Labels in public health are absolutely problematic for exactly that reason.
But I will also say that ADHD, if you have it, is an essential part of your identity regardless of your awareness of the label.
But I will also say that ADHD, if you have it, is an essential part of your identity regardless of your awareness of the label.
Part of the problem is the identifying with a spectrum of symptoms we assume to be eternal and unchanging.
eg relationship advice says you shouldn't "change your personality" for your partner, but in my last relationship both of ours changed quite a lot when our medication changed or even if we hadn't taken it that day, so I don't really feel attached to it.