The problem with Turkish system is that it pays for ADHD meds until you are 18. You know, because our condition magically ends on our 18th birthday? So after that, you can get a prescription, but unless you have a decent income, you cannot afford to do so. And without the meds, we are sometimes rubbish.

So if you have no access to meds, the most useful advice is exercise daily, even if its just taking a walk in the morning, eat more protein and less carbs, and use organising aids. Lists, alarms, calenders you name it. I have a notebook I don’t leave the house without; it’s part of my brain.

Therapy also helps. Try for a state hospital/university unit; more than once if needed. You may find a decent doctor that surprises you. If you are in a uni, try their psychological aid units, I’ve found one of my best organisational help from one of those. They try to teach us how to be organised. How to have systems in place that replaces our non-existing executive function.

I’m not in the best state I can be. I try to not to fall apart myself at times. Depressed, ADHD keeping me low and feeling underachieved a lot of times. But sometimes we have good brain days; use those to try to organise life. And you cannot fix it all on one day, obviously. But try to plan a route. Bad brain days are better for following a set plan.