Relationships are challenging as it is, but when a partner has ADD, it can throw another sabotaging spanner in the works. Your husband may not know it yet, but his intimacy issues, volatile temper and inattentiveness towards your feelings could all be deeply connected to his ADD. Not that it makes things any easier on […]
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Are you the type that gets on their computer at 10:30 p.m. to start surfing the web? Or decides to engage in a massive spring cleaning right before bed? Or do you tell people you’re a night owl and “just get started when the sun goes down”? These are all common traits for adults with
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One of the chief complaints for adults with ADD of ADHD is difficulty focusing. Paying attention can be a challenge because often adults with ADHD become bored easily, especially with routine or mundane tasks and responsibilities. If you have ever found yourself uninterested in something, no matter how hard you try to focus, you are
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Now You’re Just Somebody That I Used to Know – ADD/ADHD and the Bedroom He swept you off your feet. Part Prince Charming, part super hero, the ADD/ADHD man you fell in love with seemed like a dream come true at first. It wasn’t just his intense interest in you and the relationship (now known
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Chapter on Emotional Regulation Meet My Husband, the Tasmanian Devil – How ADD/ADHD Impacts Emotional Regulation If wives “only” had to deal with their husband’s ADD/ADHD, life would be a lot easier. To be sure, much of the turmoil and chaos caused by this condition take place outside the realm of emotions. For example, he
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Almost everyone experiences difficulties when it comes to choosing their career path. Career Assessment can give you the information you need to make important career decisions and to gain a better understanding of yourself. A Career Assessment can help students or individuals who want to make career choices identify a career path that is relevant
These symptoms are common to those with Adult ADD. To meet criteria you should have 4 of the first 7 or 6 of all 9 of the following symptoms that have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level: Often easily distracted by extraneous stimuli Often
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Arriving at a hard and fast diagnosis of ADD can be rather tricky, because there is no foolproof “test” for the disorder. Before you run off and proclaim to you or your loved one has ADD, make sure that your diagnosis is correct. The issue is, ADD symptoms are non-specific, which means the condition is
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