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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - the reason our therapist hasn’t indicated it was ADHD is that DD has no trouble concentrating.[b] She does great and school, comes home and immediately does her homework, has never once not studied for a test, is very organized. [/b]Not sure if that is just masking a problem or not.

Will look into the SPACE therapy. [/quote]

Is she intelligent? School may just be easy - ADHD will show up more as school gets harder. When you can do your homework easily you don’t need to command much of your executive function. Then later, you hit high school and have no study skills.[/quote]

This isn’t how ADHD works …[/quote]

Yeah it is and it’s why many high achieving girls aren’t diagnosed[/quote]

you cannot be diagnosed with a disorder if you meet literally zero of the criteria for said disorder. thank you for coming ti my ted talk. [/quote]

You seem to have misunderstood the comments. OP has ruled out ADHD based on feedback from her therapist. She should revisit that when school gets harder, if issues persist or worsen, as that is when her child would start to struggle. This is true for many girls with ADHD. And for those girls, it later becomes obvious that they were only appearing “organized” because there wasn’t much to organize in the first place. Life gets more and more complex. Don’t rule out a diagnosis forever, is the point, especially one that often goes hand in hand with other diagnoses being considered. [/quote]

OP literally said her child is very focused and organized with no academic issues. I’m not sure what else could convince people who see ADHD everywhere. It’s nonsensical. [/quote]

There are plenty of children who appear focused and organized and are later diagnosed with ADHD. Particularly high IQ kids. It’s a good thing to be aware of and know the possibility is there. Sorry if it contradicts your pet peeve[/quote]

It’s not a pet peeve - it’s just completely nonsensical. [/quote]

DP here with a boy who fits the same description.  I'm not arguing or suggesting anything about OP's daughter. At all.

But, I will join the voices of people who understand this profile. What PP says about bright kids with inattentive ADHD is absolutely true. Many bright kids with inattentive type ADHD get by for a long time without being diagnosed, sometimes into adulthood. It doesn't mean they had no symptoms, it means the symptoms weren't causing adults around them enough problems to seek a diagnosis, and were chalked up to something else, coping in other ways (usually exhausting ways). They were "fine." These kids are described with words like quiet, shy, a little anxious maybe, spacey, slow moving, maybe even average or a little careless or uninterested at worst. Not a problem. A joy to have in class. Then they get to middle school or high school and start to fall apart in ways people start to notice. Then they get a neuropsych: they test low in working memory, attention, processing speed, and EF skills are non-existent. But often high intelligence in the other categories. Then parents kick themselves because hindsight is 20/20.

You think people want to see ADHD everywhere, but the truth is most of us bend over backwards not to see it. Once you've been through it and come out the other side, yes, you see it. And when asked to comment, like here, you share what you know.[/quote]

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