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I have been living with this man for two years and i think he is on something. he works every day comes home at nite and pays his bills. But he is very moody and twitches while he sleeps and when he is home he can not sit still. when we go out of town together away from home he is quiet and still totaly diffrent person.I have asked him if he is using and we fight about it. he said he has been hyper all his life. all my friends and some family say there is some thing about him they do not like.Is there such a thing as a working attict.what do i do

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Hi miko,

Yes, there is such a thing as a workaholic. It means their values are centred around the work situation. It could also mean an escape from other values. Go to page 156 at:
http://www.google.com.au/books?id=cIbpj59s-KAC&lpg=PR3&ots=raIs2LZ1Xy&dq=Getting...

Of course it is difficult to say whether your husband is "using". If he feels he is hyperactive, this is also a nutritional disorder. For articles about ADHD search our web page for ADHD and also at:

http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#A

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

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BA(Psych) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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