Loving Someone with Attention Deficit Disorder

A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Partner, Improving Your Communication, and Strengthening Your Relationship

De: Susan Tschudi MA

Narrado por: Kim Niemi

Your partner's attention deficit disorder (ADD) may not seem like a big deal at first, but eventually, the dynamics surrounding his or her impulsivity, forgetfulness, distractibility, and restlessness can really strain your relationship. You don't want to act like a parent, yet you may feel like you can't rely on your partner to get things done. Loving Someone with Attention Deficit Disorder is your guide to navigating a relationship with someone with ADD so you can create healthy boundaries while remaining sympathetic to your partner's symptoms.

An essential resource for every couple affected by ADD, this book will help you:

• Understand medication and other treatments
• Recover quickly when your partner's symptoms frustrate you
• Establish personal boundaries to avoid excessive caretaking
• Identify and take care of your own needs so you can feel more relaxed

©2012 Susan Tschudi (P)2022 Tantor

Very helpful to spouses a person with ADHD

I liked the clear and organized presentation and very practical tips to understand an individual with ADHD and improve one’s relationship with that person.

Very helpful to me.

Wish I would of read this years ago. Been married 46 years to this man. Wouldn't have it any other way! I think I'm a better person after reading her book!

Wow great read!!!

Great read! I felt like you wrote this book about me and my wife. We work at our relationship all the time. I am grateful to have a patient partner. Thank you so much!!

Game-changer

This is an incredibly affirming read for anyone who loves someone with ADHD and offers a clear, grounded perspective on those lived experiences. The author is compassionate and informative.

How much I was told to accept abuse

I just listened to a bunch of stuff about how I have to normalize and accept sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse from my neurodivergent partner. I bought this book hoping to get some back-up and strategies for boundaries and validating my experience of what we would otherwise call abusive behaviors, Nope. I got a lot about how I have to “understand” and be positive, but astonishingly nothing about how I am supposed to function under these conditions. I have a lot of empathy for my partner, but I need more than how I have to do more for him, and expect nothing, to be my normal day to day life. Honestly, after reading this book, I would say, if there is nothing at all to be done to live with an ADHD partner besides know your life is going to be a living hell taking care of them and wanting no backup at all, just DO NOT get into a relationship with an ADHD person so you won’t need this advice. If you’re reading this book, it’s too late, and this expert is not going to help you.