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Living with ADHD can be challenging, not only for the individual affected but also for their partner. If your partner has ADHD, you might find yourself navigating emotional highs and lows, impulsivity, forgetfulness, and difficulties with focus. This thread is dedicated to sharing tips, strategies, and insights on how to best support your partner while maintaining your own well-being.

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Anger and frustration are common emotional experiences for individuals with ADHD. The condition affects impulse control, emotional regulation, and frustration tolerance, making it easier to become overwhelmed by strong emotions. Triggers may include difficulty with focus, forgetfulness, sensory overload, or feeling misunderstood. These emotional responses can impact relationships, work, and self-esteem. However, strategies such as mindfulness, cognitive behavioral techniques, structured routines, and professional support can help manage these emotions effectively.

There’s one fact about my unfortunate two-decade ADD marriage that still makes it hard to accept divorce.

I have not posted in some time, hoping all would improve but it has not. My husband is very angry that I no longer trust him (big surprise when he neglects to inform me of funds used to support his business, lack of communication, and lack of follow through). I have attempted to share with him how trust is built through small actions (following up on what he tells me) but it appears he is so “hurt” by my lack of trust in him that he does not even comprehend.

This is long. Thanks for those who stick with it.

I (40ishF) am the ADHD spouse and have been with my husband (40ishM) for over ten years. While he doesn't have ADHD, he has chronic depression and has received a BD diagnosis in the past (those his current psychiatrist didn't agree with this diagnosis). He is on meds and has been taking meds since we've been together.

it's been some time since I've been able to post. And to be honest, nothing has gotten better - if anything it's gotten so much worse and I need a safe space to vent/cry/relate and all the things in between. 

Spoke to a friend who has also divorced an (hers just probably) ADHD partner after a long marriage. Like me, she feels she has little appetite for life now more than a year after divorce. 

We agreed there’s exhaustion. There’s difficulty shaping life into something that makes sense. There’s a fine balance between needing to add more people and activities to life and not quite being able to handle more. There’s sadness and loss of confidence.

"Question 10 in the #beyourselfatwork survey asks:
How much do you feel you need to prove your competence at work?

Even though, I'm not feeling exceptionally generous at the moment, I wanted to share something that I just noticed the other day. I hope, I can convey this in a way that will actually make sense. It actually does make sense to me, but I know, not e everyone thinks like me.

First, I want to say, I'm rather proud of myself for handling a "situation", as well as I did.   I thought this was worth sharing, because it seemingly, made no sense what so ever. Even now, it doesn't make any sense but at least, I understand.

What I understand is this. My SO, could not communicate something important to her in terms of a sensory issue she was having. It was a priority to the point, she was experiencing panic over it. I came in, at the ramping up of this panic while I was still at work yesterday....