DH diagnosed ADHD - anyone else?!

[wishuponarainbow]

My DH has recently been diagnosed with ADHD.

His journey wasn't an easy one and it's taken a long time for him to get his diagnosis (even though everything about his childhood history, adult struggles and personality scream ADHD).

He now has been diagnosed and the medication has started and we hope things will get easier for him. But will it?

If anyone else has been in this situation please share your experiences.

DH doesn’t have a diagnosis but similar to your husband there is so much about his childhood and how he behaves now that is explained by ADHD and we are both almost certain he has it.
DS8has just been diagnosed and when we were discussing the problems we had with him at home and the problems school were telling him about MIL’s response to everything was ‘that’s exactly what DH did at his age!’.
I don’t have any experience of adults getting a diagnosis but DS has definitely benefited from his diagnosis and his medication and I’m trying to persuade DH to seek a diagnosis too.

@pearpickingporky84 that's good to hear that your DS has benefitted. There is such a good awareness and support for children with ADHD yet the same can't be said for adults. It's so hard!

My MIL's description of DH when he was younger is not always particularly complimentary. Granted, he admits he wasn't an easy child but I wonder if the understanding was there 30yrs ago it would've been a different story. Makes me so sad to think that's what he faced growing up at home and school.

Although, as you'll probably understand, being married to someone with ADHD isn't always a bed of roses either!!

I have ! For me it brought acceptance. I felt for the first time I wasnt just shit at life. I didn't feel constantly anxious about the million and one things my head was telling me I had to do NOW, so I ended up doing nothing as I was overwhelmed. I realized my childhood of never being good enough wasnt about being a failure. The medication has helped me organize my life a bit better and reduced my anxiety but mostly I understood me and could begin to put together the jigsaw of why I had never quite got the hang of life.