> You can work through it, but a lot of it has to be driven by you wanting to No, no, no, no! Please don't think this about yourself or others who have ADHD.

> You can work through it, but a lot of it has to be driven by you wanting to No, no, no, no! Please don't think this about yourself or others who have ADHD. There are ways to work through ADHD without medication, but it has nothing to do with a person's drive or their level of desire. Having ADHD literally mean the brain doesn't function properly in some way. To then put the responsibility of fixing itself to that non-properly functioning brain, is nonsensical. The only way to work through ADHD without medication (or some other form of therapy), is by having some other support system in place that can help with these problems. Like parents, friends or partner who helps the person remembering stuff to do, fpr example. This is why ADHD sometimes only surfaces when some of these support structures go away, like moving out, or puberty, etc. These support structures are a very important requirement for handling ADHD without medication. It basically means you're trading medication for some other external thing. The common denominator is the External thing helping the person, this is REQUIRED. It's very dangerous to feel like people can tackle this without any outside help. People with ADHD who carry this sentiment will ultimately end up blaming themselves for apparently 'not wanting it enough'. This can easily result in things like depression, so please, never tell people with mental handicaps to 'tough it out'.