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I found this article on the net. I thought it might help both the ADHD and non-ADHD spouse when they are angry and trying to understand. There are some great points, yet they don't diminish the frustration on either side.

It can't be all about the ADHD!

“Bruce” (not his real name) was desperate for help: his wife had demanded he find a doctor to diagnose his ADHD … or else. He had emailed me for a recommendation, but I knew there was a lot more going on/wrong in his marriage than either of them realized.

Can anyone give me some resources for diet / foods / vitamins that may help adults with ADHD?

My husband was diagnosed with ADD as a child. He was medicated for a while as a child but has not taken medication since he was about 11 years old. The reason I am posting this is because I need help. We have been married 6 years and I am beside myself trying to get him to engage in particiapting in homelife. My main concerns are:
a) Helping with chores around the house
b) Engaging with his two young boys

I am very upset this morning, like most mornings my husband has raged at me after raging on our son.  My husband who has ADHD, has been yelling at me because I made one small comment about not liking to clean up.

We had two very important things going on during the same week.  We had a special visitor at our church who comes every 6 months for a special week of activity, and my dear nieces who moved away from us 6 months ago (they now live 4 hours away) had a dance recital.  We've all taken the move hard since previously we'd been there for every major event in their lives from first ultrasound onward and most of the minor ones too!  The only thing that they didn't hate and detest every second of their new home was dance class, so we have all been REALLY encouraging the dancing and we've planned to

What I have been through as a result of the stress is unimaginable as I suffered in silence and at times loudly too.

When my wife received her diagnosis I became euphoric inside.   Finally, a name to this condition.   Wow, made me happy as there is hope with proper treatment.   I wasn't going crazy after all.   I was like the many other men and women affected by the ADD relationship.

I was euphoric, happy, and really felt understood.

I have been married for almost 7 years to a man who was diagnosed as BP and ADHD.  He also has problems with compulsive hair pulling (though he doesn't rip out hairs anymore, he just uses a tweezers on his beard now).  I am a full time nursing student and have two kids 6 and 8.  My husband is a pizza delivery driver and works third shift.  This leaves me to do everything.  I take care of kids 90% of the time, despite I am a full time student and he works less than full time.  I clean and cook, take care of all the bills, kids appointments, kids school things and on top of it he expects sex

I am 29 years old and I have been married to my ADD/ADHD husband (31 years old) for 7 years now, we have 1 kid together (6) and I have a daughter (10), those kids love him to death, I am in love with him in spite of the fact that he has left us 5 times, the last one lasted one year of separation, now he wants to leave us again, we are crushed...

Hello again all you good people.

I have lost 75+ pounds, to date, since October 2008. I have been in a loosing battle of the bulge most of my life. I was in the first year of a new job, and stress levels were building up in me, so I went to my GP and he put me on an anti-depressant. The Zoloft seemed to help for a month or so, then I was not really sure. I began loosing weight, because of stress mostly, and then anxiety began to follow. In April of 2009 I was sent to a Psychiatrist and the ADHD was diagnosed. At this point I had lost around 40 pounds.