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Re:In Praise of ADHD by echlebek on Saturday March 17, 2018 @05:08PM (#16609070)
If you want to cope without medication, you need to exercise a lot. The theory is that your dopamine levels are too low, and you need to boost them somehow. That's why medication tends to work for a lot of people.

Try to get exercise every day. Try to get intense exercise 2-3 times a week. Work your body to exhaustion, and your quality of sleep will improve as well.

Eat lots of protein and fat, and treat sugar like a toxin.

Other people report meditation helps, I suspect it probably would.

Re:In Praise of ADHD by chillwaves on Sunday March 18, 2018 @01:35AM (#16610595)
When things are going well in my life, meditation works. It makes it better. I am able to calm myself down deliberately, I am able to focus deliberately.

When ADD is acting up, I am not able to meditate.

Going to second the exercise advice. If I can get it started (just get out the door) I am always greatly rewarded.