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My partner and i started couples therapy this year. After countless sessions and ALOT of money spent I feel like I have not gained anything from the therapist..When I found Melissa's book I cried and felt this rush of emotions realising this whole time I wasn't making things up and that my anger and frustrations are a direct cause of my partners ADHD. 

I even forgot I had the book The ADHD Effect on Marriage until last night, when it caught my eye.  I began looking at it this morning.  Oh boy....   I will provide a VERY abbreviated story about my husband and me.   

Sometimes my spouce lashes out with the nastiest things how do you not take it personal how do you not sigh and get frustrated? Im trying but it hurts so bad

Sooooo....finally gathered the guts to write about this. I'm fairly new here and discovered the site after our marriage counselor advised me (and hopefully later on my wife) to read The ADHD Effect on Marriage about 2 weeks ago. I've been reading like crazy and gotta say it's quite a slap in the face. No wait, more like a brick. But in a good way I guess. I'm a Dutch 43 year old married father of two boys (5 and 2). I was diagnosed about 10 years ago and got treatment for a short while right after that and started using medication.

My husband was diagnosed with ADD last year, and started using alarms on his phone to keep himself on track.  It is much more successful than anything else he has tried and I'm grateful for that.  The problem is he's constantly setting his phone down and walking off.  Or forgetting to grab it in the morning.  So several times a day I hear (or an awakened by) an alarm that I have to hunt down in the house and deliver to him.

6 years of a domestic partnership down the drain after a recent stressor came to the forefront. I can't make sense of any of it. My partner (28F) broke up with me (38F) this past week. This is the second time. The first time was due to what she says is this crippling fear of the future and not being able to "get there." That first time she was stressed from her job and this was prior to diagnosis. She said she felt like she needed to be on her own and do her own thing. It was devastating and I took it hard and I accepted it.

My boyfriend (M33)of 2 months with ADHD just broke up with me(f30)

Hello everyone,

I haven't been on the site for a while to read some experiences and was a little shocked when I signed in to see that I first started seeking answers a little over 8 years ago...E.I.G.H.T. YEARS...went by in the blink of an eye.

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Anyone on here have experiences with their ADHD partner and his/her gambling?  

So this ADHD thing was going so well.  At first my husband was resistant to the idea, but little by little he started paying attention and understanding it and recognizing that's what he has.  Two weeks ago he told me how much he loved and appreciated me for doing all this research and learning about ADHD, and for helping him learn about ADHD and how helpful I've been in making changes to how I approach things and sending him reminders and all this stuff.  Then today I texted him about our daughter (who is learning to drive and TERRIFYING me way beyond what her brother did or twin sister is