I am a real scatter brain and it's beginning to get me down. :-(

[toptramp]

I don't know if anyone has read my thread on AIBU. Anyway I will paste the message.

So I finally get round to take my driving test after years trying. I turn up at the test centre today at 1.30 only to be told that my test was at 11.30. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I didn't print out the time as I ran out ink but carefully wrote down the time in my diary or so I thought.

Just went to New Look to do some retail therapy and overheard a group of 17 year old girls talking about their driving shoes and how they drive here , there and everywhere. I am 34. Hopeless aren't I?

How can I stop it from ruining my life? I did think I should hav eprinted the timesout then a silly voice said "don't bother; waste of ink."

I rebooked text, printed it out this time and have stapled in diary. The trouble is I have always bbeen a space cadet..it's getting me down.

Oh I'm sorry, that must have been so frustrating. I suffer with this too - spreadsheets for everything or I forget important things and then get really cross and frustrated with myself. I have reminders for everything on my phone, and break down everything into checklists with dates and times attached. It looks like OCD run wild, but if I don't do it that way then nothing gets done as I just get distracted with the million things going around in my head. I lost a friendship by going out forgetting that I'd invited her over for dinner, and I still feel crap about that. Since then I have a routine that my house keys are next to my calendar so when I pick up my housekeys to go out I can see whether 'DINNER WITH KAREN!' is up there! I've recently started to wonder if I've got mild adult ADHD.

bec; i'm not the only one then! it is soooooo annoying. just wish i could sort it out.

As you've posted it here do you think it is part of a MH disorder? Is there anything else you are worried about that may be related?

I am on 10mg citralopram for depression and i get a bit manic sometimes but generally i am a dreamer.

I can somewhat sympathise toptramp.One of my daughters is a bit like that.She ended up with lists and reminders everywhere.Perhaps because she tried to get herself organised quite early in life,that now she is probably as organised as anyone else.More so,I think,because she deliberately concentrates hard.
Sorry about your driving test.That is awful.Good luck for next time.Hope its soon.
I suppose what might help is your new resolve.So if you get the silly voice again,you will ignore it.I hope the new committment makes the difference.But dont give yourself a hard time if it still goes wrong occasionally.It happens to all of us.

I have alarms on my. Phone, Mega family calendar, and apparently to organise but I still mess up and forget stuff. People think I'm so organised because of my lists and stuff ,.but I'm beginning to suspect ADD.