Comment by r_lee
4 months ago
Your point about the drugs, that's not true unless you're chasing a high
It's not always possible for someone to just tell themselves to start obsessing over a perfect schedule and just do things perfectly
the whole problem is the inability to do those things.
Yes, you can do it to a degree, but a kind of "follow the instructions" rarely works for me in any way.
You saying you should only "try drugs" if this schedule doesn't work just makes no sense to me.
You can't treat ADHD with just a schedule
My point is drugs-first is a bad idea with huge risks. I've seen multiple cases like this. It's all good at first and then it goes bad, sometimes really bad. Of course, it's my opinion and I'm just a random guy on the internet.
I think it depends on the person
But one thing I do think is that too many people expect the drugs to be a magic bullet that removes ADHD
from my own experience and from what I've heard, that is absolutely not the case.
It's a tool, and it helps somewhat but it depends on a lot of variables and sometimes it barely helps at all.