Yup, made it when I was just learning about ADHD while figuring out how many traits are applicable to me.
100+ pages in, I figured it's time to get myself assessed [1].
Went through the assessment three times with different doctors just to be sure; unsurprisingly, they all had the same conclusion.
Life has been so much simpler since then. Adderall is a great asset to have in the toolbox, but probably 90% of life quality improvement came from stopping to expect my brain to work the same way a neurotypical brain does, and adjusting my environment / lifestyle / habits / the way I do things to how my brain works, rather than the other way around.
That ranges from little things like having a pair of scissors at all desks and places where I use them (instead of perpetually looking for them) and trusting my partner's time estimates over my brain's — to bigger things like using body doubling[2] to get things done.
On that note, the online body doubling community ADHD Actually[3] has provided a very strong effect when I needed it the most (e.g. chugging through a less-exciting work project), and I can highly recommend it.
I'm paying for it even when I'm not using it just because this needs to exist.
It's made for and by people who understand our experience, and is based on time-proven techniques that all the therapists recommend for ADHD people.
Technically, one doesn't need an online platform for that; we've organized similar sessions with friends on Zoom... But in practice, the accountability aspect is much harder to maintain (...as well as getting people to show up consistently and at the same time as you).
ADHD Actually solves this problem; and paying a small fee also adds extra motivation to make use of the service and show up.
And the impartiality of people in the group is a big plus.
