For all that I love my own creativity, and enthusiasm for the world around me, I balk at the "ADHD is a superpower" framing. All of the issues @danidonovan talks about here are ones I struggle with, too. It& #39;s a disability and merits treatment, full stop.

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I love that I& #39;ll never run out of ideas for my work. I don& #39;t love:
- losing track of crucial documents and communication
- having no sense of time or object permanence
- inconsistent memory
- forgetting to eat
- being cognitively and physically unable to do things I need to do

I think that last one is a sticking point for a lot of people. Before my own diagnosis, I couldn& #39;t wrap my head around "I have trouble doing something if I don& #39;t want to." Even now, it& #39;s hard to articulate.

If you don& #39;t have ADHD, even if you don& #39;t want to do dishes, you do them. For me, it takes me days. Think about when you have a bad day and can& #39;t do something as simple as answering a text or taking out your trash. That energetic inability is my baseline for functioning.

Extend that out into your whole life: everything from difficult conversations to health appointments to work communication; everything.

Taking my ADHD seriously, as a disability, opens a path to non-judgment and compassion for myself, which in turn will help me adapt.