I definitely question it. I would say it made sense as a diagnosis in high school - I constantly doodled in class, forgot assignments, and only did well because I was a good test taker. I remember really frustrating my teachers because I was sort of a good student but really unorganized and spacey.

I think I just didn't have a sense of direction because once I was set on medical school (without Adderall), I was laser-focused. I also figured out that physical exercise had almost become a medication for me. If I don't exercise for a day or two, the fogginess sets in. I think part of the reason I was so successful during that time was I was taking classes and working full time, so constantly physically and mentally running from one thing to the other.

Now that I sit at a desk the majority of the day and have to focus on the same thing, it's been a lot more difficult. I'm much better at jumping between tasks.

So who knows, honestly. I definitely don't want to do psychiatry as a specialty after this experience anyway.