You are right - diagnosing ADHD is for professionals as it can be complex to separate out from several other diagnoses.  But lets look at what you just wrote:<p>- Lack of awareness or concern for timelines until immediate consequences loom.<p>- Inability to control focus if not emotionally invested.  (So-called hyperfocus is much part of ADHD as is non-focus).<p>These are both things that would light up an ADHD scoreboard.  They&#x27;re almost direct quotes from the literature, and if you spoke to a group of ADHD people they would recognize them immediately.<p>People with ADHD have many explanations for &quot;why&quot; they are this way. A lifetime of rationalization does not make it not so.  So perhaps talk to an ADHD specialist - it can make a huge difference in your life, and your loved ones.<p>Ask someone diagnosed in later life, say, over 40, if they would have preferred to not be rationalizing and suffering the consequences over the last 20 to 30 years.