I was diagnosed with AAADD: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I
look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward
the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from
the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car
keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the
table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills
back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage
anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only 1
check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go
inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been
drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push
the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke
is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the
counter catches my eye... they need water. I put the Coke on the
counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for
all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first
I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the
counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we
go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember
that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den
where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the
floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and
wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what
I was planning to do. At the end of the day: - the car isn't washed
- the bills aren't paid - there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the
counter - the flowers don't have enough water, - there is still only
1 check in my check book, - I can't find the remote, - I can't find
my glasses, - and I don't remember what I did with the car
keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm
really baffled because I know
I was busy all day, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help
for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.