I had already finished most of my studies before I got my ADHD diagnosis. By that point, I had adopted a number of coping mechanisms and also abandoned several along the way. I wish someone had told me that to be successful I didn’t have to study like ‘everyone else’ and that if what I was doing worked for me then that was fine! Whilst it is useful to know the ‘rules’, individuality is so important in moving academic discussion forward. If everyone has the same ideas and style, then nothing new will be created.