It is possible for an introvert to homeschool an attention-seeking extrovert, but you will have to have some supports in place from the start if you choose to homeschool so you don't go crazy. (Said the introvert...)
Make sure you have time alone. It should be a top priority. Get a sitter if you have to--homeschooling high school kids or local college students are good choices for daytime sitters. Even a 12- or 13yo neighbor child can be a good mother's helper so that you can go into the bedroom or office and close the door a couple afternoons a week. If money is an issue, see if your local YMCA or YWCA has free or cheap child care with a membership. Ours does, and I used the heck out of it for the first year we homeschooled. It also gave us access to the exercise equipment and the pool in the summer, as well as to swim, science, art and cooking classes for the kids. All for an $80 family membership. Such a bargain!
Think of your time alone the way they discuss the oxygen mask on the airplane: put the mask on yourself before you assist others. Your needs--and some measure of alone time is a *need* for an introvert!--must come first before you serve the needs of your child.
Also, I strongly recommend that you build "alone time" into your family's daily schedule. Be patient, because it will probably take time for your extrovert to adapt to this concept. But saying patiently that "it is now alone time. We'll talk in 15 minutes," and redirecting whenever your DS comes out to tell you something is good training. Give him a pad of paper or a voice recorder so that he can remind himself about whatever he wants to tell you. It helps with the patience if he knows that his great thoughts won't be lost forever if he doesn't say them RIGHT NOW.
Eventually you can extend the time so that you get a decent chunk of peace and quiet.
(And actually, I recommend this strategy for all introverted parents of extroverts! Homeschooling or not!)
Offering fun educational projects are also a good way to have a child get absorbed in his own thoughts and not need your attention quite so much. I find that when my little extrovert (DS4) is engrossed in a challenging project, he doesn't pester me so much. (Again, this is a good thing to do whether homeschooling or not...)
Finally, consider using educational TV as a sanity saver if you choose to homeschool. Obviously planting a child in front of the TV 24/7 is not okay. But if DS is learning and you get 30 minutes or an hour to yourself once a day, I can't see the harm in it!
HTH!
