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[quote=Anonymous]My DH received an ADHD diagnosis and went on medication after our baby was born. His ADHD wasn’t obvious before kids, but it was clear that something was wrong once they were born. Medication has helped him power through work and stay on task, but it’s not perfect. From my perspective, the side effects of the right dose for work makes him more anxious and angry at home. It also doesn’t solve his attention issues at home, because he can’t take a dose too late or he won’t sleep. I think if he wasn’t medicated, the additional “distraction” of children and family life would have cost him his job if only because he would probably have become overwhelmed and just froze in place. But with medication, he still doesn’t have the executive functioning skills or emotional balance that I personally think are required to parent.

Medication is just one piece of the puzzle. I think real success in our personal situation would be an ADHD partner willing to really commit to a strict routine, executive functioning coaching, and a pretty simple lifestyle. My partner finds schedules oppressive and thinks only dull people stick to routines, so our life is chaos.[/quote]

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