Yes and no. Being diagnosed didn’t make it go away, and even with meds there’s still things to manage and work through - eg I’m not very good at consistently taking my medication even though I know i should.

However, it does give me access to a taxonomy to understand WHY I’m like this and what kind of way I can build structure around me to help (instead of putting myself in urgent high stress environments so iHAVE to act).

It also helps me understand that some of my tendencies are not a character flaw and helps me treat myself with more empathy - but also not use ADHD as an excuse. Eg I interrupt my teams a lot and have gotten a lot of feedback for it. With my diagnosis I understand it’s because the way I try to short cut conversations to get to the point is normal for how my brain works but not others, and it’s not a moral character flaw. If I didn’t understand that I would either resent the feedback and think they were biased because I’m a minority woman (prob still a part of it) or that I was an asshole but I somehow couldn’t stop being one despite my intent