A lot of people who get diagnosed are diagnosed without anything near a full understanding of what it is, especially when diagnosed at a young age, so I don't b

A lot of people who get diagnosed are diagnosed without anything near a full understanding of what it is, especially when diagnosed at a young age, so I don't buy this hypothesis. As I kid I didn't have any inkling of what aspects of my personality and/or abilities were related to ADHD, and most people I've met who were diagnosed young have been in the same bucket. If anything being diagnosed should help stave off depression since ADHD tends to mimic a mentality most people just refer to as "lazy". You don't have "executive function disorder", you just fixate on things you like and ignore stuff you don't. You don't have ADHD, you're just messy and disorganized. Futility comes with a lack of understanding when it comes to this disease.