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Hello,

New here. I realized 2 years ago that my husband most likely has ADHD and that it was at play in our marriage. He very begrudgingly got a quick assessment from a therapist - a multiple choice questionnaire in the waiting room - and then was told he has anxiety. I let it go.

Cut to, two marriage counselors, one marriage retreat, and individual therapy and I can't get past that this is still at play. I am almost done listing to the book and it is EXACTLY us.

I will be bringing this up in the most careful and loving way I can in therapy on Tuesday with him.

Thank you for all your help.

What I have come to realize over the past 14 years being married to a high level add spouse is, most of my relationship related problems stems from my reactions to her life style...Melissa brings up a good point in her book about spouse's (usually the nons) who are angry, and why they are angry. And the fact this angry does in fact belong solely to the angry party....This truth can be hard to a swallow by the person who's anger is reactionary to intrusive or abusive behaviors....This was me, and still can be at times...I've come to realize that there is no easy way to continue in, and have

Never posted something like this and I'm not even sure if this is the right area to post. I'm in tears as I type this so please excuse if it sounds jumbled... My 51 yr old husband has had ADHD for most of his life - it was always mild and he functioned well in life and with his career. It was never treated in his youth. His parents just gave him a lot of hobbies and he got on with things.We've been married for nearly 20 yrs and there were only a few "episodes" that were ADHD-like over the years and I've overlooked them.

Looking for tips on dealing with RSD. My husband was recently diagnosed in his 40s (after 20 years of marriage) with ADHD. I think the most challenging aspect for me is RSD. We did several years of therapy where the therapist worked on getting my husband to own his behavior (everything was always my fault). Things got better for a few years. He would video our interactions and look for ways that he was being unkind. Recently though I went through a three month mental health crisis. During that time he was very supportive.

Hello...

Been awhile since i posted... As a quick recap, i am a non ADHD/ADD spouse in a marriage to an ADD/ADHD woman. A woman i love immensely.. Back in December my wife had a 3 day "Episode" that was the final straw... She had been abusing her Adderol in addition to Vodka... and no sleep... I cannot describe how TOXIC this combo is... I have seen it before, but not to this extent. My wife and i have been married going on 5 yrs... We have been together since late 2010.... She is an incredible woman when she's not in her MANIC ( my words) state.

So I just finished the book adhd and marriage, (and I would like to add I am not married but am in a 7 year long relationship where we have three kids, 2(ages 2 and 3) shared, 1 mine, 10, that was from before we met, he's also an adhd'er) I have suffered from adhd all of my life, from barely making it out of school to now managing and failing taking care of basic every day tasks.) I was finally diagnosed last year by a psychiatrist that tried treating my depression and anxiety before taking my adhd seriously.

Hi, new here.  My.. well don't know if I can call him partner anymore..

I have upset my wife for what seems to be the umpteenth time. She came out to speak to me and I was playing a game on my phone. I realized too late that I wasn't paying attention, but by then all hell had broken loose. I made the mistake of trying to tell her that she needed to tell me when I was distracted, but I did so out of frustration and this only made things worse. Now she's bringing up all the ways I've wronged her in the past and I don't know how to get us to move forward.

Hello all,I am here because I believe my wife has adhd. I've been with my wife for 5 years now,and many things have come out of hiding since then. Here are a list of issues that are doing damage to our relationship. 

*Her memory is terrible, she Forgets everything, loses things,always leaving her credit card in the card,or on the floor or anywhere but her purse.