The problem with the concept of psychiatric diagnoses having advantages is that they generally are defined by their disadvantages. So if having ADHD has advanta

The problem with the concept of psychiatric diagnoses having advantages is that they generally are defined by their disadvantages. So if having ADHD has advantages, it must be directly caused by the disadvantages, because you can't have ADHD without the latter. Saying that "ADHD is good because it makes you restless which makes you more adaptable to change" is therefore questionable. You could be restless and adaptable to change without having enough issues that it would warrant an ADHD diagnosis. A correct argument would have to include the properties separating people with ADHD with those with similar traits, but aren't hampered in their daily function because of it: It could for example go like: "Having ADHD is good, because if you are too unfocused to keep a job, you get a lot of free time".