"When I was 17 and in AP English and just.couldn't get started on the 3 page papers we had to write each week (but then did a whole 1/4s worth in one weekend) it wasn't a choice. It was different." That's my DD to a T!!!!
Deacongirl, if you don't mind my asking, at what age did you start taking ADHD meds? Are they such that a person could just take them when a big paper is assigned and then just deal with other coping strategies without meds the rest of the time?
If so, I think that might be a possible compromise for my dd, since writing with a deadline seems to be her biggest obstacle. I think that occasional as-needed type use would be a much more more acceptable risk weighing her need to function to meet deadlines with her medical risk. I just wouldn't want her taking them daily given heart problems in the family.
