An ADHD diagnosis can be a map to guide a person through challenging territory – not to avoid it altogether

By Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, Psychiatrist and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), The Conversation · November 5, 2026

Using an ADHD diagnosis to avoid hard tasks, rather than to plan around them, is linked to more anxiety and lower quality of life.

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