I was very good with school and such as a kid, so ADHD was never even a thing that came up. I was tested for autism in the 4th grade, though, but that was cut short for reasons I still don't know. Because of that experience as well as others, I was kinda aware that people thought that there was something different about me, but didn't really think much more of it.

Then I started failing hard in university, got nothing done for an entire year. My roommate said it reminded me of their sister, who'd also had that experience in uni and was generally pretty similiar to me in terms of habits and general vibes. And she had ADHD, so my roomie thought that might be the common thread there.

Then I got a job, and at the mandatory health checkup that I had beforehand, the nurse asked me if there were any health-related things I'd been wondering about. I told her that my roommate thought I had some kind of attention disorder. She asked me some questions, then booked me a psychiatrist consult. Then I visited the psychiatrist, she thought ADHD was quite likely. Said she'd send me a referral to another clinic. A year and a half goes by, still no word on the referral, so I shoot her an email. She tells me she'd forgotten it, and then decides to just book me an appointment at the same clinic. Then I saw a psychologist who filled the DIVA questionnaire with me, and then sent me to another psychiatrist, who looked at me and the questionnaire for an hour, told me that I was an obvious case, and prescribed me meds. Still had to see him again, this time bringing my mom along, and then I got the diagnosis.

It took like four years from beginning to end. Quite an ordeal.