[Paved Paradise]

It's nice to talk with someone who actually is intelligent on this subject. When my son was in 5th or 6th grade, he was literally in tears one time because he was so frustrated about having ADHD; I just told him he was going to have to work harder to accommodate the problems it causes. Later when he was a teen, I emphasized that many, many times. My advice was to accept it, work hard, and not use it as an excuse.

[SoftballMominVA]

My college kid is discovering new-found uses for her ADHD symptoms and some mixed results. With her boundless energy, pulling all-nighters to get projects completed is a snap. We have discovered she does best with about 13-15 hours with 2 - 3 art classes (easy to do, she is a graphic design major). She schedules her art classes on MWF and her academic classes on T/TH. That way she can take her meds to concentrate twice a week and be off meds for her art classes. She finds that she is more creative off the meds, but more productive on them, so she has fixed her schedule to accommodate that difference.

As long as her grades are good - who am I to argue? Of course, she and I have different views on "good." To her anything less than an A in any project in any art class is a catastrophe of Biblical proportions; earning a D in other classes elicits "MOM! it's passing!" and a C is "MOM! I'm average! Go me!"

Deep breaths in.... long slow exhales out