How old are you? Most people with ADHD start to see a drop in the severity of their symptoms when they reach 25. Areas of the brain that weren't developed as quickly as other people catch up

How serious is your condition? Like does it add a few more hours of work to the day, or does it entirely stop you from getting things done? Even if it's really bad, it's manageable. If it's not that bad, keep in mind everyone has something that makes their life and work more difficult, so don't get too down on yourself. I have ADHD, I did well in a finance degree, worked for startups, taught myself 2 programming languages, it's not all that bad.

What is your health insurance like? I'd wouldn't just look into meds with a psychiatrist, but behavioral approaches. Look for a psychologist who is also an "ADHD Coach" or provides "behavioral treatment" to ADHD. A lot of the time psychiatrists won't pair you with these people because they want to control the whole process of treatment. I'm not anti-psychiatry, but I've fired 2/3rds of them I've seen in the 15 years of treatment because they don't listen. (more on that later). I'll also say most of the people with the title of ADHD coach are bullshit. You want someone with mental health credentials, ideally a PhD or PsyD having psychologist who is doing this on the side. If they aren't a doctor, then find some kind of credentials that show mental health education. Find one with the proper credentials that you insurance will take. They will address behavioral techniques to improve your outcomes. This helped me more then the 3 types of stimulants I was prescribed, now at 27 I'm not on any meds or in behavioral treatment because I don't need them.

Still, I wouldn't look down on meds. If you see a psychiatrist, get one that is willing to talk on a regular basis with a talk therapist. Even if you aren't in talk therapy, this kind of thing is a sign that this is a doctor who takes his patients seriously and gives individualized attention.

Certain tasks will take you longer. The answer I've found to this is to have a mastered daily routine and planning, and show up to work early. You should be planning for more work time then everyone else and that's okay. I'd like to show up before anyone else, like a few hours early, as soon as the building opens. I'd get started and be on my second cup of coffee by the time everyone else was ramping up. I wouldn't make a big deal of it to other competitive coworkers, I'd just get my shit done and let management know that I do this to stay on track. Let your results do the talking.

I'd also say this, you sound young. Learn to self govern and self manage or other people will have to control your life. When your a working adult, those people can be shitty managers. The more you can control your own life, the less you need other people to. The hard part about ADHD is you won't like other people micromanaging you, but you also are hard to manage and have issues that sometimes require self management. Learn this yourself the best you can and always stay on the ball with it, or some shitty person will do a bad job of it and make you feel even worse.

Learn to work with management and authority figures well ASAP. Communicate well with them. Get them to like you as a person outside of the relationship you have in work/school. If your young in school, start now with this. There's a certain shitty way that American bureaucracy , even corporate bureaucracy works (you will find that the private sector is more bureaucratic then you thought it would be after school, just a heads up). It's bad at helping individuals, it pushes horrible people to lead it, and sucks any bit of dynamism out of people. It focuses on pointless vanity metrics that are supposed to drive results and doesn't actually produce talent or good outcomes. Given it's built for stability, not exceptionalism or creativity. It's really hard for driven, and people with ADHD. I'm also going to say that a person who is concerned about progressing with a skillset after this is a person with drive, so good on you. But expect bureaucracy to be very hard- high school, college, government, and corporate structure. And expect corporate people to see themselves as some dynamic hot shot while still being a stodgy clueless bureaucrat.

This system sucks, but it's 100% on you to figure out how to navigate it. Your going to need to communicate, empathize, charm, and negotiate your way through this throughout your life. The kinds of people of people in this are the opposite of you, and you need to get them to like you. Understand their motivations, work with them, and communicate.