Not to discount your experiences, but that&#x27;s not at all how I&#x27;ve felt as a sufferer of ADHD (nor my parents or my son).  I would describe the feeling of ADHD not as lack of motivation but severe, almost physical, discomfort at attempts to concentrate.  If you&#x27;ve ever suffered from nerve pain, you may know what I&#x27;m talking about.  It&#x27;s not quite analogous, since the ADHD discomfort is more of a strong, distracting &#x27;itch&#x27;, but it&#x27;s similar in its phantom nature.<p>If one lives with that feeling since birth, it is really hard to understand that others just don&#x27;t feel that way.  We may try to push ourselves forward, through constant force of will, or because others tell us to &#x27;tough-it-out&#x27;, but it&#x27;s exhausting.  Whereas we see others reading a book a week or month even, we struggle to even read a paragraph - constantly starting over, re-reading, so distracted that we can barely even take in the information.<p>It&#x27;s not until we gets treatment that we suddenly and clearly feel the difference, and then we understand the suffering that we&#x27;ve been going through all that time.  Feeling &#x27;normal&#x27; is amazing!  It&#x27;s like being able to read  several pages at a time or sit through an entire lecture without feeling like you&#x27;re constantly wiping away some sticky, opaque film between you and the information.