i havent posted in this sub before recently got a formal acknowledgment that i do have addinattentive adhd started on concerta various doses did nothing for me so i stopped and am waiting to be able to go back to the doctor live in alberta where covid is out of control docs are a bit stressed  im in my 40s struggled all my life being the best parent i was capable of jobs school etc my oldest son has developmental disabilities and got tested as a young child not adhd just 3 separate conditions slow processing speed short term memory and a language disorder that are closer to being on the spectrum i am told than adhd prior to diagnosis we did try meds the lowest dose had him awake for 3 days so no i have nieces and nephews and cousins with diagnosed adhd and other developmental delays so its definitely a hereditary neurological thing we have going on  anyway ive always said that adhd is not adhd that name was given in a time when our lacking knowledge of the brain was closer to 1800s medical knowledge than to 2020 knowledge and we are still learning someone commented about it being an executive dysfunction which is much more accurate though i think of it as executive functioning conditions with each problem being a loosely related subset of the cause that individually dont cause disabilitytogether can really put a lid on functioning though   might be why my family have always gone military i couldnt though i tried migraines excluded me from service the structure and discipline might have helped them deal with how their brains worked  really just wanted to say thanks for the post