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31 Mar 2009 @ 4:28 AM
nilsg1984 Join Date: Fri 27th Mar 2009
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ADHD - Sexuality

Hallo everybody! I've got a question according to ADHD in relationships with special regard to sexuality. As a diagnosed ADHD male I very often experience times of great sexual interest and also times of relatively low interest in sex. As you can imagine, this leads to tensions in my relationship because very often I want to have sex, but my girlfriend, which is very much into her job doesn't want any sexual intercourse, because she is unable to relax which I can understand by brain but not by 'heart' so to say. My question is, how others couples deal with this problem and manage it in order to reduce problems in their relationship. It would be great if you could give me some advice. Thanx and have a nice day.

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31 Mar 2009 @ 1:15 PM Reply # 1
Anni Join Date: Thu 25th Oct 2007
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ADHD and Sex

Hi there:

ADHD distractibility can definitely cause challenges in the love lives of adults with ADD. But it's important to address these problems and make changes to fix them before your relationship really suffers. I would recommend an open/honest conversation with your girlfriend and reading a few of ADDitude's best articles about adult ADD and sex...

Rediscovering Romance in Your ADHD Marriage

Focus on Love: Reduce Distractions In Your ADHD Marriage

How To Make Love to An ADDe

I hope this helps!

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1 Apr 2009 @ 3:43 AM Reply # 2
nilsg1984 Join Date: Fri 27th Mar 2009
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Special training

Great, thanx Anni! Does anybody of you know whether there is a special training or coaching done by professionals dealing with the topic of ADHD and relationships? The articles at additute are very good to get an overview but is there any book with stategies and guidelines in order to improve one's relationship skills and to immerge (I don't know if this word fits in this place?!? g) into the topic? It doesn't matter how much it cost as long it is very good and free of any strange ideology... Thank you very much for your help and have a nice day ;-)

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6 May 2009 @ 4:38 PM Reply # 3
Melissa Orlov Join Date: Sun 6th Jan 2008
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I'm actually writing that book now, but it isn't published yet. Sigh. You can get some ideas from the forums at www.adhdmarriage.com (as long as you promise to keep coming back here, too!) :-)

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7 May 2009 @ 2:27 AM Reply # 4
nilsg1984 Join Date: Fri 27th Mar 2009
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Great!

Great news! It would be very nice of you if you could send me an e-mail before the book will be released or published in the US. I'm interested in the topic and therefore I can promise you that I will buy this book no matter how expensive it will be. Although you can not stress all details in prerelease time, can you just give me some key topics of your book?!? The reason I am asking for this is, that I want to know whether you deal with things like "sexual deviance" or not. I'm still keen on getting scientific information with regard to this topic and I really spend a lot of money in order to get appropriate details. Unfortunately Germany is a development country with regard to empirical reasearch in the field of ADHD and therefore I am impatiently waiting for your book to be published. Okay, have a nice day and really thank you for this great information!

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1 Oct 2010 @ 6:46 PM Reply # 5
ADD4life Join Date: Wed 29th Sep 2010
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Good topic!

I too am in the same situation. My girlfriend has her own business and OCD, it seems she often times has a difficult time relaxing or "getting in the mood". Today it's been almost 2 weeks since our last "night" together. We usually are able to get together at least once a week ( I would prefer more), but 2 weeks!?! Needles to say, I'm "frustrated".

She takes Wellbutrin twice daily at 150mg a pop, I'm wondering if that drug has some sort of side affect or is it possible that her birth control has whacked out her hormones to the point of low desire? Or it could be she is just tired and stressed out from work and has little desire...?

We've spoken about it several times, however its hard to talk about it in a fashion that doesn't come across as I'm making her out to have a problem. :(

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26 Oct 2010 @ 1:35 PM Reply # 6
psychstudent Join Date: Tue 26th Oct 2010
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I am a fourth year psychology graduate student and I am conducting a survey to determine what obstacles public high school special education teachers are encountering concerning teaching sexuality education. This project is a social justice piece and any help would be much appreciated. Please feel free to forward this link to any public high school special education teachers that you think might be willing to help. Thank you for your time.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SpecialEducationSurvey

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