The aim of this study is to investigate how positive and negative notions of adhd shape the identity in young adult women. This is done through research questions that strive to find out how young adult women's identity is shaped by an adhd diagnosis, and how it can be understood based on their own notions of adhd and their experiences of other people's notions of adhd. Totally seven young adult women participated in this qualitative interview study. The women talked about their adhd and it’s personality traits and what it is like to live with, as well as it’s difficulties and strengths in everyday life. The data material is analyzed from a symbolic interactionist perspective with the help of Tajfel and Turner’s Social Identity Theory and Goffman's theory of stigma. The analysis has been compared with previous studies and it’s results to create a picture of whether the results in this study are consistent with others. The study found that the condition becomes part of the identity and that the diagnosis contributes with increased self-awareness, but also with feelings of exclusion and fear of being associated with society's norms around the condition. Some of the interviewees were open about the diagnosis and saw the importance of talking about it, while others wanted to hide the condition from people to be seen as a normative individual. Other people's notions of adhd have a great impact on young adult women with an adhd diagnosis in the sense that society's perception unknowingly becomes the individual's perception. This affects women's self-awareness and identification with in- and out-groups. The study contributes to an increased understanding of identity creation in relation to an adhd diagnosis.