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[quote=Anonymous]I wasn't diagnosed till my late 30s. Was a great student and a great test taker. I imagine I would have been phenomenal with time and a half on standardized tests since I only missed the questions I didn't manage to get to due to time limits. Always forgot my musical instrument in someone's trunk, forgot to turn in on time the amazing dioramas or whatever I'd worked on for months. It also helps that I'm very nice and charming and have always managed to talk teachers/bosses into accepting late work or letting me test/audition on someone else's instrument. One of my 6th grade teachers called me her absent-minded professor. I'm the text book example of a really smart girl with ADHD.

Like you, my mom helped me considerably. She was a SAHM and had a car at her disposal, so she'd shuttle my missing items to me all the time. I don't think she harmed me at all. Without her, I'd have missed so many opportunities. I ended up at HSYP and later earned a doctorate. My dissertation chair basically took my "draft" out of my hands and declared that it was done. He knew me well enough to know that I'd already exceeded the school's expectations for earning the degree. He set the date for my hearing and told me to show up. Sometimes, people with ADHD just need someone to help them jump through hoops. And they almost always need medications in order to manage things on their own.

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