I am not knocking your path. There are many paths to success. Do what works best for you. Some situations require pharma intervention imho, due to brain chemistry. Exercise, diet, and therapy were insufficient for me to reach my full potential. Now I run on all cylinders for $40/month.

what specifically does that $40 refer to? For food?

Probably the cost of the medication. Generic Adderall for me is about $30/month

But the point was specifically to avoid medication

and toomuchtodo's response to your point was that for some people medication is needed.

Exercise, therapy, eating well, etc doesn't work for everyone. I've been in therapy most of my life. I still needed ADHD medications to do be able to do normal tasks even when I was also riding my bike well over 200 miles per week and eating well.

What’s wrong with medicine if it makes your life better?

nothing at all. I think I misunderstood