[seba_dos1]

> "You can't concentrate on a task? Must be ADHD.", "You don't feel like doing something productive? Oh, that's ADHD for sure", "Do you frequently procrastinate and feel guilty about? Yup, that's ADHD" and so on ...

Only someone who has no idea about ADHD and has done absolutely no research would believe that these are the symptoms.

[Yizahi]

Inattentive type of ADHD has precisely these symptoms, among others of course.

[seba_dos1]

Not really. That's how inattentive type of ADHD looks like from the outside, but it's not how someone with it would usually describe it. It's the PoV of a parent of a kid with ADHD and a reason it took me so long to figure out that I may have it myself.

I can concentrate on tasks very well, perhaps too well sometimes. My problem is that it's not my decision what I concentrate on.

I do feel like doing something productive pretty much all the time, perhaps even too much. It's just that there's a long road between "feeling like doing" and "actually doing".

Procrastination implies choice. It's not my choice to do things last minute, it's just that it's often the only moment when panic manages to override my lack of executive function. Sleep deprivation helps too, for the same reasons.

[thisislife2]

All I can say is be sure that you actually do have ADHD before medicating.

Why you feel you can't concentrate on some things, but on others, can also be explained id you are an obsessive compulsive personality type with anxiety disorders. Explore "anxiety avoidance" ( https://www.meridian-counseling.com/blog/what-is-avoidance-b... ). At its extreme, people trapped in the vicious cycle of anxiety avoidance often even convince themselves that they have some other serious kind of issue (as a maladaptive coping mechanism to justify to themselves why they are giving in to avoidance behaviour).

[seba_dos1]

Don't worry, I know much more about my behavior than someone reading my 100-word comment ever could.

[ndndndnd]

Stop.