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Post by Kathymel on Jan 25, 2013 0:29:45 GMT
A couple of years ago (whilst in my early forties) on a visit to my mum's, we we're talking in the kitchen and she suddenly said, 'For goodness sake Katherine, go to the toilet'. We had a giggle about it 'cos I'd obviously been standing there, jiggling for some time, but it hadn't registered on a conscious level. I'm always saying this to my 14 year old son, who is also in assessment for ADD and it occurred to me today to wonder if this is common for other ADDers? I'm aware of myself doing this on a daily basis, but never notice anyone else doing it. Is this part of the putting-things-off trait? Does anyone else on here do the same?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 3:42:50 GMT
All the time. There is an old thread somewhere on the subject. I can hold back a wee for almost a whole day sometimes. It come from me not seeing it as a priority at all times. i.e. I'll realise I need a wee. I'll think, "I'll just finish this first". I'll then forget about it for a while. Then repeat the process until I get to the point where it starts to hurt all the time. I then have a 50/50 chance of going for a wee John
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 25, 2013 8:39:32 GMT
Do you happen to know where it is, John? None of the searches I did came up with anything. It sounds like it's common, then. My worst putting-offs usually happen when I'm driving. Even when I'm both low on fuel and desperate for a pee, I'll still put off stopping until the next garage, and the next ... Have run out of petrol 3 times this year, but so far, fingers crossed, have always made it to a loo (or a lay-by).
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Post by li0nberries on Jan 25, 2013 9:14:24 GMT
Oh my God that's weird. All my life I have been teased ( lightheartedly ), cause I never go to the loo till the last minute + I drink loads, so fill up regularly. I have found scrunching my toes helps hold off the inevitable and I'm surprised my foot hasn't fallen off the number of times I sit on it till its so numb that I have to hop crazily to the bathroom. I am always jigging about and don't usually notice till someone points it out.
I'm 34 and get told to go to the toilet more than my little ones!
The trouble is, it is such a waste of time, my head tells me and soooo boring!!! I'm only going to have to go again later anyway and then I forget.
Love it that I'm not the only jiggly one :-)
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 25, 2013 12:44:02 GMT
Perhaps that's one way of recognising each other in the wild.
*adopts David Attenborough voice*
"And here, if we examine closely this gathering of mammals, waiting in what is known as a 'queue', you may notice some displaying a behaviour atypical of their species ... "
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Post by Notlonelyinacrowdnow on Jan 25, 2013 12:57:19 GMT
Ha ha so very true both me & my teen daughter do the same Ants int pants dance throughout the day Infact it's second nature for me to tell her numerous times in a day Go the loo she's 16 lol x
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Post by mizmog on Jan 25, 2013 14:07:19 GMT
Oh I love this thread! 😠Seems my childish 'crossing of legs' and 'jigging around' is not so uncommon!!! Brilliant lol
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 25, 2013 17:03:38 GMT
It never occurred to me that it might be an ADHD thing. I've pee'd a whole GALLON before. I had been to the pub but when I got nearly home I couldn't hold off for much longer. So I dived into an ally which was on a slight incline and let go. I remember watching in horror as it trickled down the slope of the ally out across the pavement where the street was and onto the road.. and I still couldn't stop.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 17:19:16 GMT
Do you happen to know where it is, John? None of the searches I did came up with anything. It sounds like it's common, then. My worst putting-offs usually happen when I'm driving. Even when I'm both low on fuel and desperate for a pee, I'll still put off stopping until the next garage, and the next ... Have run out of petrol 3 times this year, but so far, fingers crossed, have always made it to a loo (or a lay-by). I couldn't find it either unfortunately. It could be that we chatted about it on live chat one evening a long time ago, that would explain the lack of a search result. It appeared to be fairly common though. John
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Post by li0nberries on Jan 26, 2013 23:48:15 GMT
Do u recon cause of all the jiggling and tensing of various body parts, we tend to be more fit and toned than people who have not evolved to the point of separating their physical wants from there mental wants? :-)
We've obviously got a limit where we recognise need from want as otherwise incontinence would be on the diagnosis list.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 16:26:27 GMT
It might have been on chat, right enough, jb
I reckon I must have a vaaaast bladder coz I do that whole procrastipee thing all the time - if I'm hyper focusing I completely forget about loo breaks, food breaks, sleep breaks...
It served me well, once, in that when I was having my daughter, they gave me an epidural and fitted a catheter. I reckon it was in for something between 10 and 12 hours. When they eventually gave me a Caesarian, the surgeon went ballistic because the nurse who'd put the catheter in had over-inflated the balloon that seals it in place, blocking it completely, and my bladder was hugely full. If I hadn't had such an accommodating bladder, it would have ruptured long before the op.
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Post by Kathymel on Jan 28, 2013 17:44:48 GMT
"Procrastipee". I am so stealing that.
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Post by donnzmail on Feb 1, 2013 17:26:12 GMT
i do that to im always holding my wee in and dancing around as my mum put it when i was a teenager iv always done it but never known anyone else to do it
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