no offense toofat but from several of your posts – this one especially included – you don’t seem to exhibit symptoms that I’ve been studying this past week.
How’s your driving record?
You mention consistency in work, that flies in the face of what’s “typical” ADHD as their work is historically INconsistent.
You met deadlines? WOW, that’s a huge problem with everyone I know diagnosed ADD/ADHD, including my son, and myself.
You mention drive and decision making – also not consistent from the ADD support sites I’ve visited this week.
From the very intense studying I’ve done the past week working on a paper for work, (they asked me to put together a paper on ADHD and impact on work here) you don’t fit the criteria each of these sites and organizations spell out that are required for a diagnosis – except 1 – you really blasted in with your take as the correct one, blasting almost all professionals who are trained and often spend their lives studying hundreds of cases over many years, it’s a gift and anyone who says otherwise is wrong….. 
Now THAT sounds like ME!
Are they ALL wrong?
This is direct from caddac:
Many people with ADHD can be highly intelligent and creative, although these can be great gifts, they occur along with the symptoms of ADHD and are not caused by the ADHD. Many people with ADHD do feel that they are able to think ‘outside the box’ and do credit this skill to their ADHD (but is that proof – proof it would not otherwise exist?)
Some ADHD traits that can be perceived as positive or negative:
* A high energy level / hyperactivity
* Being able to hyperfocus / unable to change focus (the latter being more correct most of the time)
* Orientated to action / impatient
* Persistent / stubborn, obsessive
* Daring / drawn to high risk
* Entertaining / class clown
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