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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD DS wasn't diagnosed as ADHD and dyslexic until age 10 and that was us flagging for school - he probably would have carried his weight until 6/7th grade because he's smart. I suspect your kid is a genius to have gotten to age 14 without notice!!

Here's the scoop:  you have to look at meds.  TOTAL game changer.  We went 2 years without because it is a trial and error thing with meds - we tried and tried and just couldn't find anything so we relied on therapy, outside tutoring and our kid loves school and is so bright it worked until 8th grade when it was obviously he needed more help than pure desire to do well.

ADHD meds often have side effects that increase anxiety.  As well, ADHD is often not just ADHD but another disability or issue attached - whether OCD, anxiety, dyslexia, etc.  So just make sure that once on ADHD meds you understand if she also may have some anxiety she'll need meds to offset that side effect as well.  You need patience as it may take a couple trials to find which works for her.

Start reading about working memory.  This is the hallmark of true ADHD - people who talk about how they have it do not have it if their working memory is not impacted at all.  Being a daydreamer and not being able to focus as it relates to working memory is a flag to whether ADHD is there.  Working memory and slow processing are related.  You cannot totally improve processing.  Understand and accept that.  You can mitigate and circumvent, there are tricks you can do to help make things easier.  You aren't going to increase it 30% or something though.  You can learn to leverage your other skills but working memory is what it is.

Games help as practice with anything helps.  Wordle (NYT) is good.  There are specific board games I forget which right now that can help.  Card games can help.  The trick is to get used to having to use it.  It doesn't raise your ability to be faster but it is good to use it.

List making is a great way of learning how to prioritize.  Using alarms is a great way of reminding yourself where you are on time.  Things like this - you're using things to help you track.  There are all sorts of coping strategies you can learn to help bypass the need for faster processing speed - really she's smart enough to do the stuff - she just needs to finish.  I think she's lucky that she has that intelligence and your support and at 14 it's not too late at all to move forward from here.

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