Myths, Mayhem, And Laughs: Hilariously Bad ADHD Advice

Updated on September 28, 2025

I was labeling the “miscellaneous” drawer (which is all drawers, honestly) when the group chat started trading hilariously bad ADHD advice, and I cackled so hard the cat revoked my productivity privileges. Consider this a scrapbook of what not to do, curated for maximum eye-roll and minimum chaos.

Back-to-routine season means everyone’s posting “life hacks.” On TikTok, Instagram Reels, and r/ADHD, I keep seeing the same goofy fixes that ignore reality. Between ADHD memes, mental health memes, and earnest threads from the neurodivergent crowd, there’s plenty of comedy in the wrong turns.

25 Hilariously Bad ADHD Advice To Avoid

Now that you’ve skimmed the gallery, you felt the pattern: advice that sounds clever but collapses on contact with Tuesday. If “just focus” worked, we’d all be astronauts. Screenshot the gems, then file them under executive dysfunction tips (the real ones, not these).

Some classics deserve museum glass. “Buy a fancy planner and your brain will behave,” as if stationary equals serotonin. “Set more alarms,” as if time blindness negotiates with your phone. “Reward yourself with a five-hour break,” which is how I invented Thursday. Keep a few slides as focus hacks counter-examples for the group chat.

Entities play their usual roles: productivity influencers with perfect desks, app ads that promise discipline by subscription, and the cousin who swears coffee is a personality trait. The best counters come from lived experience—small cues, gentle structure, and dopamine decor (yes, the colorful sticky note counts).

Tone matters, too. We’re laughing at ideas, not people. Bad tips usually miss context: noise, fatigue, meds, kids, rent. The gallery stays kind while roasting the unhelpful—because sometimes the only thing more motivating than a good strategy is a terrible one to make fun of.

If you’re building a better toolkit after the laughs, stack your queue with actual help dressed as entertainment. I’m revisiting 43 ADHD Memes That Understand Your Brain, pairing it with 44 Self Care Memes That Actually Help, and cooling down with 27 Therapy Memes To Help You Cope—three taps that play nice with real life.

Author bio: Katie Rodriguez labels snacks and feelings, then writes jokes in the five quiet minutes between both.