You know you have A.D.D. when...

...you relate to the majarity of things on the list and laugh so hard tears stream down your face...

......and then realize that you have mispelled "majority" even as you worried about mispelling it!!

...you cannot remember how to spell ANYTHING if you try to spell it, but can find every single typo inthe universe if you are reading something printed.

...You pay your bills or do your homework on the closed lid of the toilet because it is the uncluttered surface for writing -- very hard on the knees.

...you're not allowed to hold the remote .

...you live by your daily planner, and turn catatonic without it. The problem is, you tend to write Tuesday's assignments in Monday's box.

...there's a BIG sign pasted to the bathroom mirror that says brush teeth. On the bathroom door is another sign that says go to kitchen. In the kitchen is a sign that says eat breakfast. And so on . . .

...your friends give you strange looks the first time that you ask them if you can study in their room where everyone is hanging out because your room is too quiet.

...you find that one of the better places on campus to study is in the den...with the TV and radio going, and people wandering in and out to play pool.

...you are driving somewhere, go the wrong way, have to go around the block because you're on a one way street and make the same mistake when you come to that same intersection and have to do it all over again.

...when you make plans with your friends and they tell you they are leaving an hour before they actually plan on leaving.

...in the same vein as the previous one, when your girlfriend needs to be dropped off at work, but you find out when you get on the road that the time she told you she needs to be there is an hour earlier than the actual, because she knows you leave everything til the last minute, and she wants a leisurely breakfast with you before work.

...Your ADHD grandson has to remind you to set the alarm thirty minutes early so you can get him up fifteen minutes so he won'tbe more than five minutes late for school

...When you're trying to write a song and the first two lines on your paper say,"I ain't got no ritilin, so I start doodlin'" and there are lots of cool flowers drawn on the page!!

...You are on your third new power antenna because you keep forgetting to put it down when you go through the car wash!

...Your attorney tells you you a need a Dr.'s note stating you are being treated for ADD and go to "Mailboxes Ect. to make a copy of it and get home and realize you left the original in the copier and have to call and tell them you'll be by later to pick it up!"

...You have your mortgage company and car leasing "800" telephone numbers memorized because you call them every month to tell them you will be late again.

...You know you have to go to the drug store on your way home from picking up your prescription for Ritilin at the Dr.s office because if you don't you know you won't remember later and you'll have to call for another one because it has expired..

...You panick when you see any utility trucks in your neighborhood. (Gas, Electric, Cable, Phone Company) What didn't I pay?

...Your friend that you work with calls you right before work and asks if you can pick her up. You get to work and don't see your friend and figure she must have called in sick.

...it takes you an hour to brush your teeth becauset you get distracted by your own reflection in the mirror and start to make up faces and voices and act out scenes from plays which you spontaneously make up as you go along then forget them later even though they were all great ideas

...it takes 45 minutes to take a shower because you begin an in-depth conversation with yourself and realize 30 minutes later that you havn't washed anything yet

...you purposefully wear mix-matched socks and strive to wear as many different colors and patterns of clothing as possible each day because matching is so incredible boring! How can some people wear beige and navy blue, and earth tones all the time?

...A shiny colored object will hold your interest longer than an attractive member of the opposite sex.

...you never understand the plots of movies unless they are very simple, and you lose interest half way through them even if you understand it and enjoy it.

...you need neon-colored notebook paper to keep your attention on taking notes, writing essays, ect. If it's white, you'll tune out

...you can't concentrate on your homework/take notes unless you are simultaneously chewing a pen, tapping another pen, tipping backwards and rocking backwards in your chair with only two of its legs on the ground while kicking your legs back and forth, twitching your face, and every 3 minutes or so, doodling and staring around the room.

...you are amazed at other peoples kids... they actually sdo what their parents tell them to do

...you've slowly built up three sets of keys for home/office/car and still can't find a set to leave - and you know that all three sets are in the same room....somewhere...

...when you have had DSL Service for only 3 hours and already IT seems too slow!!

...You go to the grocery store and some bags spill in your car on the way home. You gather up the spilled groceries and take them in and unload them only to discover the gallon of milk is missing. you are angry because the store did not pack your milk in your bag but you don't want to make another trip back to the store...so, you just forget about it. Three weeks later the car begins to smell just like SOUR MILK!!! You look under the seat and realize that was the milk the store "forgot to pack" !

...you sat the box you needed to take to work in front of the door so you darn well wouldn't forget to take it again...and then kick it aside before you walk out the door and drive off.

...Every home improvement project you ever started is only half finished...half painted porch floor,kitchen cabinets partially painted...should know myself well enough by now to know if I can't complete it in a day I should just hire someone to do it instead!
...while attending Boot Camp, the thought of: "Ahhhhhh, now THIS is the life", enters your mind!!!

...you sit at a FLASHING red-light-----for, what SEEMS to be, five minutes------before you realize: "It IS flashing----it's not gonna turn GREEN------you can go, any time, now!!!!

You know you have ADD when...you kill cactuses because you forget to water them.

...you know you'd be a millionaire if you actually followed through on your brilliant ideas

...you thought for a while that you were going deaf because you couldn't understand half of what people said to you, then you realized you were tuning out. Again.

...you know you don't need a support group because all of your friends have ADD, too, so you don't feel weird

You know you have ADD when...you're an 18 year old girl, your roommate tells you that you're loud, annoying, messy, immature and act like her 5 year old brother. Your response now is "yeah, you're right, but I'm a heck of a lot of fun, aren't I?"

You know you have ADD when...you can totally relate to nearly everything on this list. But since you've also got OCD, you have to print this huge thing out in order to check your ADD symptoms against it over and over (and over...) again, just to make sure. And even then you can never be quite certain enough.

You know you have ADD when...You only read the short ADD submissions because the long ones take too much of your time!