tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post9056735259139984347..comments2024-02-25T02:44:23.243-08:00Comments on You and Me — and Adult ADHD: Pt. 2: When a "Good News" Diagnosis Means Bad News for the RelationshipGina Perahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08617490362195568500noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-54297933396946413312014-05-31T13:33:08.388-07:002014-05-31T13:33:08.388-07:00I well understand your experience, and am sorry yo...I well understand your experience, and am sorry you are living it. <br /><br />ADHD takes all shapes and sizes, and it commonly has traveling companions that exacerbate problematic behavior (e.g. depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder but also conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, etc.).<br /><br />Please do what you need to do to take care of yourself.<br /><br />best<br />gGina Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617490362195568500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-75539613784308178692014-05-14T01:45:24.777-07:002014-05-14T01:45:24.777-07:00I don't find ADHD hilarious at all - my ADHD d...I don't find ADHD hilarious at all - my ADHD dude is/was so impulsive and oppositional/defiant, he chronically tries/tried to provoke or abuse me, sometimes thoughtlessly, sometimes to try to manipulate me. Then add alcohol (him.) Jekyll and HYDE - on a dime! <br /><br />Now in the process of getting OUT of this relationship!<br /><br />I'm now traumatized/healing from it, and I'm aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-56450900908852228092012-02-08T09:54:00.988-08:002012-02-08T09:54:00.988-08:00He wouldn't get help I left sad have not been ...He wouldn't get help I left sad have not been ms since this book ishelping me to understand it wasn't me and imoff the coaster but devastated by all the horrible behaviorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-81656988201456464962010-08-06T21:24:54.961-07:002010-08-06T21:24:54.961-07:00Kenyetta -- Please stop kicking yourself! :-)Kenyetta -- Please stop kicking yourself! :-)Gina Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617490362195568500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-70612694061672554272010-05-28T10:39:27.471-07:002010-05-28T10:39:27.471-07:00OMG!!! Katy, I started getting teary-eyed bc readi...OMG!!! Katy, I started getting teary-eyed bc reading this shows me how I could look at my ADHD and smile and laugh as you seem to do INSTEAD I kick myself when I realize its the ADHD and other times I forget (deny?) its the ADHD and STILL kick myself. My boyfriend of 11 years has most of the same symptoms as me minus the panic attacks yet he has been undiagnosed bc he doesn't want the label Kenyetta Dudleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-45921915397758459402010-05-18T10:18:02.415-07:002010-05-18T10:18:02.415-07:00Thanks so much for your thoughtful contributions, ...Thanks so much for your thoughtful contributions, Katy!Gina Perahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617490362195568500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846377402285832776.post-51643068013944160572010-05-04T08:58:26.410-07:002010-05-04T08:58:26.410-07:00Wow, meaty post.
Well thank you for giving my rel...Wow, meaty post.<br /><br />Well thank you for giving my relationship air time here this month...obviously we are an ADHD-squared relationship. However, I am clearly a hyperactive ADHDer and my fiance is NOT. He is of the hilariously slightly inattentive type.<br /><br />What strikes me as interesting about my partner is that he is actually VERY conscientious and attentive to others. He's 18 Channelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841490256076600058noreply@blogger.com