Exactly what I was gonna say. There's certainly a good number of people that take medication simply to function in the way society wants them to, but there are also a good number of people that will sit on the couch motionless for hours trying to figure out how to start functioning at all if unmedicated.

I get the post is a joke but it feels kinda belittling to those in the latter group.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's my take. There are times I sit at my desk after little kids go to bed thinking about the short list of 5-10 minute tasks I had planned afterwards, only to end up sitting for hours trying to muster up the motivation to get even just one of those tasks done, ultimately never even starting them. It's incredibly frustrating. I have motivation, I have energy, but for some fucking reason that part of my brain says "nope, 7:30 is too close to 8:00, which is too close to 9:00, which is too close to bedtime, therefore it's too late to start anything"

Meds have helped immensely. This meme, while it got a small chuckle out of me, doesn't really apply to most people who needs meds to function.

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I am the same way and hearing people talk about adhd as a superpower just bothers me so much because of how debilitating it is.

It just feels like seeing a person with a sprained ankle talk about how people in wheelchairs actually have the advantage because they can do jobs where they sit all day without getting antsy and want to go for a run and they say they that to a group of people who lost both their legs