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How Can Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Affect My Marriage?

How Can Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Affect My Marriage? (0:36)

Social worker and couple's therapist Sue Hallowell discusses how the symptoms of ADHD can affect one's marriage. Watch Sue Hallowell's video for tips and information on couple's health and ADHD.

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Without proper diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, people become confused about the symptoms and feel like that they take them personally. They feel like when someone doesn't want to listen to you, or they are not reliable, or they don't do the things that you ask them to do, that that's because they don't love you or they don't care about you or they're blowing you off.

But once you understand that these are neurological symptoms it helps people will be able to put things into perspective, and it can really help a marriage, to be able to understand that things are not personal, but they are based on neurology.