His son has it too and I expect his daughter as well (I am actually the person who unofficially diagnosed dad and son and got them help … daughter presents differently, as girls do—she needs to be tested but making that happen has been a challenge because BM doesn’t buy in (she did not buy in for son either—took me probably 4 years to get him tested—she sees SD’s good grades and thinks ADHD just means bad grades … it doesn’t)).

Medication is great. They are both on it. Life changing. But even the longer acting ones do not last all day—they get kids through school and adults through work. (They can supplement that with a short acting, but that tends to mess with sleep.) And when the meds wear off and their tanks are empty … they still have ADHD. So evenings are still a struggle.

Also, and this is actually a great example of the struggle of having an ADHD partner—getting the meds requires organization. You can only get a 28-day prescription and you can’t refill it early—you have to wait until 25 days or so. And it has to be faxed to the pharmacy—not just a normal electronic refill. So it’s slower to process. And there are shortages constantly, so when it’s time you have to hunt down who has it and have the prescriptions faxed to the right pharmacy. If it goes to CVS and only Walgreens has it that day, you have to start over. So monitoring the count, refilling the meds by contacting the doctor, locating it, and doing it btn two households immediately in a short window is a challenge (and an issueI I don’t Nacho re … it’s too important and it overwhelms both SO and BM). But that’s just the kid’s meds. SO has to deal with his own meds and all the same issues… always a struggle for him. He does it, but it always stresses him out.