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That is not how ADHD works. A person with untreated ADHD will not improve much even with incentives like this without treatment. The problem is that when it is
by lgleason 4y ago
That is not how ADHD works. A person with untreated ADHD will not improve much even with incentives like this without treatment. The problem is that when it is untreated the executive part of the brain is not firing correctly because of a chemical imbalance. The meds help to fix that.
- xyzzy4747 4y agoI'm not really sure about that. I used to have a full-time job out of college where sometimes I'd spend 30 minutes working per week. Serious, serious procrastination. Got panic attacks about it too. It took lots of introspection but eventually settled on "do one thing per day" for a while, i.e. the Seinfeld method, then eventually after a few years started job hopping. I was also actually diagnosed with bipolar - around the same time as the bad procrastination - but I stopped taking my meds a decade ago (against the wishes of my doctor) and I'm basically fine now.