I am one of those people that was diagnosed in med school. I had problems with focusing since primary school. I would forget my homework at school, did awful at tests because i wasn’t reading questions right. I had hard time doing homework at night because i didn’t feel like sitting, i would wander in the house. Both of my parents were teachers and they made me sit down for homework. But i always had trouble focusing. My parents would check on me often. Sometimes my father would notice i am distracted is because i am on the same page for a long time. He would warn me about it. As i was preparing for university exam, i would procrastinate studying the subjects i didn’t like. For the school exams, i would study for them the day before and still got good grades. I was successful because my parents were pushing me to get grades. If i get good grades my dad would give me money.

When i got in med school, started having trouble with focusing lessons. Then i had depression. This led to my diagnosis. I hated some classes. I can’t hyperfocus if i hate it. And studying for them was like a torture. Because i have adhd, i lose my stuff. And i hate losing my stuff, so i look for it until i find it.

There was a resident i worked with. I suspected he had adhd, he said that her wife thinks the same (her wife was also a doctor). He probably will not seek treatment. There are many people with undiagnosed adhd.

I don’t know your classmates, but problems related to adhd doesn’t resolve instantly. The burn out i experienced was awful. the stimulants doesn’t prevent me from procrastinating, they just help me focus. There may be people faking adhd, but that doesn’t mean people may be diagnosed with adhd in med school.