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I lost count of how many times I was told I "wasn't trying hard enough" or was "lazy" or was a "SpAcE cAdEt".
When you're repeatedly told things like that as a kid, you start to believe them. Getting a diagnoses was vindicating because it meant all those people were dead wrong.
Broadly speaking, ADHD steals your ability to choose what you want to do, how you want to feel, etc. by taking away your ability to execute on those desires. Getting medicated didn't magically fix everything but for the most part, it gave me back the power of choice.