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I wouldn't be surprised if 15% of the population had ADHS. I'm also convinced it's not really a disorder, but a different wiring in the brain that is (or was, in prehistoric times) beneficial in a lot of ways.
People with ADHS can achieve an impressive level of focus, determination and endurance if an activity interests them, can find creative solutions to problems because they think differently, and function better under a certain type of stress.
IMO they'd make great stone age hunters.
The problem is, our modern society doesn't fit their mindset at all, so they suffer in it and need medication and therapy to function in today's world.
Give me chaos and deadlines measured in minutes and I'll work 10hr with no complaints. Same task and a long deadline and I'll methodically prepare so I don't actually have to do the boring shit.
Ditto on the usefulness and commonality of these skills. But we still need firemen, delivery workers. Lots of professions do benefit from this, maybe also sports.
Moving them too much into the "disease" category doesn't do it service. It'd be better to teach ways to manage it.