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My 10 year old daughter woke me up at 4 am.  She said she did not "get a wink of sleep" and wanted a drink--she is afraid to go downstairs by herself.  I used the bathroom and then went downstairs.  I was fortunately able to get back to sleep after she got a drink.

She was asleep when I woke up.

Life isn't short.

Its the longest thing any of us will ever do.

Let that sink in.

I started taking Vyvanse on Wednesday. I’m on 20 mg for the first 15 days, then I’m going to 30 mg for another 15 days, I have a follow up appointment with my doctor in 28 days. 

I realize that it’s a new medication and it takes time for the body to adjust but what has other people’s experience been. How long has it taken to adjust.

I need a place to vent. I saw my first divorce lawyer today to ask some questions and get a better picture of where I would be if I split from my husband now.

As many of you know, I'm divorced.  My ex had been diagnosed with ADHD around 2007 or 2008.  He has issues with money and with honesty, which sometimes overlapped.  Specifically, he wanted to cheat on his taxes.  I insisted that we pay taxes and I actually filled out the forms because I didn't trust him. But now we're divorced, and he apparently hasn't filed tax returns, and apparently he's in trouble with our state's department of revenue.  (I know because the mail is still coming to my house.  It's addressed to him but he never changed his address.

Unpopular opinion:

The attitude of "that's just how I am take it or leave it" is still a sign of immaturity.

As an adult, it's your responsibility to figure out which of your traits are toxic and are negatively impactful towards other people and the ones you love, and to eventually learn how to fix them.

At some point we all got to start making ourselves better individuals. If you truly believe you don't have to change anything about yourself even at the very least the worst in you, and that people will just have to deal with it then sorry, you're still a child.

This little 10 year old girl has autism and ADHD....https://epicpew.com/girl-autism-singing-hallelujah-will-blow-away/

Has this happened during a conversation with your ADHD spouse or significant other?

I started feeling sick last Thursday.  That night, I tried to go to bed a bit early, but my wife and daughter (10) were up screaming at each other in the next room until after midnight.

I crave a quiet simple life. I find I am trying to carve that out for myself within the confines of a chaotic marriage. I rarely do any social things with my DH. I have my few people that I see separately from him. I have my much loved children and grandchildren. I have my furbaby. And I have my daily routines which drive my DH crazy. He wants to run constantly and can't stand the mundane of daily stuff. Isn't that what life is mostly made up of? The daily stuff?