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One Year Later...

Hey, everybody...

I'd just noticed this morning that's it's been a year since I first joined this forum, and months since I've posted anything.  Thought I'd let you guys know how things have been going...

I haven't been around here, because I've been posting and getting advice and support on another forum more appropriate for my problems.

How Love found me.with my ADHD

Dealing with ADHD is no picnic, from the perspective of the one without ADHD. I have ADHD but I know what I am great at and what I am not.  i apply Just-World Hypothesis to my proclivity at any given time and determine whether the outcome is satisfactory. As I type this entry, I want to be with my girlfriend who is peacefully sleeping in our room. I could sit here and interact with the computer all night long, but I know it's counterproductive. She wants me by her each night but I have insomnia.

Husbands with ADHD/ADD

Hello I 48 years old, diagnosed with ADHD/ADD 4 years ago. I have been married for 20 years. I have two wonderful kids and a beautiful wife. I have a good job(teacher) and I am very blessed. Now here are the problems that may cost me everything I love. 1. Can't communicate with my wife on an intimate level 2. Blame all my frustraitions and disappointments on her.( because she is successful) 3. Stay ill at the kids a lot 4. Can't let go of old career goals that are not going to happen and I know it. 5. I struggle to be emotionally supportive to my family 6.

Chores and crazy logic

Let me start off by saying that I now do all the household chores every single day otherwise they wouldn't get done and lately I am enjoying having a nice clean house.  My partner's only responsibility is his dishes and to clean up after cooking for himself (put things away, put refuse in garbage, wipe up spills etc.) and even this is only done sporadically.  Lately he's taken to flat-ironing his hair every other day (don't ask) and when he does this, he gets hair ALL OVER the bathroom floor.  I assumed that it should therefore be his responsibility to clean up after himself afterwards by v

High IQ ADHD husband does not contribute financially. Exhausted. Frustrated. Any hope or encouragement out there?

My husband and I are 35.  He was diagnosed with ADHD 6 months ago.  We married at 22, right out of college.  He is a genius, who did very well at a top-notch college (at that time, top 15) despite putting little effort into his studies.  Being young when we married, I believe I was reasonable at that time to believe that he would do well in life because of his obvious academic talents.  I graduated from the same top school as my husband, also doing well, but deep-down all I ever really wanted to be is a mother who was the glue behind a great family and a confident man.  It is not about the

I can't do this anymore

As the wife of a man recently diagnosed with ADD, I want to know when do I get to stop being him mother?  When do I get to stop having to clean up behind him?  When do I get to stop being the only mature, responsible person in my home?  When do I get to stop hurting, crying loosing sleep?  Is it wrong to feel that everything is all about him, while I'm the one suffering?

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