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My Non-ADHD spouse is leaving me and I'm feeling completely hopeless, I really don't know what to do.  We care about each other so much, but things have been so bad for so long that he has given up any hope for us.  I don't blame him, I see how miserable he is, and I also feel hopeless alot of the time.  The sad truth is that while I understand that ADHD has an impact on our relationship, I've never understood how to make the changes that are needed.  He feels completely ignored and rejected, and feels that all of my negative behaviour is intentional because I am taking medication for ADH

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I wanted to know what other option’s are there outside of prescription medication’s to help with some of the symptoms of ADHD.  I have seen some natural/herbal supplement’s that are advertised to help with ADHD.  Has anyone tried any of these supplement’s and has had success with them? If so can you please share some of your experiences with us.

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I am new to the forum and feel a huge sigh of relief, as I can relate to so much being shared.  My husband has ADHD and was diagnosed in childhood, he is in his late forty’s now and stopped taking his med’s about 20 years ago, the reason being is because he didn’t want to remain in a zombie state all the time.

There are many many many problems that my husband and I have but one is the most bothersome to me. He has ADHD and I have no idea if this has anything to do with it or if this is all him in general. I wanted to explain and see if anyone else has the same issues or remotely similar.

I saw the email from Melissa and I think the studies are right. I have no close friends at all. And as a result of my ADD my wife has no close friends either. It took me a long time to realize how insensitive the things coming out of my mouth were and how they effected others. My wife lost friends and then didn't want me to meet any new friends for fear I would screw it up. I also was so focused on what mattered to me and spoke about it to my friends in conversation, looking back, I did all the talking and they did none so some friend I was!

My DH was diagnosed 2 years ago at age 42, is on Adderrall with good results overall.  We have been together 20 years and have a good partnership-best friendship based marriage with fairly good communication.  The issue is that I realize I am enabling him at a plateau in his improvement and I now am the only income for the entire family - and it is not enough to support us on the basics.  We are living in a house that is in my father's name - we moved in when the 10yo was only 2months old, intending to buy the house & had some money in the bank.  My husband had been in real estate for

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A little background info first my husband and I have been married for 5 and a half years. Our relationship has had it's ups and downs. We also have a 19 month old son. Since our son was born we have had problems and they kept getting worse. He was never around and his anger towards me was even worse than ever. I took my son and moved out in April so that my son would be out of the house where all the arguments were going on. It was supposed to be a short-term thing, like only 6 weeks max. After I left, my husband cheated on me with our neighbor.

I've lived with my girlfriend for a year, and we've been together for almost three years - so I hope you don't mind that I'm in ADHD and Marriage forum, even while we're not married.  Too much of the book resonated with me - and to be honest, we're more committed than a lot of married couples.  And if you ask me, ADHD (and all the fallout) is the thing that's keeping me from taking that next step.  I'd marry the woman I fell in love with in those first 6-12 months in a heartbeat.

He got diagnosed 3 months ago and I just want him fixed. I'm so tired of lame excuses and want this to end. If I knew he had a brain disease I would never have married him. I am so angry! His medication is not doing its job! He does better at work and with chores around the house but he isn't better otherwise. I found this site looking around for a different medication or something to try. I can't believe what I've been reading about ADHD, I can't believe I married someone with a brain disease that makes him uncaring, lazy, irresponsible, selfish, messy pig!