Comment by faeriechangling

>Is there a connotation of ADHD being associated with snake-oil or scams that I’m not familiar with?

With ADHD? Not really, but compared to other disabled people those with ADHD tend to be extremely pro mainstream medicine because they have basically the most effective pharmacological treatments of ANY mental disorder. Stimulants are several times more effective than treatments like SSRIs. So there is a strong bias towards conservatism because well why rock the boat when you have extremely effective treatment options?

Other disabled people tend to have a much more ambivalent or sceptical view of mainstream medicine since trying to treat most mental disorders is akin to trying to stop smoking. It does happen and it's more likely to happen the more times you try, but it's a plodding frustrating business that makes you desire something better. So they're more keen on more, lets call them "speculative" approaches to health.

For me with this specific case, it's them talking up the "science-based" (lol) nature of their program and them directly marketing it to people not diagnosed with ADHD but who suspect they have it. Show me the science showing this is an effective treatment for people who THINK they have ADHD. Thus essentially encouraging people to defer a diagnosis which results in insanely effective treatments to try a program that is experimental at best and is based off methodologies which are far less successful than pharmacological interventions. It smacks of exploitation. I'm not inherently opposed to the fundamental idea they're presenting, I simply don't trust these people AT ALL and think they're dangerous.