Exactly. My senior year, I ended up with the two most dreaded teachers in the school, in English and Math. I was the top student in both classes, and for me the work was nearly effortless. After a while the math teacher even had to tell me to stop answering so many of the questions he posed in the classroom, so other students might have a chance to catch up (I usually ended up having to answer anyway, because so few others in the class were able to keep up with the level of work he demanded).
In college, the discussion days for my History course usually devolved into me vs the TA, with everyone else staring blankly, and I lost at least two roommates because I never had to study extensively even for difficult courses, and they couldn’t manage their studies with me relaxing around the house.
It always drives me crazy when people start spouting off about how the whole ADD thing is a scam or con and a way just to push unneeded drugs on kids. It’s not, or at least not only that. Some of us really need them.
My son was diagnosed with ADD at age 6. Medication got him through high school, although we still had a few rough patches. He quit taking it in his mid 20s and is now married, has a daughter (who has also been diagnosed as ADD), a steady job, and a mortgage. My 2 daughters were diagnosed with it but since it was mild and not causing problems in school, they never took medication for it before. My husband was diagnosed with it 20 years ago and takes daily medication, and I was informally diagnosed with the inattentive form, which I self treat with copious amounts of caffeine, lol.
I can spot an ADD person immediately after meeting and talking with them. It’s very apparent, and if medication helps their condition, I won’t begrudge them taking it. ADD is very real, and the people who claim it isn’t are full of it!