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Hello everyone,

We go tomorrow to get the final verdict on my husband's ADHD test.  I am convinced he has it, but now we'll see what the "professional" has to say.  Regardless of the outcome, my husband has made it clear (actually gotten quite nasty about it) that he WILL NOT...NO WAY, NO HOW...EVER take medication for it. 

Hi, I am new here and was wondering if anyone knows of any forums, or websites that have similar threads as this one, but with any kind of positive content from/for the adhd person's side. For example, the majority of these forums and site content seems to me to be about how horrible it is to have to suffer through any kind of contact with an adhd person, and how abusive, angry, incompetent, selfish, childish etc. we are. I certainly would never deny that many of us very often are, but so are the spouses/partners, and not always because of us.

As a healthcare professional, I know my husband had ADHD, but he does not want to get additional testing or treatment.  How does a non-ADHD spouse deal with that?  Please do not comment about getting him into treatment or past denial.  He has made that very clear.  I only want to know how non-ADHD spouse copes without ADHD spouse getting the official diagnosis and treatment.

My husband has had multiple Internet/phone sexual encounters with multiple women over the course of our seven year relationship. At one point we separated (he moved out) after he moved back in I found out from his son he had been out with a woman (he took the child with him!!) soon after that I became pregnant. Shortly after the baby was born he once again he was sexting and having women calling him again! At that point he agreed to marriage counseling and ADHD treatment. After one month he quit meds and counseling.

When my husband and I fight, he'll disappear and not return till the next morning.  This has been a new trend since the early summer, and I am at the end of my rope.  I honestly feel like he looks for reasons to escape.  I'll say one wrong thing, and that's it, he's got his cue... he'll take his handheld video games and a bottle of booze, and that's his evening's entertainment.

I am 37, have been dating a 35 year old man with ADD for the past two years. I was fresh out of a divorce from a sex addict who abandoned me and my very young children to a very young woman, overnight, literally, after many affairs and some crazy stuff. I waited a year to date, probably not long enough in retrospect, but my BF was very attentive at first, seemed to really love my kids, and supported me through the legal steps of my divorce (which had only just begun when we met... another mistake on my part to not get through it first).

I know that I am not speaking to doctors when posing my question but I think y'all are almost better in terms of pooled knowledge :)

Hello! I am new to this Website and had an epiphany when I saw Ms. Orlov and Dr. Hallowell on the TODAY SHOW. Hearing them describe the symptoms and the dynamics of a relationship, was like describing my marriage to my husband! We have only been married for 7 years, but it has seemed like an eternity of pain, anger and frustration.  I had even told him in the past that it seemed like his affection ended for me on the very day that we came back from our honeymoon.

Hey everyone!

Not sure if I can post this but I'm gonna try... :)

Copy and paste the Youtube link below for a little ADHD humor! It's called "Old Spice meets ADD" lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka59V4TFefM

Enjoy! :)

Having gone through all of the categories I am not seeing a great place to just post introductions, thus I will just post them here.  Reason I want to do an introduction is it will help support future post.  Many times I will read someone's post and find I really want to know their credentials.  I don't mean to say their educational or career experience but rather their experience credentials.  What is driving them to these thoughts, opinions and/or facts.  Who is the person behind the curtain driving the show.