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lylajean 
You all know that I have 2 ADHD children who have been on meds., therapy, and treatment for almost a year now and are doing better in school and in their everyday lives than ever before. My husband and I have (out of curiosity) gone through the steps to find out officially if we have ADHD also, and come to find out, we both have ADHD also! Should we get treatment and meds. also? My husband struggles with learning new things at his job and is changing positions soon and is nervous. I struggle because I can literally only handle one thing at a time. For example, I simply can not pay attention to the news if someone is in the room making noise or talking, even quietly. And if I miss something that I needed to hear because someone was talking, I get very frustrated! My husband and I experience the same like if we go to a meeting that we really want to pay attention to we simply can not ignore the unimportant chatter and rucus in the room no matter how hard we try, the next thing we know, we have no idea what the meeting was about. Though this is very difficult to deal with, I don't want our family judged because we would be a family where most of us are on drugs for psych. issues...
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Interesting problem. I have the same problem but because I have a hearing loss. My sister has ADHD bigtime and managed to get through University graduating at the top of her class (went back to school at 50 years old) without meds butis generally cranky and yells at my son iwhen he adds something to the conversation. I wouldn't bother with the meds, personally at this point. Lots of people take a while to learn a new job. Your husband could try it and see if it helps but it may have nothing to do with ADHD. Some people have a "linier" personality which learns things one at a time step by step. Other people learn nothing for a couple of months and then suddenly they know everything. That's called a "holistic" personality. Things are being learned but unconsciously then bang! suddenly you know everything. Einstein was linier, Tesla was holistic. (he invented sound waves) Anyway it's up to you
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Heidi
HeidiJune
It is not easy to know what to do. Talk to you doctor and try med to see if it help. I can only do one think at a time. If I try to more I get lost. It take a long time for me to learn anything. When you go to new job try to find info like meno about the job and take lots of notes. Maybe someone will gave you notes they have. I have dylexia so spell like a 7 year old could not take notes. I look to see notes or ask. Sometime there is help. Let me know what happen I am thinking about you and went everthing to go well.
syna2
I think you take better care of your children when you take care of you. I have bipolar two, Fibro, and now, my oldest, and middle children have these issues. Does that make us bad? I don't think so. It makes us a family with central nervous system disfunctions. That has nothing to do with the CHARACTER of our family. It doesn't yours either, dear. Don't waste time caring what others think, most times, they only think of themselves anyways. If it is bothering you and hubby, then by all means it's time to discuss options with the doc. Take care of you.
smileymom
Do not let what other people think get to you. Your family has been ok up till now and now you have a lable to attach to yourselves. It is how you deal with what you have that will make you a winner or a looser not that you have a lable.
you must be doing something right - raising kids with ADHD! - dont be so tough on yourselves. Oh yeah and dont let into your heart what others think about you! - fuck them! - Its your life! - you are the best person to know you so just try and take each moment at a time, each day at a time, and take it easy! Sparky!
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ps if meds will help you.....then take the damn things! You dont HAVE to tell people you take them!
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