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Getting sleep right helps a lot. Getting sunlight helps a lot. etc But in the end a notable problematic aspect of it remains.
Have you ever considered that the things which you find doable or even trivial might be incomprehensibly more difficult for other people? You mentioned being diagnosed with ADHD higher up, but part of the diagnostic criteria for ADHD is quite literally about severity of the symptoms:
DSM-5: "There is clear evidence that the symptoms interfere with, or reduce the quality of, social, school, or work functioning."
ICD-11: "Several symptoms of inattention/hyperactivity-impulsivity that are persistent, and sufficiently severe that they have a direct negative impact on academic, occupational, or social functioning"
Being capable of pushing through basic adult responsibilities, regardless of discomfort and difficulties (without burning yourself out!), and failing to do so to the degree that it severely negatively affects your life is the defining line between "order" and "disorder".
If you have a very demanding job then you might experience symptoms that are consistent with ADHD. That's why the diagnostic process is supposed to verify that there's a clear history of symptoms ranging back to your teenage years (or earlier) and that your symptoms aren't being caused by general life stressors.
> The idea that everything in life should induce minimal discomfort or that "it's hard" is an excuse is a completely modern, first world problem, to speak of privilege.
No, the idea is that people should receive help if we have a neurodevelopmental disorder that is severe enough to significantly impact our quality of life. Just like with any other medical condition.
> Mindfulness and thinking about your thoughts are proven as effective or more effective than medication for a wide range of psychological disorders, including ADHD, or CBT if you want to formalize it.
False:
> CBT is best used within a multi-modal treatment approach and as an adjunct to medication as current research does not fully support the efficacy of CBT as a sole treatment for adult ADHD [274,[316], [317], [318]]. Most controlled studies have been conducted in patients taking ADHD medication and demonstrate an additional significant treatment effect [313,[318], [319], [320], [321], [322]]. The largest controlled multi-center CBT-study to date has demonstrated that psychological interventions result in better outcomes when combined with MPH as compared to psychological interventions in unmedicated patients [228]. In a systematic review of 51 pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions [316], the highest proportion of improved outcomes (83%) was for patients receiving combination treatment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092493381...
"Quality" is an arbitrary definition that means nothing, that's one of the problems we're talking about in psychiatry. The OP clearly mentioned that there was minimal impact on academic, professional, or social functioning other than internal discomfort, for example, yet was prescribed anyway.
>False, regarding CBT
Wow it's almost like the replication crisis is a real thing and we have no idea what we're talking about. Look at these completely disparate results when examining a different population group.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01651...
Why is that a problem? It's not completely objective but it's the best we have. That criteria is typically combined with more objective neuropsychological testing for a well rounded assessment.
> The OP clearly mentioned that there was minimal impact on academic, professional, or social functioning other than internal discomfort, for example, yet was prescribed anyway.
They didn't say that, they said that they weren't suffering "catastrophic failures", which is distinctly different from "minimal impact". They also said they had high intellectual abilities which is entirely consistent with the ICD-11 description:
> The degree of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity is outside the limits of normal variation expected for age and level of intellectual functioning
High-IQ can mask ADHD, but that doesn't mean they haven't been experiencing challenges associated with ADHD.
You find it problematic that the other person was diagnosed with ADHD simply because their life wasn't a total disaster but I'd like to remind you that it's an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and not a "Can't Hold Down a Job" or "Total Failure At Life" disorder and your desire to have it redefined it in those terms wouldn't help anyone.
It's something that persistently prevents someone from living a "normal" life, which is also defined far too narrowly.
You're absolutely insistent that virtually any amount of "negative effects" is sufficient for diagnosis and pharmacological intervention which is absolutely not the case.
Nobody is saying it's easy or the discomfort and difficulties aren't real.
There you go again, I'm doing nothing of the sort. They complained of severe difficulties and called some of them "torture".
You took that, minimized their complaints and accused me of wanting to medicate anyone suffering "virtually any amount of negative effects" which apparently includes the person who self-described it as torture.
Like yes, I do things that are unpleasant - ADHD doesn't mean I live a life of ease, avoiding unpleasantness all day long.