[ldom66]

That is a bit harsh. I think the OP had good intentions, but I agree that focusing on breaking habits might be the wrong way to go here. I think medication works for some, therapy for others. But the focus really needs to be on finding your strengths, which are also part of your ADHD brain, and working on those.

[theshackleford]

It’s not harsh when it’s advice that can literally destroy lives. People like me, who allowed such nonsense to prevent them seeking an actually effective and proven treatment for years whilst I flailed and failed to exercise/meditate/productivity/diet it away. My failure to seek real treatment due to listening to such shit for a long time robbed me of years of productivity, capability, time and outcomes that I’ll never get back.

It’s like telling a diabetic to not take the insulin crutch. “Just eat a salad bro you don’t need insulin pffft.”

People with ADHD should do all those other things as well, in fact most people should. However it’s not going to adequately treat many more, who can be treated, provably and effectively with a real medical treatment. A treatment that has again and again proven to be an effective, gold class standard of treatment and outcomes.

Telling people to break bad habits is one thing, convincing people with real medical problems to explicitly avoid proven frontline treatment for which we know can improve/prolong and save lives is an entirely different thing.