Attention Deficit Disorder

Step 9 – Improve your marital and family relationships.

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Improve your marital and family relationships. ADD (ADHD) issues such as forgetfulness, impatience, anger outbursts and inconsistency can create challenges in marriages and in other family relationships. ADD (ADHD) challenges are best met when they are tackled by the whole family. Every family member, whether they have ADD (ADHD) or not, is affected by ADD (ADHD). It’s important to talk openly about issues and working as a family to find solutions.

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jul2006/GoodWifesGuide.jpg  And the answer is …   "No. .. I haven’t taken my stimulant medication yet, today."

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Improve your marital and family relationships. ADD (ADHD) issues such as forgetfulness, impatience, anger outbursts and inconsistency can create challenges in marriages and in other family relationships. ADD (ADHD) challenges are best met when they are tackled by the whole family. Every family member, whether they have ADD (ADHD) or not, is affected by ADD (ADHD). It’s important to talk openly about issues and working as a family to find solutions. Personally, I’d have placed this higher on the list, but perhaps for many people, the first 8 things need to be dealt with in order to be able to deal with marital and family relationships. What things have helped you improve your marital and family relationships?  What strategies have made things better? Kitten

This is one area where I know that I have improved!  I didn’t realize that I had been irritable, a poor listener, and a little paranoid, until I started taking ADD meds, but now I can see that I was, and feel so much better that I’m not nearly as difficult to live with as I was. And my wife can see the difference, too. Just knowing that I have a treatable condition, and working to be a better person has made me much more aware of my own negative behavior, and better able to deal with it.

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This is one area where I know that I have improved!  I didn’t realize that I had been irritable, a poor listener, and a little paranoid, until I started taking ADD meds, but now I can see that I was, and feel so much better that I’m not nearly as difficult to live with as I was. And my wife can see the difference, too.

Very good news.

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This is one area where I know that I have improved!  I didn’t realize that I had been irritable, a poor listener, and a little paranoid, until I started taking ADD meds, but now I can see that I was, and feel so much better that I’m not nearly as difficult to live with as I was. And my wife can see the difference, too. Just knowing that I have a treatable condition, and working to be a better person has made me much more aware of my own negative behavior, and better able to deal with it.

That _is_ good news, great to hear! — Vashti

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Personally, I’d have placed this higher on the list, but perhaps for many people, the first 8 things need to be dealt with in order to be able to deal with marital and family relationships.

Me too, this seems to be the basis of a person’s life. What things have helped you improve your marital and family relationships?  What strategies have made things better?

Mainly, just learning not to get dragged into those stressed out moments… we can talk about things when the stress has passed and see if we can figure out a solution to any issue etc. — Vashti

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Improve your marital and family relationships. ADD (ADHD) issues such as forgetfulness, impatience, anger outbursts and inconsistency can create challenges in marriages and in other family relationships. ADD (ADHD) challenges are best met when they are tackled by the whole family. Every family member, whether they have ADD (ADHD) or not, is affected by ADD (ADHD). It’s important to talk openly about issues and working as a family to find solutions. Personally, I’d have placed this higher on the list, but perhaps for many people, the first 8 things need to be dealt with in order to be able to deal with marital and family relationships. What things have helped you improve your marital and family relationships?  What strategies have made things better? Kitten

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Improve your marital and family relationships. ADD (ADHD) issues such as forgetfulness, impatience, anger outbursts and inconsistency can create challenges in marriages and in other family relationships. ADD (ADHD) challenges are best met when they are tackled by the whole family. Every family member, whether they have ADD (ADHD) or not, is affected by ADD (ADHD). It’s important to talk openly about issues and working as a family to find solutions. Personally, I’d have placed this higher on the list, but perhaps for many people, the first 8 things need to be dealt with in order to be able to deal with marital and family relationships. What things have helped you improve your marital and family relationships?  What strategies have made things better?

I managed to take the DW to a ‘Marriage councillor’, *ONCE*. Twenty minutes into the session the expert asked my DW: Marriage Councillor: "Do you see any benefit to being married to your DH?"     … < 70 seconds of dead silence  … DW:  "No."    http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_aug2006/DivorceCake.jpg

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