I truly do appreciate the insights. Thank you.
She's been quite open her feelings that this is entirely
voluntary on her part-- but we do ask. If there is a point where any of this feels as though it isn't "a choice" on her part, we would (and will) immediately seek a consult. Our communication with her is pretty open and healthy on this front.
I'm a little wary of the "well, let's see if meds help" mentality, though. Our family's gatekeeper for referrals is someone that we jokingly call "Doctor Feelgood" with good reason... basically, he has the fastest script pad in the West.
Every time
I see him, he asks me about depression or anxiety while he's reaching into his coat pocket with a gleam in his eye. (Apparently a sinus infection puts one at grave risk for clinical depression, or something...) I also forgot to add that he is
completely clueless about giftedness and the issues associated with it. He regards DD with a bizarre kind of bemused curiosity, like he isn't really sure what to make of her. (Her specialist physician is much more at ease around her and simply accepts her the way she is-- I can recall HIM explaining to my then 3yo how his stethescope worked.) Anyway.
That's not something I want to do, for reasons of my own related to an understanding of the pharmacology of those drugs (which I'd venture to say is superior to our physician's, if it comes to that).
Caffeine
definitely does NOT help her in terms of executive function, and it often does behave paradoxically if the issues are truly chemical in origin.
