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I am a husbant with ADHS and it is driving a wedge between my family and me.  I have just recently found out that I have this.  Now I am taking meds. for this.  However, my wife seems like it is not helping and the communication is just not there for her eather.  She needs to talk at night and I am normaly tired at the end of the day.  She wants me to sit there and look at her for the whole time.  I can not do this with out getting sleepy eyes as she calls it.  I really do not want this to happen and i try hard but when i start to walk and keep myself awake she gets mad.

We've just posted a new forum area to which we hope you will contribute - "What Gives You Hope".  Quite a few people on this site have noticed that a lot of what gets said is negative because people who seek the site out are often really suffering.  Yet people do make real progress in their ADD relationships...so we wanted people to be able to post about it here.  What has helped you?  What does "progress" look like in your relationship?  What gives you hope?  Your ideas will help many people, so don't be shy!

My husband and I have been together for 10 years and married for 4.  I am a teacher and have been educated on the aspects of ADHD and have always felt that my husband exhibits all of the signs.  Anytime I try to talk to him he gets very angry and feels that I am only saying these things to hurt his feelings.  I am really worried about him, especially now that we have a 2 month old son.  Our marriage and relationship are greatly suffering because of his condition.  I am desprately seeking advice on how to approach this delicate topic with him so that we can get the help he greatly needs.

  Hello Everyone!

help what do i do when ive done everything possible to help surport my family and failed what todo next

i love my family but they need me where do i  from here.....

please suggest internet sites, suggestions, books,or any thing that i can do because im spiraling ot of control and wheres that leave my family.........................

my family in brief.........husband of 16 yrs adhd/anxiety/minor depression can see worsoning,

hi its me again this will be quick but im clinicaly depressed and have no energy left to surport my family (husband adhd and 3 children adhd ) ive surported and done everything in my power for them now im at a wall and everything ive done i feel i failed .

the children do not respect me and they just dont get it i need them now , but i know they cant help it but what do i do to not feel angry towards them when its not their fault ive failed.

This may seem way off topic at first, but it is not. I have ADD and is really strains our marriage to say the least. I have committed to trying to read this site every day to keep me reminded of our struggles.

As someone who has ADD, it is hard for me to remember to visit the site when no new stories or posts are showing up in my RSS Reader.

Could you please enable an RSS feed for comments so I can have the latest comments in front of me as well? I am sure it would help me, and possibly others.

Thanks!

I was diagnosed with Adult ADD ten years ago and I have tried so many medications that did not work: Strattera, Adderal XR, Provigil, Vyvanse, Wellbutrin and Adderall.  All are higher doses.  For the past 7 years I have been taking 90mg of Adderall a day.  My doctor told me I could either take 90mg in the morning or 60mg in the morning and 30mg at noon.  The problem I have been having lately is if I take the 90mg at 8am by 11am it wears off and I bounce.  If I do 60 and 30, I can't even tell I've taken the 30mg.  I've asked my doctor over and over if there is something else I can try and he

My partner was diagnosed many years ago, and mentioned it 'in passing' shortly after we started dating (and living together) 20 months ago. I just figured that explained why he bounced off walls at times. However; his stress, anxiety and anger, while initially explained by stressful life situations, caused me to eventually wonder if something else is going on. I have only recently started researching - and found he is a classic case of ADHD/anxiety. He is highly functioning, has got a lot of self management systems in place, but in some ways is quite immature, cold and clueless.

hi im new to this site but ive been reading articles for a few weeks and got some interesting info let me tell u about my situation.i am a wife of a lovely inspiring husband of 16yrs and ive been with him for 26yrs he has been diagnosed with adhd and he is medicated since 1 1/2 yrs ago and he suffers from anxiety we have got three bueitiful children my eldest daughter is 13yrs old has had adhd since 4yrs old and suffers anxiety/depression and now coping with teenhood she is medicated since 7 she has been a great kid upto now she is very demanding and hard to handle and my son is 11yrs old a