I wasn't diagnosed until I was 39, 4 years ago. I had a tough time for a while but was releived that there was a real reason that I got "stuck" when I had overdone it at work and wasn't truly a lazy person. I came to understand so many things about myself. I am still learning and getting better at managing the bad parts of ADD and also getting better at maximizing the benefits of the good parts of ADD like creativity and being able to make people laugh. The book "so I'm not really lazy craxy or stupid? It is a great reference book and is written so you can just pick whichever chapter you want to read.