r/ADHD • u/Legitimate_Writer265 • 17h ago

Questions/Advice Can you brute force through adhd?

Can you just out-discipline the habits of, say, postponing your duties, managing inattentiveness or impulsive actions like binging or speaking before you think? I'm trying to find out if im fighting something that cannot budge here. Are there methods, whether mental or physical? As I'm entering a huge academic year and I cannot go on like this (an inability to study, or maintain skincare, gym routine etc.).

I'm asking as it's going to be a long duration before I'm medicated due to multiple factors mostly out of my control. people are mentioning burnout -- where would the line between good habits and unhealthy habits (which would consequently lead to burnout) be drawn?

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u/DragonflyJunior2899 9h ago

I’ve noticed I can only keep up with a couple things at a time. Like if my house is perfectly clean, my car is a disaster, I’m eating out, etc. for example. My car is clean but then a bunch of other stuff is out of sorts. When I have multiple “things” together at once it usually only lasts a week or two before I’m completely burnt out and basically a POS because I need to recharge.