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> I'm a serial founder who was diagnosed with ADHD in his mid-forties.

I've seen this a lot.

A lot of parents were in complete denial about their children having ADHD, and the rampant diagnosing of ADHD at a point in time. Turns out a lot of children actually had it, and it is not the most compatible with the environment they are in and will be in.

All things did happen: rampant diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and parents in denials. But none of that means any particular child didn't have ADHD.

I've brought this reality up to other parents repeating the same things.

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Or in my case, I was a legit diagnosis during the period of over diagnosis and over medication. I hated being “different” and got off the meds as soon as I could and was in denial for the next 20 years and just brute force handled symptoms. Now after a couple years of reengaging with mental health and getting medicated, it is so much better than researching compression algorithms and ancient Roman battle formations while procrastinating my 2 month project until it is already past due and then working 18 hour days for a week to get it done.