my mum died just before christmas  my brother recently got diagnosed adhd and between us were now convinced that i also have it and im starting to come round to his way of thinking that our mum probably had it too she struggled a lot with drinking with her weight with depression and anxiety shed been medicated with varying success for the depression but it was only quite late on that i suggested anxiety as a driving force neither i or my brother had considered that any of us might be adhd at that point or even thought about the condition much she was widely viewed as supremely intelligent but didnt at any stage really live up to that potential  as she was deteriorating last year i noticed something - as she was able to do less and less her inner workings were laid bare she was a champion procrastinator but usually managed to get shit done same at school university or in work  as she got more ill and as she was able to do less and less she would still get these fits of stress and adrenaline - but she wasnt able to do anything with them she physically wasnt able so shed just have to sit there festering in an anxious nightmare until we managed to figure out between us what wanted doing   looking back and reading this post im wondering how many times she was told to just do it as a child she certainly gave us plenty of that