Yeah, this doesn’t really explain why the first is bad advice. Technically, it is great advice, eating better, having a schedule, and proper sleep DOES help people with ADHD. The problem is actually doing all that when struggling with ADHD. So when the advise boils down to “just do the thing” and you are struggling to do it, it feels worthless.
The point of the meme is more that the “expert” advice is very generic and vague, while someone with ADHD will tell you the specific method they use for a specific situation, which is much more actionable for other people with ADHD. Telling someone to eat better or exercise more isn’t the same as explaining how to do those things.
This seems like kind of the opposite for me.
The biggest change to my ADHD was when I got an autistic obsession with a sport, so I started excersizing, eating better and sleeping better.
The second paragraph would be entirely useless to me and woulntnwork as soon as it was more than 2 steps and involves writing
Yeah, this doesn’t really explain why the first is bad advice. Technically, it is great advice, eating better, having a schedule, and proper sleep DOES help people with ADHD. The problem is actually doing all that when struggling with ADHD. So when the advise boils down to “just do the thing” and you are struggling to do it, it feels worthless.
The point of the meme is more that the “expert” advice is very generic and vague, while someone with ADHD will tell you the specific method they use for a specific situation, which is much more actionable for other people with ADHD. Telling someone to eat better or exercise more isn’t the same as explaining how to do those things.