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With all due respect, this is awful advice. Even for those with ADHD, recommending a drug as the solution isn't something that works long term. I too have wrestled with ADHD my entire life. The term doesn't do the disorder justice, because if anything, there's no deficit of attention. ADHD gives you the ability to focus on way too many things all the time. It's an attention surplus. Has anyone ever asked you "superduperycomb, you say you have ADHD, but I saw you totally locked into [whatever] the other day. Like, you couldn't even hear me, you were so gone." The [whatever] for me is video games. Or, as a little kid, it was Lego. Everyone is surprised to learn that super-focus, or hyper-focus is a symptom of ADHD. ADHD is mainly a disorder that impacts proper executive function. Non ADHD brains can say to themselves "alright, time for a break" and easily transition. ADHD meds help with executive function and are great at giving someone with ADHD a way of applying their attention to one thing at a time. As you probably know, no amount of Ritalin or Adderall can make you love something you're not interested in. Sure, meds can help you stay on track once you get started, but they don't help you enjoy something you don't like doing. Taking meds just to stay on track doing someone you're not into is a recipe for all sorts of other problems. Burnout, for one, but also depression. You wake up one day and realize you've been super effective at sticking to a thing you hate, all while ignoring relationships, putting off personal needs, dealing with the side effects of powerful meds. |