My experience is that despite everyone involved in the process -including myself - being totally convinced I have ADHD, I have still had to advocate for myself

My experience is that despite everyone involved in the process -including myself - being totally convinced I have ADHD, I have still had to advocate for myself every step of the way. And that really sucked. But it was worth it. --- Whether or not you do have ADHD, the most important thing to know about is executive dysfunction. ADHD isn't people who can't pay attention: it's people who can't choose where their attention goes. ADHD isn't hyperactivity, it's a vacuum of understimulation that - for some - is most easily filled with activity. For others, that void is filled with mental/introverted activity.