Why so many people think I have ADHD?

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I am a bit upset with this. My mother is beginning to think I have ADHD. A lot of other people think I have ADHD, but I don't really care about their opinion. But my mother's usually right, since she saw many people with mental disorders, and I'm getting worried for it. In particular, she says I look very much like having ADHD because she says I show these traits:
-I have a lot of troubles focusing on something I'm not interested in, and I must take homeopatic meds to make it better;
-I have problems remaining seated. Means I have to get up from a chair/sofa every two minutes, and if I can't (for example when I'm in school) I feel very uncomfortable, and after a while I have to get up anyways;
-I have a lot of difficulties orgazining my homework at home;
-I frequently play with everything that is around me, like pens, books, cutlery, or whatever;
-I talk without stopping a single minute;
-I am a very impatient person;
-When doing my homework, I frequently switch from a subject to another: for example, if I'm doing Latin, I'll stop doing it in the middle and I'll start doing math, then I'll stop math without finishing it and I'll start English, etc.
Do this actually looks like ADHD? I really don't know, though I don't think I have it. A lot of other people do. If you're an expert, and/or you have ADHD, and/or you you know ADHD enough well, please tell me your opinion.

Yes, it does look like ADHD. Sounds like you show hyperactivity as well as distractibility. Now, it could be something else instead of ADHD, but that would depend on whether some other symptoms are present (eg mood changes, anxiety, and so forth). Just based on what you've said here, ADHD sounds likely.

(I'm a 3rd year psychology student, with an interest in neurodevelopmental conditions.)