ones with Shaken Adult Syndrome!! :-D

ADHD affects anybody who lives with, loves, works with or in any way counts on the ADHD person. Some of us manage it better than others, but it can be frustrating for those close to us that we have so much trouble staying focused on conversations, on following up, on following through, on completing tasks, on noticing that it's been a long time since we called, on remembering dates, on knowing what day or month it even is. I will have something in my hand and intend to take it one place, then I'll get distracted, put it down somewhere weird and never notice. This happens multiple times a day. I lose my keys regularly. I lock my keys in my car regularly. yadda yadda. It's a pain to be with an adhd person in some ways. It's frustrating when people don't realize it's a real thing, and then they blame it on character flaws and attribute evil intent to absent-minded forgetfulness or differing perspectives and definitions.