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Well,  I cant beleive i am actuall contributing to these forums, finally the day came(yesterday) that my partner (who I diagnosed with adhd) and i went to the psychaiartrist and after an hour and a half of conversations with him, he said...."now ADHD is very very hard to diagnose, but i must say...in this situation, you are the exception to the rule".....

My husband, 33, has just been diagnosed with a pretty severe case of ADD and probably some other issues (through SPECT analysis).  We have been struggling for 2 years, I finally had to have him leave the house Friday because he was accusing me of being an insensitive person and treating him badly and insulting my "character."   I told him that we have a lot of stress but neither one of us is a bad person.  You know where this is going.  I refuse to let him end this relationship because he overthinks.  Not until he's under some good medicine and therapy.  Anyway, he has had an appointment wi

I have no idea what to do.  The more I am looking at this site, the more that I feel that this is what is going on in my life.  I have been with my husband for almost 16 years, and I the last 6 have been incredibly rough.   Two months ago, I left, and took the kids with me.  We had been trying to go to marriage counseling, and I found the more that we talked, the worse I felt, the more disappointed, more hurt.  I feel like I have bent over backwards to try and make the marriage work, and that I have been the only one trying.  I feel like he doesn’t get it, and that he is j

Hello Everyone:

this link is to an hour long online video about ADD featuring experts like Lynn Weiss, Thom Hartmann and Ed Hallowell.  It is very good, but goes offline 9/25/09. 

https://globalnews.ca/loving/2009300/story.html

Brenda

I only read the transcript but will watch this tonight -- it's a documentary that aired on Canadian television last Friday about ADD, and might be a good starting point for a discussion with your partner or family or whoever!

https://globalnews.ca/loving/2009300/story.html

Basically I am in need of some basic information as well as some advice from people with experiance in dealing with a spouse who has ADD. Any advice or tips you can give me will be greatly aprechiated.

Like many of you out there, I am losing patience fast.  I have been married to a person with ADD for four years now.  He was diagnosed after one year of us being in a relationship, shortly after we moved in together.  He was 34 when diagnosed, so you can imagine the damage to his own self that he has endured. 

Right now I feel like I am on a roller coaster that is now out of control.  I have absolutely no idea where to start to even gain control over my own life again.  We are in Europe right now and all I want to do is find a divorce attorney when we land in the U.S. 

Can anyone recommend any good books, websites, classes on learning to be more assertive?  I think I need to learn some assertive techniques, statements, etc.  When I think I am being ignored or manipulated I tend to respond mentally and emotionally aggressive.  I believe that it would help me a great deal to have some assertiveness insight to control myself, build stronger boundaries, and feel a sense of protecting what i value.

brenda

Hello All, 

I just found out two days ago that I'm pregnant, and although it is something I thought I wanted desperately, my first reaction was actually to freak out at the prospect of having a child with someone whom I feel is so ego-centric that I can't trust him to give me the attention I need at this time.