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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again.  Since my posting, my D had a chance to talk to two different psychiatrists.  Both of them diagnosed her something along the line of bipolar/Schizophrenia.  Apparently, some of the symptoms of ADHD and bipolar overlap.  This is not obvious to a layperson, but I am at this point relying on an Ivy-trained psychiatrist who has agreed to continue to see my D with the use of teletherapy when she's away in college.

Thanks to everyone who posed, especially to the Anonymous at 06/28/2018 14:42.[/quote]

Thanks for the update, OP. Your daughter sought help when she needed it, and you didn't hesitate to get it for her. Kudos all around.

FWIW, I echo what 14:42 said about ADHD. I was a decent-ish high school student but a real star at standardized tests (occasional hyper-focus sometimes being a symptom of ADHD). The test scores got me into a better college than my grades alone would have predicted. As for procrastination and cramming, I was more or less like OP's description of OP's daughter. Then got basically B's my first and second years in college; even worse, I was miserable because I knew I wasn't performing where I felt that I could be. But when I asked for help for what I believed was ADHD/anxiety, the common refrain from my parents was "but you got into [ABC College] and scored [XXXX] on the SAT, you clearly don't need any additional help." But I could still tell that something wasn't right.

I made an appointment on my own with the college's mental health clinic. Got diagnosed with ADHD, prescribed some medication and some counseling about study/learning/life skills and habits. Straight A's the next two years, and more importantly, happiness that I was able to focus and learn better.[/quote]

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