Hi Max ...

I'm new here but I have a daughter with ADD/ADHD and I know Ritalin has helped her ... even though the downward spirals can be the pits. Like you, she might have done a lot better if she'd been DXed early enough. I think it's more difficult to "retrain" your brain as an adult but it CAN be done!

There are also some great "tools" out there to help with memory and retention. I saw one on TV that works with a Nintendo set (it asks you questions which you answer on a keypad) but there are also free places on the Internet that might help.

Do you play bridge? Spades? Hearts? They may be a games but you must concentrate to play them, and you must remember what cards have been played. From what I understand, anything you do like that will help to "sharpen" your brain and memory!

LOL ... my daughter thinks I might have a touch of ADD, too! I tell her I'm 60 and have been on pain pills for chronic pain for over 20 years, not to mention the fact that I actually lived thru the 1960s and recently had what the doctors think was a mini-stroke. I play one or two games of Freecell every morning just to make sure my brain didn't die during the night! I lose things ... sometimes within minutes of seeing them last ... but I know they're in the house somewhere. I flit from one thing to another and am happy doing so. ADD? Maybe. The point is, you've got to keep your sense of humor!

Good luck and hang in there!

Trying to be a Good Mama