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It's never the same for everyone, remember everyone has a different personality and differing personality traits, ADHD or not. In my case nobody including me ever thought that I might have ADHD until a doctor mentioned it in passing (although right after he went "naaah probably not") which made me look it up, did a lot of reading and I realized some of it fit me eerily well. But other parts seemed totally off so I didn't really know what to think. Went (by my own initiative) to a psychologist and requested to be evaluated, based on what I told her she didn't think I had it but referred me to a specialist anyway since I insisted on it. Finally got to the specialist clinic, did a bunch of talking and tests (I was there the whole day) and when I finally got the results a couple months later it turns out not only do I have ADHD but I actually have it pretty drat hardcore, I've just been able to handle it really well growing up. Mostly thanks to high intelligence (it'll never occur to you or anyone else that you can't concentrate if you already know everything and never have to try) and coping mechanisms like getting a PDA in 7th (!) grade and actually using it properly, writing down everything ever and setting constant reminders... Without my Palm and later iPhone I definitely would've crashed and burned so much earlier than I did. But eventually it happened, the downward spiral started the second I had to step out into adult life. But yeah, god drat does it explain a lot of things. Looking back everything makes so much sense. Nobody else had to keep a stash of caffeine pills in their wallet just to get through the day... Reading this thread was interesting, some stuff people mention mirrors me so well it's scary while I can't identify at all with other things. I think so much of it is in the coping mechanisms you develop and depending on those even the same type of ADHD can manifest totally differently, at least externally. For example my personality is in sharp contrast to the classic ADHD stereotype: I'm super economical, plan really well before doing things, and have anti-addictive tendencies if anything. All of it a reaction and (over)compensation to how I'd naturally do things. So having ADHD has actually made me less ADHD than the general population in some aspects. In others, not so much.
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