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Hi, I live in the Great Lakes area, am in a lengthy marriage with four children, and was diagnosed a few years back. Now we're in deep trouble and I just need some outside eyes.

 I'm now talking to those of us who have ADHD ........and it's addressing the very thing that I think that many us fail to see or remember in important moments when dealing with our spouses, partner's or SO's... especially!

Because our minds are in constant motion with difficulty turning it off or changing directions.....we need to mindful that we do not assume that everyone else is like this....which is painfully obvious at this point.  Just a few words to state what I feel is not getting said from the inside looking out........

A couple of my FB friends posted this article within the last couple of weeks. I don't know either of them well enough to know if they were posted it because they have ADHD, they love someone with ADHD, or they just found it interesting.

I'd like reactions from non-ADHD spouses. I'm not going to share my reaction right away. I want to hear from others first.

http://quotespaper.com/quotes-about-life/5871#buIoL9p6SGvsZszA.01

I originally found this site when I was searching "husband doesn't thank me for dinner." The more I read, the more I realized it wasn't me with the problem.

Background - my husband is the one with ADD. We've been married almost 25 years. Five years ago he started therapy for depression and eventually was diagnosed with ADD. He has been on meds for both for the past four and a half years.

Is this what it means then:  a life of stuggled relationships and secret or obvious frustration and resentment.  On both ends?  First one that has effected me.  Others I have been the one to conflict pain and suffering without aconsideration but now...I see.  What I did..and what demising feeling it leaves behind.  Confused left...disregarded.  Communication is key regardless of your situation but communication is key.  For me...I'm an excapest..I just made that up..but I retreat into my own head space..while the other is getting more and more frustrated and angry.

My Husband and I employed the services of a counselor, I was adamant that he not counsel my ADD Husband alone as he would be manipulated and not get a clear picture of problems.  My Husband likes to present himself in a positive light, and is defensive, and presents me in a negative light.  Our marriage was in serious trouble, and I told him if he did this we would fail and end up divorced.  Well, this has happened, he met with us twice, fell prey to my husband's manipulations, and I haven't seen him since.  My Husband realizes now that it was a mistake and wants me to go with him to his ap

So here's what I know.  I went to Dr Amen's site to take the test on ADHD sub groups/types, after reading the blog on Cortisol and ADHD, which linked my hearing loss and childhood ear infections to my ADHD, which separated the 3 types of ADHD ( hyper, inattentive, combined) and connected and isolated my behaviors more distinctly with being  predominantly hyper in combination with the hearing thing....more or less.  It was enough to make me go take this test in other words.  And here's what it came up with:

I googled the words "partnering with spouse who doesn't".  And the first site that came up is add.org. with an article written by Melissa.  She includes  "Six steps to Nurturing A True Partnership." http://www.add.org/page/ADHDandMarriage  All of this and Melissa's messages are about TWO people working together.  One cannot do it alone in a RELATIONSHIP no matter how good a non-ADD spouse is at responses, no matter how hard ad ADDer tries, ONE person ALONE cannot do a partnership.