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Mental health

I think my husband has adult ADHD

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VirtualPA · 15/06/2010 21:56

Hi,

I am quite worried about my husband.

He like's routine (as we all do) and tends to stress out if things change. Little worries throw him off and he gets quite upset. However when big things happen (like a berevement) he just gets on with it.

He is the most forgetful person I have ever met. He loses things at least once a day and is late for - or forgets about - most appointments. With the exception of work which he worries about bein late for so much he will get a train the gets him in very early.
He loses items all the time, his work tie often, his phone,keys or wallet daily.

He cannot sit still for long and drums his fingers, taps his foot etc ALL THE TIME. We could be in the cinema, watching tv, at church or even in a conversation.

He cannot focus on a conversation and will zone out in the middle of me talking to him.he has an awful attenion span and if I ask him to do things will forget almost instantly.

He is very disorganised and I tend to sort out all of the organising in our house, which I am happy to do, but I do not think he could do this easily if he had to.

He is easily frustrated and tends to feel trapped quite quickly. He is not a 'control freak' at all but he does need to be in control of the situation pretty much all of the time.

However he is very creative, clever and very loving. But if he doesn't know someone he certainly comes across as being rude, and I have noticed he does not maintain eye contact with anyone but me and his mother.

I don't want to change him, but I would like to make his life a bit easier, especially the forgetting part, which is very frustrating for us both.

He also has problems sleeping and mild dyslexia which I know are related. Bi-polar is in his family, again there is a link.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I would like to discuss it with him but I do not know how to bring it up.

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