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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Just to be clear, his anxiety is much better now, thanks primarily to medication. We just don't have a lot of data since it's been treated (after having FINALLY found the right med) to indicate how well he'll perform.

With this in mind, we applied to a few backups at which I feel more confident he could do well. I'm posting this because I wonder if he could also do well at these schools.

He had been medicated for ADHD that initially helped. We were still experimenting with different stimulants at the time we got neuropsych testing. He appeared very ADHD on the testing, but now we realize that's because he was out of his mind with anxiety, which caused the executive dysfunction, exacerbated by the stimulants by orders of magnitude. He's doing worlds better on meds for anxiety and no stimulant. He may have some minimal ADHD, but it definitely became clear that the anxiety looked like ADHD. <b>He basically seems like a whole new person now, no obvious ADHD and very little anxiety, so we're hoping we've found the right supports for him. </b>We're scheduled for new neuropsych testing to try to get a more accurate profile.

He was just under the gifted range (when tested, he was in a near-hysterical fit, so he likely underperformed). But I don't believe he's PG (in response to Davidson post).[/quote]

Thanks for coming back with all of this information. I’m so glad you’ve applied to other schools as well. [/quote]

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