It doesn't exist once you step out of the shower

Successfully managing ADHD means throwing the empty shampoo bottle towards the bathroom door so you'll see it when you walk out and then write "Shampoo" on the chalkboard hung up next to your front door where you'll see it before you go shopping so you can put it on the shopping list on your phone.

Secret tech is to just buy like 4 bottles at a time, then you only have to deal with the problem 25% of the time

My trick to this is to leave the bottle on the tub/shower floor when I'm truly done with it. It increases the chances that I'll get rid of the bottle once I'm out of the shower. It does not necessarily guarantee that I'll remember to grab a new bar of soap or shower gel, but it interrupts my usual post-showdr flow of things enough to up the odds that I will

This was one several things I've seen throb this community that made me, eventually, do a test. Turns out I've got adhd, just went undiagnosed my whole life, was called hyper active, was told not eat certain foods with e numbers in the 80's, not drink coke (caffeine), I've a follow up doctors appointment, but being nearly 50 and only figuring this out now, is been a real mind fuck, positive feeling though

All these posts just make me think that ADHD is the norm, and anyone else is a minority.

Not sure that I have ADHD, but when I remember to, I put the empty bottle on the floor outside of the shower. I still forget or can't deal with it when I get out sometimes, but it won't sit on the floor indefinitely like it will if left in the shower.

The FOSS-only crowd might flame me for this, but I’d argue this type of scenario is a legit use-case for voice assistants, because “remind me to buy ________” is a fairly easy habit to get into and it’s a single step, fast enough to beat the attention bounce.

Edit: I meant no offense. Reworded to “FOSS-only.”

And then I "remembered" to buy more but forgot to bring it into the bathroom and think I need to get more, and forgot I bought some, so I "remember" 2 more times when I'm getting groceries, and now have 3 bottles sitting on my kitchen counter now.

I just went to put one in the shower and left the other 2 on the bathroom counter. So I'm good for a while.

Have I ADHD? I thought I was just stupid ^^.

I toss the empty bottle into the sink while still in the shower. That way I find it again later.

**sorry, that's just being human. **

I buy multiple so you have multiple to squeeze the death out of.

What is object permanence?

I throw it on the bathroom floor over the curtain. Then i add it to my list on my phone after i dry off when i pick it up to throw it away.

quietly adds shampoo to the grocery list...

I try to throw the bottle to the bathroom entrance, and once I'm done in the way of the front door to make it a physical inconvenience to forget it (then hopefully goes on the shopping list)

That's not adhd. That's called beeing a human.

Fill the bottle up with water and you can get at least another week out of it

I always have a spare ready, when I put it on my list once I'm down to just one.

Oh yeah I've been out for like 4 days, just keep adding water to it

How do I know my phone is waterproof enough to withstand the shower?

I ain't watching or filming porn, I'm ordering toiletries.

Add water. Rinse and repeat. Literally.

PSA: it's not good for your hair to shampoo every day. Every other day should be fine.

It doesn't even have to be hidden away, the thing you aren't remembering or even do occasionally remember to do could be in the middle of your living room.

thanks, added shampoo to my shopping list lmao

I feel seen

I literally always have a second item on hand. The second I open something, I immediately add it toy grocery list. This gives me a lot of time to remember.

I thought this was standard forgetfulness

Where'd i put that?

Place the squeezed bottle on the fringe, so you remember before you get in your next shower.

the empty jar of Noxzema that's been sitting on the edge of my bathtub for two weeks would like a word

Hmm...

I really should get tested but I keep forgetting.

That's another nail in the coffin.

Oh well, at least it works to my advantage when I don't remember to bring work with me home to ponder.

Hahaha - yes. Non adhd people will remember.