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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I have a similar kid. ADHD, Generalized Anxiety, high IQ. I agree with PPs about supporting both sides. It can be challenging in school when teachers kind of average  out strengths and weaknesses and don't help enough either way.

It really depends on the child, but what I noticed was mine is that school--instead of being a source of pride and self-esteem, as we naively expected it to be--was incredibly frustrating for him. [b]The disparity between what was in his head and what he produced on paper was enormous [/b]and he was frustrated and annoyed. The difference between his quickness at something and slowness at others was painfully huge. He constantly felt like he was failing and became very depressed.

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New poster here with gifted, kid who has ADHD, dyslexic, dysgraphia and just finished 2nd.

I gotta be honest; I'm depressed as hell. He took some other kids' work samples home (dumpster diving he told me) and has been reading their stories and appreciating their work and telling me all about it. None of that pride in his own work. I'm actually in tears now, was last night when I saw all this and probably will be again.

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