Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hi, this is Wayne Callan for Attitude magazine. Today's topic, ADHD

between the sheets hasn't been addressed enough. We all know that ADHD symptoms affect how we manage money, our

careers, our relationships with friends. They also affect our relationships with our

partners in and outside of the bedroom. As Gina Hera with our

adults, author of is at you, me, or adult A.D. says,

the truth is ignorance about the critically important connection

between ADHD and intimacy

creates so much unnecessary hurt, left with no other rational

explanation for sexual difficulties, partners sometimes blame

themselves or each other.

We are very fortunate to have Ari Tuckman and Linda Rogley to discuss ADHD and intimacy.

Both have worked with adults and couples in this area.

They can tell us what goes on in the mind of a

person with ADHD and their non-AD-HD partners. Welcome Linda and Ari.

Thank you. So it is great to be here and especially great to be talking about this particular topic which as Wayne said

this is an important topic and it tends to not get quite enough

attention in the world of ADHD. So obviously it's possible to have a happy

romantic relationship without having good sex life or even any sex life.

I mean that's certainly possible. But having said that a good sex life adds about 20%

to the happiness of a relationship.

So in other words, without having a good sex life,

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