I Would Have Posted This Earlier....

[EcclesCake]

.....but I got distracted!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2402902/Chronic-lateness-Man-57-whos-late-diagnosed-medical-condition.html

I loathe bad timekeepers to the point that I no longer have contact with a friend who, over a period of 12 years, was never on time when we met up.

I am struggling to get my head around this chap, he had 11 hours to get ready for the cinema and was still late?!?!? I've encountered diagnoses of ADHD in children/teenagers but I would have thought that by adulthood coping mechanisms and medication would have managed the problem better than this.

[boxtops]

I find that very hard to believe. It's the sort of thing I might not give credence to, if today were 1 April.....

[Kramer21]

Is this another one of those made up conditions like bipolar? back in my days we called it laziness. If he really has this condition then all he has to do is put his clock forward an hour and he'll be early everywhere surely?

[EcclesCake]

Errr, since when has bipolar been a 'made up' condition?

[petal54]

my step-son is heading thia way,loses whole week-ends,which takes a bit of doing

[Kramer21]

Well i must be biploar as must be everyone i know as their/mine "Symptoms" tick every box

People with bipolar disorder experience unusually intense emotional states that occur in distinct periods called "mood episodes." An overly joyful or overexcited state is called a manic episode, and an extremely sad or hopeless state is called a depressive episode. Sometimes, a mood episode includes symptoms of both mania and depression. This is called a mixed state. People with bipolar disorder also may be explosive and irritable during a mood episode.

Extreme changes in energy, activity, sleep, and behavior go along with these changes in mood. It is possible for someone with bipolar disorder to experience a long-lasting period of unstable moods rather than discrete episodes of depression or mania.

A person may be having an episode of bipolar disorder if he or she has a number of manic or depressive symptoms for most of the day, nearly every day, for at least one or two weeks. Sometimes symptoms are so severe that the person cannot function normally at work, school, or home.

[ChillDoubt]

To be fair though, he doesn't look as if he's ever been late for a meal!

[Sqad]

Yeah right!.Another Psychiatric Disorder,with no abnormal findings and the Medics have made up a name.

Look at his photograph............one thing that the fat git hadn't been late for is his bloody meals.

[wolf63]

Kramer - were you born moronic and insensitive or have you been developing that part of your Trollific personality?

[Sqad]

Chilli....LOL...you beat me to it.

[EcclesCake]

Sqad and Chilld, peas in a pod ;-)

Kramer, you really are talking utter Botox!

[Mamyalynne]

Kramer, I find your dismissive attitude to Bipolar astonishing.

[DJHawkes]

I totally get this, it's all about routine and familiarity of a situation, we're taught this at school. Our mums would wake us up for school at the same time every morning, we would get up and get ready and leave at the same time, we didnlt have to think about it as we were herded out the door and sent off to school. The assembly bell told us where to be, the lesson bells, the timetable, the lunch bell the hometime bell. We got home, tea was ready, then bedtime when we were told.

As adults we live our life around routine, I know what time to set the alrm for an 8 am shift I know how long it takes to get ready and travel to an 8am shift, I know what time to set the alarm for a 11am shift and how long it takes to get ready and get there, yet if i have to start earlier, or later, i am thrown into the unknown and really cannot plan it out the same way. I have to allow loads of extra time as my routine is thrown.

It's the same with anything I do, if i am going somewhere the next day that is unusual or different i cannot sleep and will panic that If i do sleep i will miss the alarm.

I know that i have to plan an awful lot to get things right, if this man does not have the necessary planning ability, his brain will not be able o cope with the variation of his routine.

[baza]

he used to work for the local council, did they offer him early retirement.

[AlwaysConfused]

When I was at school, ADHD didn't exist. Kids were branded 'naughty' or 'hyperactive'.

Does this bloke work? Until lately, I've started work at 3 or 5am. That involves getting up, wash, cuppa, cig, getting dressed and straight out of the door. Now, since I've been on nights (8-8) I have time to flaff around beforehand, meaning I'm more likely to be a few minutes late than ever before, as I'm up at 4pm.

A colleague at work is always ten minutes late, I ask them why they just don't get up ten minutes earlier?

[ChillDoubt]

LOL, great minds eh Sqad?

As for ADHD, no one had that when I was in school. If they did, it was quickly sorted with a board duster at high speed.
One of the Woodwork teachers had a penchant for throwing mallets at unruly pupils.

[AlwaysConfused]

It sounds as though you went to the same school as me, Chill!

[aelmpvw]

no sign of a watch in the picture ...

[Kramer21]

Sorry folks but it was adhd i was actually thinking of but as i said above i tick all of the bipolar boxes but have never though much of it until just now.

[ChillDoubt]

no sign of a watch in the picture ...
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Doesn't need one aelmpvw. His meals are obviously very regular and on time, if not before!

[EvianBaby]

Some of you might find reading up on DSM 5 interesting.

One example - http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/08August/Pages/controversy-mental-health-diagnosis-and-treatment-dsm5.aspx