[pcthrowaway]

I have ADHD (diagnosed ~28 years ago, so well before "it was cool"), and honestly might kind of agree with you in that it could easily be a collection of neurodivergences that just get labelled ADHD. Add to that, lots of overlap with Autism spectrum[1], which probably has the same issue, and likely leads to misdiagnosis of one vs. the other, comorbid diagnosis, and the blunt categorization of neurological conditions which could very well be distinct, and at the very least sometimes have very different collections of symptoms into broader "ADHD" and/or "autism" categories.

[1]: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/adhd-...

[WA]

Yes, and at the end of the day, these diagnosis aren't there to pathologize people, but to actually provide help, even if critics don't believe so.

This is something you only understand if you dealt with neurodivergent people. Suddenly it all makes sense, once you learn that their brains filter and process information in a somewhat different way, resulting in all kinds of different observable symptoms.