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[quote=Anonymous]This was my kid, and she ended up being diagnosed as 2e in high school: highly gifted with Inattentive ADHD. It was a matter of any little distraction derailing her attention and tanking the whole test. Could be an itchy sock, the kid next to her having a cold with an audible nose whistle, whatever.

Nobody realized it for years, because she was really good at pretending to pay attention in school so she didn’t get in trouble. All those little things like hair/clothes-chewing, skin-picking, compulsive origami-folding, etc. weren’t anxiety, they were the “stims” that kept her able to sit still in class and at least seem like she was paying attention.

She was smart enough to get all the concepts the first time, or she already knew the material, so she needed some way to hold it together for the rest of class, and not run screaming down the hallway. Things were much better once we got her into magnet programs. She still always does better in more challenging classes, and has a lot more trouble keeping up in the super-easy ones. Her only B in high school has been in one of her best subjects, in freshman year (pre-diagnosis).

We ultimately found that almost all her true anxiety issues were related to her dread of being in situations (like standardized tests) where she knew she’d struggle to focus and perform at her best. Or social situations where she’d have trouble focusing on the thread of conversations, or be likely to experience sensory overload.

I’m absolutely not saying your kid definitely has ADHD, just saying I recognized my own kid in your description. It’s something to keep in mind as you work through solutions first your own. Good luck![/quote]

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