We are wrapping up the month of love with another great episode with ADHD relationship expert Melissa Orlov, diving into everything from the power of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, post-retirement ADHD symptom concerns, the ADHD Power Couple – Impulsivity and Distractibility and the importance of sleep hygiene in supporting ADHD-impacted couples. 

Tune in now to learn more about ADHD and impulsivity from Melissa Orlov!

Affected by the stimulant medication shortage? #AdderallShortage us too! Melissa's latest post Adderall Shortage Hacks for Adults with ADHD offers up ideas on how to deal with the dysregulation, tips for dealing with the pharmacy and even has non-medicinal ways to help alleivate some of the side effects. Check it out now!

 

Highlights

• What is rejection-sensitive dysphoria? 

• Emotional dysregulation in the ADHD partner

• Parent-child dynamic in ADHD-impacted relationships

• People pleasing and over-committing 

• Addressing ADHD, shame, and rejection 

• Establishing routines with ADHD 

• Sleep hygiene and disorder 

• Impulsivity and distractibility in ADHD

• Handling finances in ADHD-impacted relationships 

• How the non-ADHD partner can help nurture the ADHD-impacted relationship

 

About Melissa Orlov

 

Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com. She provides support groups, private couples counseling and consulting, professional training, and more. Recently, she launched couples' seminars via Zoom conducted twice a year. Resources about ADHD and ADHD-impacted relationships are also available on her blog. 

 

Melissa is also an award-winning author, having published books about ADHD-impacted relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014). 

 

To connect with Melissa, check out the links below:

• Website | www.adhdmarriage.com/

• LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/melissaorlov

• Facebook | www.facebook.com/ADHDMarriage/

• Twitter | @msorlov

 

Resources from Melissa Orlov:

• The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD | 

• The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps | 

Social Media Profiles 

• Instagram: @lindsayguentzel // @adhdonline // @refocusedpod

• Twitter: @lindsayguentzel //  @adhd_online // @refocusedpod

 

For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management, and teletherapy, check out ADHDonline.com.

Check out Michelle Seitzer's What I’ve Learned as the Spouse of Someone with ADHD where the writer offers up eight things tips for people navigating the complexities of an ADHD partnership. 

Show Credits

• Lindsay Guentzel, show host and executive producer

• Phil Rodemann, coordinating producer

• Sarah Platanitis, consulting and pre-production management

• Sarah Gelbard, writer and researcher

• Al Chaplin, social media production

 

Our incredible artwork was created by Sissy Yee of Berlin Grey.

 

The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter, and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email him at [email protected].

 

Bear Beat Productions helped with the audio editing and engineering and all of our episodes with Melissa Orlov were shot live in-person at PS Creative Studios in Phoenix. 

Welcome to Refocused! 

Lindsay Guentzel was almost 35 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. It turned out to be the answer she didn't know she was looking for.

 

The journalist and mental health advocate has teamed up with ADHD Online to explore the often misunderstood world of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Discover tools and mindset shifts to help you start living your best life.

 

Those old, outdated assumptions about ADHD? Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel is changing that narrative. Those stigmas have held us back for long enough. It's time to refocus our energy and we hope you'll join us.