Ritalin has helped tremendously with my ability to get to bed on time, to eat more consistently on a schedule, to cook my own food, and to exercise occasionally.

I don't mean to be rude, but going to someone with problems with executive dysfunction and saying, "it's fine, here's a list of regular activities that you'll do consistently every day until they become a habit" is not helpful advice.

"Don't skip meals."

"But I do skip meals."

"Well... don't. Don't harder."

Meanwhile, the psychiatrist says, "take an extended-release pill daily, and then set timers on your watch to remind yourself to eat." And it works! Because when the timers go off, I now have enough willpower to step away from Emacs for 15 minutes and put some veggies in a pan.

However, when I started taking Vyvanse, it changed my life. Vyvanse works by giving me a few seconds to think before I act. Without Vyvanse, I would hit the gas pedal and only realize a few seconds later how stupid that was. On Vyvanse, I have that realization a few seconds before acting, giving me a chance to avoid engaging in self-defeating impulsive behavior.

When your poor impulse control negatively impacts your life to the point of causing panic attacks and depressive episodes, I think it deserves to be rightly called a disorder and deserve to be treated.

Stop using electricity and antibiotics, hypocrite.

This is such a trash take; and the shear number of people parroting it leads to a lot of needless suffering.