executive dysfunction sucks.

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i have this same problem. even when i know something i often find it hard to retreive it. sometimes i even find it hard to retreive words when i try to communicate something.

i also have short term memory problems. my scores for complex short term visual memory are in the 2nd percentile although i have high average intelligence.

my memory problems sometimes affect my academic performance when i get tired.

is really poor short term memory a sign of e.d.? i am not sure whether or not i have e.d. since usually if i find it hard to complete a task, it is because of the task itself and the nature of the task, rather than executing the task.

Aw man, thats all I got advice wise. You have my sympathy.

I find some days I cannot do a jot of work, every random happening around me distracts my mind not for a few minutes, but hours.
I get up and find myself in the kitchen wondering why I got there. I go back to my chair and get distracted.
And on it goes. Yet other days I do not hear anything around me and go into my mind and it starts working and stuff (technical design stuff) comes out.

I suppose on those bad days I'm experiencing not so good executive functioning?

I do religiously rely on the calendar in my cellphone to remind me of..everything. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to know where I was supposed to be because my mind would be somewhere else. As soon as I know somethings been planned, as I'm talking to the person I'm putting the event in and possibly a pre-event reminder a day before so I don't get a shock an hour before when the 2nd reminder goes off.

Im not too sure about that... I've had to deal with EDF my whole life, in otherwards I don't know how else to live. It has its ups and downs (definately the DOWNS) but, you learn to deal with it.
Im an animator, I've figured out a way to live my life creativly with EDF. It still has its hardships relating to work (such as deadlines,,, double on the DEAD) but you develope your own unique way of reminding yourself of what needs to be done and when. For me, its been every night I write on my refridgerator in big words and a huge sharpie all that needs to be done tomorrow. (To Do list style) It sounds cheesy, but it works for me. You just have to find what works for you and stick with it ( I know, I know, thats not what were goo at) but eventually it will become routine. But that's just my advice, take it or leave it.

Talking of refrigerators, I want everything in the RIGHT PLACE all the time - there is a shelf for meat, for cheese, for salad and so on, and if it does not fit then it must not be shoved into the wrong place. I can manage re-designating the spaces, as long as we consistently stick to the same designations. The same goes for the freezer - everything has its own place. I get really stressed when I am cooking a meal and I can not find the ingredients, and really upset when I am shown that they were "somewhere really obvious".

In fact, this consistent organization applies to everything. I think ultra-organization is a coping mechanism for executive dysfunction, because all the decision-making and choice is eliminated (except in designing the working space, the fridge or whatever, at the start).

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I'm not organized enough to keep everything in the right place...it sucks.

And I hate it when people are mean because I can't do it, like my idiot husband.

~Kate

I lived on my own in two different places last year. in owner's homes. one small room and in the other house a somewhat large room. both papers all over the floor. never got around to cleaning it. in 1 place or both places didn't make the move out deadline. procrastination.
I think I'm best renting an apartment. I'm taking stimulant meds now. At least with money/job you can afford to have someone clean your room every once in a while.

I may have it bad but seems like some here have it worse.