There's also my massive disorganization in my personal and professional life. I try go get organized and sometimes it works but mostly I just sit there and feel overwhelmed at even the idea of starting.

I look at a pile of papers or try to think about organizing my files and it's like looking at Sanskrit. Or a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle that's all one color, I just can't even being to decipher it and figure a starting place.

ah ... Buffista cat.

Toddson, Frontline: [link]

aha! I thought it might be something like that, but wasn't sure (not having a pet myself).

I think I'm going to switch to Revolution ( [link] ) since ticks aren't as much of a problem out here, though.

Check with your vet first, Kristin. One of the OTC systemics has caused problems, especially in cats and young puppies.

As much as I hate it, I'm the one--I'm always the one--who has to back up and sort out where our perceptions aren't meeting, and how to repair and further communication

I have a friend with ADHD and I am the one who always has to sort things out. She talks in circles and rarely uses proper nouns (her default is All Pronouns, All the Time!). Sometimes, it is a herculean effort to get a story out of her. I have to stop her, back her up, clarify names, make her fill in gaps. There are some days I just want to say, "It's too much today. Is this story really important because if not, shelve it until you have a better day."

One of the OTC systemics has caused problems, especially in cats and young puppies.

Oh crap! I just ordered some online. Ah well.

ION I found out that the friendship Grandma E had with her former preacher was really a romance. They'd known each other a long time, he was the preacher at the church I attended when I was young (buildings are named for both him and his late wife there), he spoke at my grandfather's funeral and he was a huge fixture in the community. He and Grandma E were great friends, when he could no longer drive she'd take him to nursing homes or to the hospital for him to do his ministery and they talked all the time. Grandma E always called him "Preacher" or "Preacher

I have a friend with ADHD and I am the one who always has to sort things out.

I feel horrible saying this, but living with a friend with ADD for three years has made me a better listener. When you have to reconstruct a thought process after entering in the middle, it makes context clues all the more important.

When B went on meds the first time, I knew instantly because he told me an entire story from start to finish, without hitting three other topics in the middle. I almost cried with joy. (Of course, he's gone off the meds since, but that's neither here nor there...)