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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I'd separate out the ADHD from the motivation in your particular case, OP.   It doesnt sound as if one is causing or even related to the other -- at this point.

Some bright iq people, like me, just don't have tons of drive. IME, you will be unable to change this innate trait (I'm 45) but you will likely get varying outputs based on carrots and sticks. aka "external motivation.".  I got As when I believed I would be punished by my parents for getting Bs or Cs.  In college, I let myself get Cs in boring requirements prerequisites but got A+++s when I loved the professors of the high-level courses and wanted them to like me.  Studied hard for the LSAT because I wanted to get into certain law schools but once there, did the minimum in the boring 1L requirements with the worst tenured professors.

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I'm this pp. I meant to say that you could switch her to a more top-down school with more "sticks" and probably achieve decent outputs - eg, grades.  Some people really enjoy jumping when someone else tells them it's time to jump. And they get an A as a result.  That may be all you really want to see.

But that's. It synonymous with improving internal motivation.  [/quote]

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