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ADHD spouse is at parents' house for long weekend.  He has been going almost every week for a year; he helps them out.  I have expressed my desire for spouse to communicate with me periodically while he is gone.  Occasionally, he does.  This weekend, Thursday to today, one communication; he sent me a picture of the beets he cooked for his parents for supper.

Im curious if anyone on here has ever tried a professional organizer to help manage some of the time management/organization issues with their spouse. I hadn't considered it before because I figured it would cost too much or that it wouldn't be worth it. But after looking into tonight I think I want to give it a try. Especially since my husband is starting a new semester in school so its prime timing for it. 

Every time I end up sleeping on the couch while he is snoring away in the bedroom like a fight didn't happen I always feel like, "Shouldn't he be the one sleeping on the couch." I have trying a lot harder to use more follow through when we have conflict lately. So, rather than sleepily trying to work through ridiculous arguments where he doesn't even understand the true problem anyway and wants to hyper focus on the small details that are irrelevant I leave the room. I still wonder how he does not instantly realize how bad that is.

My husband, who has ADHD, has a very hard time thinking about goals and thinking about the future.  Very hard as in doing so seems to frighten him and paralyze his brain.  ADHD-related or not?

I have been trying to figure out how to ask this question for about a week. My husband and I were talking about something back then and his account of his thinking was so completely foreign to me that he may as well have been speaking Greek in that moment.  It was nothing at all like how I think when I am deciding what I am going to do about something........I wish I could remember the exact situation not because it is important, but because I can't really think of another one and I think that is going to make it harder to receive replies.

Hi.  I come here often and I value the advice and insights given by people with ADHD and their spouses.  Please help me!

Im still new here but have a few ?s:

My husband was diagnosed with severe adult ADHD recently, to noone's surprise but his own. He seems to have taken it hard.  He has memory problems already due to encephalitis in the past, but I don't know how much more I can take.  Even our 7 year old cant stand the chaos that follows his dad everywhere.  My marriage is over I'm afraid.  The only reason I stuck around this long was to get some finances in order.

I am alone in this marriage.  DH is like a child who wants to play games and have fun. It is no fun to be the only adult in an adult relationship.

My husband was recently diagnosed with ADHD. He got prescribed Dex. He takes it when he wakes up. He only has a part-time job, so he has to go to work only twice a week. On work days he gets up early with an alarm. Then at night he either stays up late or takes a nap for a couple of hours in the evening and then wakes up to stay up until sunrise. When he doesn't have to get up for work he doesn't set the alarm and sleeps in till 4pm. Then takes a nap in the evening. Sometimes he wakes up for "breakfast" which is already lunch and goes back to bed after he eats.

My son has ADD and has always struggled with school.  His new class started today and he is already getting frustrated and is in a bad mood due to the struggle that he is having over taking notes.  He was on Vyvanse for a long time but it started to not agree with him and he stopped.   In two weeks, he is seeing his doctor and I want him to try Focalin.  Is there anyone who has taken this medication and did it help with note taking.  Any other suggestions to get through a college class from anyone with ADD?  Has anyone had success with any ADD medications that we don't hear much about?  He