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A new study on the combined impact of maternal ADHD and emotional dysregulation finds that, unsurprisingly, these comorbid conditions negatively affect a woman’s parenting behavior.

BY LILLY CONSTANCE

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-emotional-dysregulation-parenting/ 

My best friend - it took us a long time to become best friends.  We met online and at some point exchanged phone numbers. Over a several year time span, it was me who did all the initiating of the friendship. I called. I sent messages.  

My husband has been on MANY adhd meds.  None of them worked well and I'm also not convinced he took them daily for any length of time .  The medicines that worked the best kept him from sleeping at night even when dose was altered and he took them in the morning.  Some meds just made him very angry and short tempered which was horrible.  I'm trying to convince him that medicine can help and is not the enemy but he is frustrated from trying.  We definitely need a more methodical approach to tackling the correct medicine match.  I don't go to the doctor with him.  I think he gives up on some

I'm just reading about genetic testing through GenOMind.  It may be too good to be true but they claim with some genetic testing with a mouth swab a doctor can better prescribe adhd meds.  The correct kind and the correct dose.  My ADHD husband has been through so many I can't even remember all the details over the years of trying.  This sounds like a great fit for getting a better outcome.  Does anyone have any success or failure stories with genetic testing?

I understand my partner has ADHD, but I don't want to raise a man-child.  My anxiety about this manifests itself in insomnia, vomiting for no reason, and inability to function on some days.  On one hand, I feel like I should just be able to walk out but on the other I feel a huge amount of guilt and obligation to stay.   Just this morning, he volunteers to "clean" the kitchen.  I walk in there and the dishwasher is half empty and dishes still piled up in the sink, he apparently lost interest half way through.

C ur self, this is another form of boundaries.... and this is why boundaries are necessary. Found this online. I know this to be true but have never seen it put in words so clearly. If you both are nice to each other, that is a good partnership.  If one is nice and partnering but the other takes it for granted...then you may be too nice to that person and they do not respect you or put in the energy to care for you or the relationship.

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.