Where'd I put my purse?

Some people call it lazy, some people call it daft, and still others call it ADHD. ADHD has many symptoms, they range from simple inattentiveness to outright climbing the walls hyperactivity. To me, ADHD describes my family. Each morning it is, where's your shoes, where's your coat, where's your hat? Is your homework in the bag? Usually there is something forgotten every morning. From cell phones, to keys, to purses, and wallets.

In my house it is a rarity that cabinet doors get closed when things are taken out of them. Even drawers are left completely open. It always feels as though a tornado has just came through. If one room gets cleaned it is destroyed in minutes. There is always stuff everywhere.

My oldest daughter has ADHD, anxiety disorder, and depression. She is all over the place attention wise. When she gets home from school her backpack explodes into the living room and within minutes something is missing from it! She puts down her phone and it's missing too. School work is a nightmare. She may complete assignments but then forget them, or forget she has assignments so they don't get done!

My other daughter, my almost 7 year old, also has ADHD, Mood Disorder NOS, and what the the neuro-psychological evaluator calls "Too early to say definitively but looks like she Dyslexia". This child definitely has the more hyper side of ADHD she literally runs around the house, jumps over the couch, runs down the street and sometimes you literally have to grab hold of her to prevent her from hurting herself!

I was just recently completely evaluated for ADHD and big surprise, I got the formal diagnosis of "Adult ADHD."

I have this personality where I talk about my life very truthfully. I will write about things that may embarrass other people. My house is extremely difficult to keep clean. It is cluttered, it is messy, and I don't get all the dishes done every night. I am not a soccer mom and yes I even sometimes YELL at my children!! (GASP!)

I get a lot of negative feedback...okay lets call it SHIT....for saying what's on my mind. My philosophy is why live a lie? If people know the real me right off the bat, they get to judge right then and there if I am somebody they're going to like and that way I get the real them too.

I have met mothers that try to make their lives seem so perfect with their adorable, well-behaved little children, and their perfect identical haircuts. Well, I used to always be jealous of mothers with their minivans and their little tote bags and beach bags and their little plastic baggies of healthy snacks and drinks and toys. Over the years I have realized that EVERYONE has something that they feel insecure about, even soccer moms. There are always skeletons in closets. My view is if I share my skeletons maybe someone will trust me to share theirs then a REAL conversation can be had.

So anyway, Whether or not you believe that ADHD is a "real" disorder (I tend to view it as a personality type rather then a disorder) it definitely runs in my family haha! If you are afraid of loud noises, constant chatter, mess, clutter, and chronic disorganization, DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE!

:) I would love to hear comments!