My husband has ADHD. He’s was given medication but never taught any tools on how to function and talk with people. Why does this seem like the general consensus. It seems like ADHD has become a cop out to be insensitive and unaccountable. I’m so sick of reading forums and books and going to therapy on how to deal with my husband when he does nothing to learn how to be a good husband to me. It’s hard enough having to have to feel alone or be in a battle to try and make them understand. Why doesn’t anyone give these kinds of people tools rather than a pill to help them uncover healthy ways to express themselves or how to respond to crying etc!? It’s infuriating that ADHD has become an excuse rather than something that they should be actively working on.
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"Why doesn’t anyone give
"Why doesn’t anyone give these kinds of people tools rather than a pill to help them uncover healthy ways to express themselves or how to respond to crying etc!? It’s infuriating that ADHD has become an excuse rather than something that they should be actively working on."
"They" do. As an ADHD spouse who has been diagnosed, medicated, and is attending regular therapy sessions, I can attest that therapists with a specialty or extensive experience with ADHD can and will work with clients to develop strategies for managing ADHD symptoms in addition to medication. The "general consensus" in the medical field is that the best treatment for ADHD is a combination of medication and regular therapy.
"I'm so sick of reading forums and books and going to therapy on how to deal with my husband when he does nothing to learn how to be a good husband to me."
It seems like it may be less that there aren't resources that your husband could be utilizing, but that he isn't pursuing them.