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Am I the only one (with the exception of about 3-4 other couples) dealing with their ADD spouse addictions?  In my brief search on this topic, I do not know if my husband's addiction to PORN is something that's ADD related or simply something that he wants to do.

In the morning, PORN, mid morning PORN, noon PORN, afternoon PORN, evening PORN, midnight PORN.  Ughhhhhh I feel so sexually inadequate.  Brief history to get you caught up... been married for 7 years, 2 young children, hubby recently diagnosed with ADD (in the past year). 

Caught up?  Good...

So I have had many of the same experiences riding the rollercoaster of ADHD as many of you.  I am the spouse of someone with ADHD.  I am not going to get into specifics because I am simply tired of thinking about the specifics.  My spouse has put me though financial disaster, emotional exhaustion, even physical abuse (that is one of the toughest to swallow).  I am beat down and physically exhausted...even developed psoriasis and a very low immune system due to all the stress.  It has affected my job and overall self worth.  I am exercising now and trying to find myself and my joyful self

Well , this explains a ton to me. At least I know now I don't have Alzheimer with all the things I forget I said or did.  I'm not one to lose things as much as to forget what I said or did in the past.  But guess what? My guy who I've lived with for the past 8 years never forgets anything I've said and trust me ends up to be the root of many of our disagreements.  He remembers my words verbatim. All I remember is how I felt at the time which never wins the argument.   Its the words that win that I can never remember.

Well, I just posted a gripe about my dh with ADHD so now I should post something nice.

Okay... so maybe I should have handled this better. I knew my husband (who has ADHD) was tired from a bad night of sleep. I made this really nice dinner (WITH dessert, I might add!) after shopping for the groceries for it. I had to ask him several times to help with putting the groceries away. He was consumed with some travel planning. We ate dinner and we had nice conversation (about the travel plans) and then I cleaned up from dinner while he was back at the travel plans. (We used to have an "I cook, you clean" policy but it kind of went out the window :-P).

Need advice My husband of 2 years has ADHD. I suspected this going into the marriage but wasn't aware of the implications. I helped him figure out he had ADHD.  We are able to talk about our struggles and he has really worked hard to make changes. (as have i) One of our biggest challenges is that I can't keep up with his whirlwind of a life!  I have 3 kids from a previous marriage and he is a wonderful step-dad.

If having ADHD were not frustrating enough now there seems to be a National shortage of Adderall. After going to 1/2 dozen different drug stores I was told that my time released Adderall is back ordered with the manufacturer and that I would need to get a different script from the doctor. I got a new prescription and they told me they could only fill 15 days worth and now I have to call and get another prescription. The frustration is mutiplying and I am not sure what the answer is. Why is it so hard to get the meds my daughter and I have been doing so well with?

My husband and I have been married for going on 6 years next month and have been together just over 7 years all together. I was diagnosed as ADHD as a young child, as were my 3 siblings, but at the time because my mother and the doctor went about dealing with it with a non-medicated behavioral route we were just diagnosed as hyperactive so that the schools at least had warning in our school records.

As an elementary teacher, one important concept that I teach my students is the "pivotal moment", where I have each kid write a journal about the day/event that the “conductor snapped out of his daze long enough to switch tracks and take the train in a better direction.” (yes, we had just learned about analogies).

"Your last two sentences are classic of what the majority of us non's endure being married to an ADHDer. Yes, this was all MY fault...and you are 100% right. Feel better?"

This comment was made to me by another member on this forum because I had the audacity to suggest that perhaps the subject of Tourette's was better left to a co-morbidity thread and maybe not discussed in terms of being similar to ADHD because Tourette's has its own issues and complexities not understood by the community at large. Just to clarify, my son has Tourette's