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Does any other adult have this?

angelndisguise
angelndisguise
I have not been diagnosed with ADD but I do some things that Im not sure whether or not they are related to ADD. I am wondering if you all could help me. I can clean my house and then in what seems like hours the place is a wreck again. I have a hard time throwing things away. I am totally unorganized but I know exactly where everything is. Organized chaos is the best way to describe me and my things. My whole house is clean but I have to have one room that is a total disaster. I dont know maybe I am the one weird person out there. Well, I hope not. Thanks for responding to this chaotic woman...:D
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yea im the same i have to have organized chaos around me and your not weird just different.Just thing if we were all the same life would be so boring. :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Organized chaos is very common with ADD. As long as you know where your stuff is, it's all good.
Richeart
Richeart
Go ahead and get tested, Then you'll know. If you are, it may be effecting other areas of your life. But from what I can tell, along with the others here, there's a good chance you are ADD. I'm more the opposite, an orderly neat-freak; I'm so impatient (impulsive) that when I need to find something, I what to find it NOW! So I keep organizing a lot of things to de-stress myself. By the way, both my son and my wife are like you, it doesn't bother me how they choose to live, I just make sure I'm living the way that please me...
deleted_user
deleted_user
MY MoM is OCD and does this....
deleted_user
deleted_user
I HAVE ADD, AND IT SEEMS LIKE PAPER WORK IS A ISUE.
MY DESK IS A MESS. AND I LOOSE THINGS, I DONT HAVE THE HYPERNESS AS ADHD, BUT ITS STILL, HARD.
DO YOU LOOSE YOUR CAR KEYS ?

CHERI
deleted_user
deleted_user
Go read the book "Perfect Mess" I know many people who ARE NOT ADD and are messy. Don't stress out. Mess can mean you are to busy getting things done to tidy up. EVERY TIME I get orginized I loose money. CHILL MAN!

One Big Rhino
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have found this website www.flylady.net that has really helped me get myself in order. The concept is simple, progressive and gives you other people who understand about how we all get out of control with so many things.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can completely relate...lol.......but I do lose things a lot....I just cant understand why I leave a trail of chaos behind me wherever I go....OH! OH! OH!
deleted_user
deleted_user
ADD seems to be full of extremes. I go from obsessive order to chaos and back again. My office is always messier than the rest of the house -I never get round to organising it because by the time I've done the rest of the house I bored of tidying! My Dad who definitely has it too is obsessed with tidiness and order (like OCD), and is petrified of letting go (he's never been diagnosed -I was only about a month ago at 37)
deleted_user
deleted_user
ah... also wanted to say, I used to clutter terribly but now I impulsively throw things away too! Another extreme!
deleted_user
deleted_user
angelndis-I feel your pain girl! It is add related!unorganized is our way of life, I am blessed to have a hubby that actually likes to organize my pantry ect. We have learned how to adapt, I take care of the daily chores and my hubby does all floors on the weekends. Paper is my biggest challange sometimes I just can not handle all the paper, most days when I get the mail I shred junk right away and my newspapers go right into my recycle bin.
I find myself starting one project then switching before I've completed what I started. I eventually get it all done but I think it takes me longer:)
deleted_user
deleted_user
well, its nice to see that im not alone. Paper work is hard for me also. and i loose the envelopes to the bills.

does any one get depression with the add.
cheri
deleted_user
deleted_user
Everyone thinks I am a neat freak. I HAVE to keep things neat and organized or I stress out and become VERY overwhelmed. It is survival for me! I also can't be around a lot of clutter either. It distracts me to a point where I can't focus. Anyone else?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow! I read what you wrote and thought it was about myself. I can completely relate. I get so overwhelmed with the one room that I close the door to it and won't let people see it, because the rest of the house is quite presentable and tidy. . . while this one room is almost frightning.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am the same way--one room has to be upside down....i was told once that the reason i do this, is because I am not happy with myself. In a way this person in correct, but when I was put on Concerta, my ability to keep things more organized, seem allot easier. It has helped me but i still dont feel 100%
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