"...by helping her manage her neurological quirks, meds could help her be the person she wants to be."
As someone diagnosed with ADD as an adult, this has been my experience. I feel *more* myself when on meds.
Also--"I only started to think there was a real problem when she couldn�t pull it together to write her college application essays in a timely manner for the school she desperately wanted to go to."
College applications seemed like an insurmountable task to me--so I chose to apply to a school with rolling binding early admission, because completing only 1 application and being done was the most attractive choice. In retrospect I know a big part of that decision was because I was overwhelmed with all of the applications. It was a great a school, and if I knew then what I know now, it could have been an even better experience and education. But it was not the best fit, and knowing what I know now, I would have chosen differently.
