Ocelot, thank you. I have heard similar success stories for using hypnosis for very focused purposes: pain management, habit-change, and anxiety prompted by a specific event, such as a test or performance. And stories of people who got the full range of grades makes me hopeful for DS's future!
Bluemagic, thank you. psychiatrists in our area have a long wait time for a first appt, so I had made the appt a few months ago, hoping things would improve and we could cancel it. I think I will try to switch to a highly-recommended (on this site, even) psychologist a few towns away who specializes in gifted kids. I understand this person has a year-long wait for new patients, though.
That "10% off" thing drives me crazy, the policy as well as kids' not realizing that that 10% is the easiest points of the essay. DS has an accommodation of no late points, but the work eventually does have to be turned in. Having trouble with that, too. He can also turn in a rough draft of any written assignment before a final draft. Yep, having trouble with that, too.
