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I messed up, fiance moved out and now I don't know what to do
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 501021" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>ADD and being an adult...</p><p>I knew back early in my professional life, that I was probably ADD, but I was able to "manage", so didn't pursue diagnosis or medications.</p><p></p><p>But by the time I was married, with two kids, and one at least was definitely special needs... I couldn't hold it together anymore.</p><p>husband supported my search for diagnosis, and then for medications... and he soon learned the difference between "me" and "me plus medications" (he'll take the latter any day!).</p><p></p><p>I find the issue isn't dealing with the focus - I can dig in and focus on almost anything, even stuff like housework which I hate - the big issue is dealing with distraction. Once the focus in interrupted, its hard to remember what I was even doing... unless I'm on medications. medications slow my brain down enough to "store" stuff, so I can return to it "after the commercial break" (i.e. kid needs snack, phone rings, dog needs to go out, husband has a question, yada yada yada). Even then... half of coping is learning the strategies.</p><p></p><p>See if you can find the book about ADDulthood - adults with ADD. Its REALLY good. But its been about 6 months since I last read it, so... thanks to my wonderful houseful of ADD/ADHDers... I'm not exactly sure where it is, or I'd look up the exact title and author.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 501021, member: 11791"] ADD and being an adult... I knew back early in my professional life, that I was probably ADD, but I was able to "manage", so didn't pursue diagnosis or medications. But by the time I was married, with two kids, and one at least was definitely special needs... I couldn't hold it together anymore. husband supported my search for diagnosis, and then for medications... and he soon learned the difference between "me" and "me plus medications" (he'll take the latter any day!). I find the issue isn't dealing with the focus - I can dig in and focus on almost anything, even stuff like housework which I hate - the big issue is dealing with distraction. Once the focus in interrupted, its hard to remember what I was even doing... unless I'm on medications. medications slow my brain down enough to "store" stuff, so I can return to it "after the commercial break" (i.e. kid needs snack, phone rings, dog needs to go out, husband has a question, yada yada yada). Even then... half of coping is learning the strategies. See if you can find the book about ADDulthood - adults with ADD. Its REALLY good. But its been about 6 months since I last read it, so... thanks to my wonderful houseful of ADD/ADHDers... I'm not exactly sure where it is, or I'd look up the exact title and author. [/QUOTE]
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