Prevalence in the US is 10% of the general population. Many of whom have active social lives and high paying jobs.
Those people play the game they have been told to play. Corporate bullshit, boring tasks, endless meetings, and then they complain to their doctors they don’t feel like it fits. Something’s afoot. and the doctors say: “right these people suffer, they have some kind of illness”.
But did anyone pause and asked whether primates evolved to play the corporate bullshit game? Did anyone ask whether the hedonistic treadmill could cause people to not feel right? Did it ever occured to these doctors that following american dream could have some detrimental impact on one’s mental health?
My opinion is that if you feel that you have ADHD, it may be that you’re the one who’s sane in a environment that isn’t! Quit your job and live a better life!