Oh was I ever slooooow! I used to sit down in the lunchroom and the teachers would be telling me lunch was over before I had even taken a bite. I never understood how that happened. I am ADD, but of course didn't know it then. Fortunately, I could do my work quickly once I started, but switching from one thing to the next was not fast. I ran fast, talked fast, but daydreamed away a lot of my school days.
As for the ADD or ADHD diagnosis, remember that you can get a diagnosis and then decide what to do with it. My DS was diagnosed with ADHD at 9, but we decided that this was causing problems for the teacher, but not for him or his learning, so we didn't do anything with the diagnosis except try to help him stay on task. Now at 11, it's begun to cause him problems with learning and with self-esteem issues, so we have started a stimulant medication. I don't think I would medicate a 6 year old (but there are lots of things I thought I would never do
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Watches, organizers, and all of those things are great ideas, but the person using them has to buy into the need. I didn't in elementary school and neither have my kids. The kids who are already organized love them! Like chris, what helped me the most was growing up.
Be aware down the road that ADHD can roll over into low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression if the person starts to feel badly about who they are and how they function in this world. I spent a lot of time beating myself up for losing things all the time. Self-education is a wonderful thing, but maybe not at 6!
Good luck!
