I have the inattentive version but it's simply not bad enough to take meds.

What I don't like about this study is that they only take meds into consideration, but there are other treatment options. For example cognitive behaviour therapy. Also, they included studies that included self-diagnosed ADHD. Self diagnoses are on the rise and very often wrong (I.e. trauma response might present with adhd like symptoms). Aside from some other flaws I think the significance of this study is limited...

▲

adastra22 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You be you and do what works for you. But cognitive behavioral therapy does not work by itself for ADHD. Stimulants are the gold standard treatment.

▲

kuerbel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>But cognitive behavioral therapy does not work by itself for ADHD.

But it does exactly that. There have been enough studies about this. CBT and medication combined improved faster, but CBT alone catches up in a few months. E.g. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/108705471667119... or this study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31280035/

>Stimulants are the gold standard treatment.

I'm not arguing that they don't help, but CBT also increases other metrics, e.g. self esteem, acceptance, self-efficacy, and so on.

	▲	an hour ago \| parent [-]
		[deleted]

▲

reeredfdfdf 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

ADHD is a spectrum, not on/off thing. Someone with milder symptoms may do okay without stimulants, and find help from therapy. Those with worse symptoms typically need the stimulants.