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24 Mar 2010 @ 12:16 PM
tazx2 Join Date: Wed 24th Mar 2010
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at war with an uneducated husband

I was diagnosed at 28 (I am now 38) with ADHD. My child was diagnosed this year ( he is 5). I started seeking help when he was 3. My son is now taking Concerta and has improved a lot. The problem is my husband he is not too keen about medication. Also he is not educated on ADHD he still listen to what his granparents think--it is just lack of parenting what that kid needs is a good spanking:;Aggggggggggg I am so frustrated. My husband keeps saying things like we should take him off too see if he is cured and keeps telling me that our child seems very confused on the medication. Which is completely opposite. On the meds he has clear thoughts and speaks slow and precise. Off the meds it is like living with the tazmania devil. I believe my husband is in denial and he is making my life very difficult. I am at a lost and really thinking about packing up and moving because I can not take the fighting any more. I have no idea what to do I have begged him to go talk to the doctors by himself so he can say what ever he wants and I won't know, I have called the doctors ( who do thrie best to explain but again, husband won't call to make appointments so they can only do so much), I have begged him to look at the Chadd web site, read books, join forums, and on and on. He replies with they are all paid for my the pharmaceutical companies and it is just a way to make money. There is one huge thing I left out. I believe my husband has been self medicating himself for years by smoking marijuana. ( from what I can get out of his mom she tried to have him diagnosed when he was a child but back then it was not as clear). I actualling believe the MJ is making him delusion, not clear thinking, and losing brain cells at an alarming rate. Becasue of this and the war about ADHD I think the only thing left I can do is move my child and I out. Please if you can point me in the right direction to get help I would appreciate. My head is spinning and I am at a lost. I feel like I talk to wall when I talk to him and all I care about is protecting my child and helping him suceed.

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31 Mar 2010 @ 11:46 AM Reply # 1
dolphin70 Join Date: Thu 21st Jan 2010
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leaving husband

hello tazx2, so sorry to hear you are in this situation! but at least you know that your son is doing ok on his medication, and with your love and patience, he'll succeed. about your husband, i can imagine how frustrating it must be for you living like this. i'd advice you to go talk to a psycologist and get your life sorted. they'll guide you if it's better for you to be on your own with your son or not. it's difficult to make this decision on your own, but if the husband is not helping, then maybe you will be better on your own, life has enough problems as it is!!

hope you find the best way to deal with this. take care xx

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8 Apr 2010 @ 8:22 PM Reply # 2
ADD RN Join Date: Wed 21st Nov 2007
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WITHOUT YELLING OR FIGHTING

Tell your husband enough is enough and then whatever your choice is do it. Idle threats are just that idle and he won't believe you if you tell Iam leaving and then don't. I would also make it clear you know aobut his MJ use and your feeling about. It isn't to your advantage to try to convince your husband about ADHD he just isn't in the position to hear about it and the yelling and fighting upsets you, him and your son. Some parents and grandparents see ADHD/ADD as a weakness or imperfection so unfortunately thinking this way is going to make it harder for You since they have their mind set this way. I would leave magazine like attitude around so he can pick it up maybe there will be a change in him if he doesn't have it shoved into face but just a litlle tickle instead. Good Luck but what ever you choose to do.just do it no idle threats

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26 Apr 2010 @ 6:59 PM Reply # 3
D2D Join Date: Mon 14th Jul 2008
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Hi. Just thinking about what you said. Is there a hurry to educate your husband? Does he interfere with your boy's medical regimen? Smoking MJ often pushes an adder into a complex and fascinating maze of thoughts that can be very stimulating. It can be intriguing and bazaar, as if you are working on solving your own imaginary puzzle while you are creating it, simultaneously. To focus one's concentration on "real puzzles" which stimulate our interest, can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a proper diagnosis and effective medical therapy. Having been deprived of a functioning brain, turning on the switch that allows us "to see" for the first time in our lives, we discover pot can't touch this kind of exquisite high.

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