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My husband was diagnosed in 2009 at age 35. It explained a lot at the time and he started on medication and therapy.

It has been a struggle for him since and on our marriage. I don't know the details of which medications were tried and what dose as I have not gotten involved in his treatment. However, i have noticed a significant change in his behavior over the last year, maybe year and a half. I now know he is on Vyvanse but don't know when he started (i think about that timeframe) or the dose (I know it has been increasing). I know he is also on an anti-depressant.

I don't know if it will stick, but I am so scared and devastated. I tried for so long to work with him on everything. But the broken promises and lack of empathy are just too much. I'm only now realizing how deep the selfishness runs. I have literally no one to talk to. There's too much I could say about this, and not enough energy to type it out. I feel blasted on the inside. I'm scared for what's to come, and how it will effect our children. I'm very raw right now. 11 years of trying for nothing.

I met my husband mid-2012, we dated aggressively for several months- his best friend and his best friend's fiance said we were perfect together and pressured him to ask me to be his girlfriend. During this time while we were not official he was also talking/flirting/hanging out with other women. He was not ready to settle for anything and the more I wanted him to commit to me the less he would try. So I let him go, hurt, and went on my way for a bit.

Well my subject pretty much says it all. . . .. I'm the ADHD one and have been married almost 18 years, most of it in a roller coaster marriage.  There’s lots of backstory that can probably be said later on, but the short version is that I’ve been told that I’ve sucked the life so much out of our relationship that she no longer loves me.  This came after the best 2 months in our marriage, so it really hurts a lot. 

so im erly 40 and was diagnosed 2 years ago with ADHD ive been with the wife 10 years and weve had ups and downs and 3 children in the last 3 years it seems we only argue and when we talk the other just dosent understand todayshe got her diagnosis bipolar typ 2 and borderline we cant talk but we need to this evenin i wrote a letter to her so she can read it without interupting what im saying im hoping she will wreit back we had so mutch in common and i know she feels alone but i am in a foren country with no suport exept for her myself i was hospitalized for stomach ulsers 2 weeks ago that

I have been part of this forum for five  years and three months.  

I am curious how far reaching does this forum forum go?  No addresses, no cities, please.  Anonymity is important.

ADHD is still a fairly unspoken issue in my area.  It is very sad.  2016 and  our area is behind times.  I am met with denial of its existence, feeling others look at ADHD as a contagious disease, or something to which you should be ashamed.   Our state has only 2 chapters of CHADD - in Cincinnati and Columbus.  More than 5 hours away.  

Sincerely,
Liz

I'm not diagnosed but I'm 99% sure I'm ADD. Getting married and having kids(especially now that they are older) has only made my symptoms more apparent. My husband was diagnosed with ADHD in 2007. He has been taking Adderall ever since. I've blamed so many of our family problems on my spouse and my kids(thinking my son has ADHD..) trying to fix everyone. Anyway.. I'm constantly riddled with anxiety, my kids don't listen to me or my husband.. He's more authoritarian and I'm more permissive... Neither one of us are consistent with parenting..

I've been going back and forth as to whether or not I should write about this. I was hoping others would have written on this forum from this course, so I wasn't the only one, but obviously ultimately decided I would share. I'm sure I'll get some heat as this is considered a controversial topic, but since it was brought up a few times during the course, maybe this will help someone since I consider DH a success story with alternative treatments.