ADHD is having a moment. Diagnoses are exploding in New Zealand and right across the West. Waitlists are months long, private clinics are booked solid, and on TikTok, you’d think every slightly distracted middle class influencer has “finally found their answer.” Some of this is progress. Some of it is hype. And buried under the enthusiasm are a few uncomfortable truths about what a diagnosis actually means in the real world.
