Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Teachers are often those that push for the medical community to medicate kids. As for adults not being able to get help, it shouldn't be that way. Maybe they figure it must not be that bad if you didn't have it tested in childhood. I can't speak for the physicians though.This wasn't my experience either. ADHD and autism are both things the medical profession as a whole seems to think only effects kids and they 'grow out of it.' (Kind of like some people thinking lgbt kids don't exist, only adults.) Which makes getting an adult diagnosis and support quite difficult. It was over six months before I could even get a referral to a psychiatrist from a therapist. And then more months evaluation, and whej I did start medication, it was an extremely low dosage and slow increase.
But location and regulation might make your milage vary.