What does it Feel Like to Have ADHD as an Adult?

Not what you’d expect

Orozco’s mural in Guadalajara, Mexico. Source.

I got diagnosed with ADHD late in life when I was 42. It came as both a shock and a relief. My friends dropped hints all around me.

“Hey, you ever been tested for ADHD?”

Me — “No, why?” (check my phone for the thousandth time, wave to someone I think I know, then realize they’re a complete stranger, chug a…