Hi all,
I am the ADHD partner to my husband of almost twelve years. It has been a journey, and not an easy one combined with my husband’s OCD and depression/bipolar disorder and two of our four children having special needs, one of them quite severe. We both got a lot from Melissa Orlov’s book some years ago and it is becoming more apparent that I need to put in some serious work apart from organizational changes and going on medication, which I did do five years ago after a lot of resistance.
i have tried therapy in the past, and some couples therapy. No one has really gotten our situation like Melissa does in her original book (just ordered the newer one). I feel like therapists tend to take my side way too readily or downplay what my husband is experiencing. We need an affordable option, so the self paced study is under consideration, but I also need accountability in order to keep this a priority. I also will probably need to do most of the work myself at least at first to show my husband that I am serious this time. Does anyone have any suggestions?
-wife who just wants to get it right for her husband
