[justsomehnguy]

> or just a consequence of

If you diagnosed yourself (or by a friend) after consulting some articles on Internet then of course.

If you got diagnosed by a medical professional (and preferably by not a one) then there is a chance it is real.

But the biggest problem with ADD/ADHD is what even if someone can properly understand what there is a problem it is rare when someone could do something with it without external help.

[herbst]

Diagnosing ADHS is a checklist (like with many issues) there is no magic in that. Sure it's not an actual diagnose if done by an amateur but a skilled amateur can very well look at the same checklist.

[justsomehnguy]

> Diagnosing ADHS is a checklist (like with many issues) there is no magic in that

Not quite. The key difference is the reaction to some medicaments which have quite opposite effects on a regular and AD* person.

Otherwise I have the ADHD solely on the reason I didn't do shit in the last two years because I could only do something for 15 minutes and then have hours on Reddit/Zandronum.

[herbst]

You could still self diagnose that with snorting some amphetamines :)

But true, this is the thing a doctor does after the checklist to confirm his diagnose.