I’m fairly sure I’ve had some kind of ADHD my entire life, but never been treated professionally for it. I’ve gotten pretty good at dealing with how my brain works, but I just feel like it’s running at 98% constantly (mostly with completely useless thoughts and information) and am wondering if I could potentially get more useful cycles out of it with some kind of treatment.

I have some of the classic symptoms such as finding it hard to bring myself to do tasks I’m not interested in, but also having the ability to focus so intensely on more interesting things, always having some kind of music playing in parallel with all other thoughts I’m having, etc…

I feel like it’s starting to affect my work because I think I try to avoid mentally taxing things in some capacity because of this, and it’s also hard to transition in and out of super focus mode once I get there. It’s very hard for me to be present and not thinking about other things or worrying about the future, to the point where if there is any pause in a conversation I’m having I instantly start thinking about something else unrelated.

I’m wondering if anyone else has felt similarly and if treatment helped them? I’ve had friends give me advice that if I’ve made it this far without being on medication for ADHD there is no reason to start now, and I’ve also heard of peoples lives being completely changed for the better because of it.