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DH was diagnosed with ADD a couple years ago, but he does not think it's a valid diagnosis.  He was treated with Adderrall at that time and nothing else, so it didn't go that well.  He hasn't taken anything for it in at least a year or two now. 

Hi! I've stumbled upon this tremendous resource as many have said and are experiencing some marital issues.  I have been married to my husband for a little more than six years and we have three kids. We had our first child when we were both 22 and were married at 23. When I met him we met in very romantic circumstances and things were great when we were dating. He disclosed to me very early on that he had ADD, (was diagnosed in high school), suffered from depression and was a recovering alcoholic.

One of the things I've learned living with my ADHD husband is things are DIFFERENT. In many situations things cannot be based on "real world" conclusions, methods, thinking,conclusions, tools etc.

It really is like living in a parallel world. I often jumped to conclusions because in my life before him, 1+1 = 2, not always true with ADHDers. Navigating their thinking, responses behaviors can be a treacherous, confusing maze.

Hi everyone,

I found this site about a week ago.  I've been sitting at the computer wih tears running down my face ever since.  Just about EVERYTHING I've read here is true about my marriage. 

DH was previously diagnosed with ADD and treated with medication only.  He claims he diagnosed himself and described the symptoms to the psychiatrist in order to get diagnosed.  He took Adderall and while it did help his attention, he wasn't very nice.

As if it isn't hard enough just to deal with our marriage and my own self, bring in the extended family, friends(yours and his), and it's a time bomb. I wish I had two brains, one I could put on a charger and one I could use in the meantime.

The fallout of the ADHD spouse's behavior and issues created can extend to friends and extended family. Over the years I've retreated into a shell, almost a hermit. We have little contact with extended family. We can't handle their dramas and ours and vice versa. It can be such a lonely existence.

I am 47 and it has only been about 15 months since I was diagnosed with ADHD, but, and I am not trying to bad-mouth my husband here, I feel so very alone all the time because he is not emotionally capable of supporting me.  He grew up in a family where there was not much display of affection from his father and his mother is not all that warm 'n fuzzy either.  They also didn't talk about feelings much and there was a stigma about mental health issues.  Before my diagnosis, we tried marriage counseling on 3 separate occasions.  After the last one, I found out the reason why nothing was wor

I've not seen any posts or info regarding what is allowed to be posted on the forums as far as links, websites etc. I wanted to share a tool that is helpful for us, but wondering if it would be considered a conflict of interest since it is an ADHD coach site where I found the tool.

As a pro organizer, I have tried and purchased just about every kind of planner, listmaker, PDA etc. I have learned even for us "normals" it really has to fit your way of doing and thinking and you HAVE to use it consistently. It takes a lot of trial and error to find one that you will use and love.

my partner is finally willing to take hold of his adhd instead of just looking at it as the thing he was torn down for his whole life.