this resonates with me a lot i was recently diagnosed at 33 and just started taking medication and it’s pretty eye opening   my parents don’t believe in it or doctors or prescription drugs in general so i was never assessed as a child and had no idea there was anything off with me i’m a good test taker so was able to do well in school despite my inability to pay attention in class i just learned to effectively cram at the last minute and avoided taking classes where “participation” was a large part of the grading  on paper my life is pretty successful i’m married to a great lady have a wonderful daughter 6 figure income own a house etc i had gotten so comfortable with my symptoms that it didn’t cross my mind that it wasn’t normal to be unable to navigate without gps to constantly lose everything to be unable to keep a clean house or even a room to be chronically late to be oblivious to things people said directly to me to forget the names of my best friends to forget basic personal information like my age phone number address or zip code i could go on i found ways to get by but these things were always a struggle that i seemingly couldn’t improve no matter how hard i tried  if it wasn’t for wife who also has adhd recognizing my symptoms for what they were i probably never would have sought help or even knew that i should i’m very early in the process but the difference is night and day i feel like so far in life i had to fake it to get by and now i don’t need to anymore it gives me incredible optimism and excitement for the future