WindingRoad, I have seen *many* adults in your situation. People generally don't think ADHD is so debilitating and they don't realize the ways it wrecks adults' lives. What you said, about the difference in how you are able to function now, well, I have had parents say things to me like, "We were able to go to church and sit as a family for the first time." Many parents would tell me stories like yours, with tears in their eyes. ADHD is debilitating and many clinicians don't have a lot of experience with it, especially if they only work with adults. I don't push medication on anyone, but I have seen the difference it makes for some, just like you describe.