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What do you think are some effective lifestyle changes for people with ADHD? When I was a child, my parents tried all sorts of things since they didn't want to medicate me: talk therapy, activities, spending more time on organization, dietary changes, etc. I don't think they were especially helpful, but I'm always interested in trying new things.

One thing that did work for me was changing jobs. I was working a pretty traditional programming job, then moved to go work on an automated trading desk. I was on medication before but never got around to finding a psychiatrist in my new city for quite a while. I was doing short projects where you could see an immediate P&L impact; if I had buggy code it needed to be fixed immediately since money was on the line; I had a lot to learn since the culture there just expects you to know things.

I think finding a line of work with a tight effort-reward loop and frequent, interesting challenges works wonders. Unfortunately for me, I got good quickly and have to work on larger projects now.