ADHD / ADD Support Group

Give It Over And Rest

As I wrote my weekly reflection on the gospel this week I thought of so many things. I have Severe Anxiety Disorder as I know many of you do too. Oh how I wish I could take may own advice as I pray over things and write my reflections, lol. I have a lot of pain, but I know there are so many others worse off than I am and that there is a reason and a purpose for everything and I can hand that over to God. I have this disease that could potentially end my life, but I don't worry about it and I can hand that over to God as well. But gosh, when it comes to my wife's ADD, and I mean severe ADD, It can be really difficult sometimes.

Melissa's ADD has caused a lot of pain, anxiety, frustration and even some dangerous situations for my children and I. She is on all the "right" meds, but her ADD is so bad she sometimes forgets to take them. She doesn't do the things she has been asked to do by the docs to help her with it, she says she forgets. This makes my anxiety go through the roof. It has caused so much trouble for us, our marriage, our relationship and what worries and frustrates me the most is how our children have suffered because of it. And that is usually when I have to draw the line, sit down and talk to her, remind her of her strategies and ask her to please try and do better. I am not exagerating when I say I have to remind her of things 5, 10, 20, 50 times. Man do I pray for the grace of patience often, lol. I need to just continue to help her and remind her that she needs to step up and do the things she has been asked to do by her docs. This will only help her, our family, our children, our relationship, our marriage. I just need to continue to give it over to God so I can rest.

I have to remember this,
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Posted on 07/06/08, 11:07 am