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You know, I actively sought out an ADHD diagnosis (am now diagnosed) after my focus in college seemed to go into freefall.
But I've also found out that depression can cause people to have the same symptoms (with some even claiming that depression causes brain damage, which I try and avoid thinking about).
So I'm in a stage of wondering if I was just severely depressed, as it got worse the more that depressing things happened to me. I'm annoyed that the doctor I initially saw didn't pry for that more
In your case, by not even exploring the ADHD fully (with medication for instance) the therapist is not allowing you to fully explore these options and figure out which one it is. I do think that's a bit negligent. Maybe he is waiting for your go-ahead or doesn't want to involve other professionals (psychiatrists + pharmacists for instance)
The zoning out thing def sounds like ADHD to me. If you forgive yourself for taking breaks and schedule in the time for them, you'll be more productive. Zoning out like that would perhaps be considered a "little break" and that's why it takes you longer to do tasks - but we just have to accept it will take us a bit longer to do many things.