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6 Aug 2009 @ 5:26 AM
grinsekatze Join Date: Thu 6th Aug 2009
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ADHD Father at Home

Hi! My husband is an ADHD man. We have lived together since April 2008 and had a baby in October 2008. Since we moved together he gave up more and more things he'd done in his own household. He doesn't have any control of his internet shopping. If he is at home, he only sits at his computer. Our little son knows: if daddy sits there, I have to rob to the bunny´s toilet, then daddy will recognize me. My husband can give his attention for 5 minutes to our baby, than he turns to his pc. The daily care for the baby, I do it, because our son screams and cries, if daddy will feed him or bring him to bed. Now my question: how can I disturb this wheel of shopping, internetting, ignoring, and wrong behavior to our son without screaming and bigger conflicts? I'm afraid that our son is learning that his daddy is only there for having fun. And I'm afraid that this behavior ruins our relationship...

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17 Aug 2009 @ 10:32 PM Reply # 1
Elizabeth Join Date: Wed 27th Feb 2008
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ADHD Father at Home

Is your husband depressed at all? Being on the computer gives immediate gratification which people with ADD and ADHD crave. Does he take any meds? Do you see him take his meds? My guess is that he is depressed and is trying to hide it from you. Does he feel that the baby has taken you away from him? My guess is depression and not always taking his meds. Talk to your doctor about this, since it will affect your child. Good Luck.

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27 Aug 2009 @ 3:31 AM Reply # 2
grinsekatze Join Date: Thu 6th Aug 2009
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Hi! He is diagnosed with depressions and takes SSRI´s scince 1,5 years. Every day he takes his meds. We talk about everything at all, but the time for this is turning shorter, because of this computer addiction. Our little boy will go to the kindergarden from 14th september. The fear I have, is that our child will learn, that his daddy is only for play, not for serious probs. Specially this time, when he leran to walk, to talk, to eat he needs so many security and good words from both of us. And many daily structure I will give him and I have to give him is destroyed, because of this surfing addiction. How can I stop this? How can I show him his addiction?

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