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[quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the PPs from further up the thread, my kids are still younger (1st & 4th), I've heard that things get much tougher once they hit middle school (hormones, much larger school etc), so you may want to consider a diagnosis now so that she'll have the ability to have an IEP or 504 and medication if you need it later on.

It also helps to normalize it for them - my kids understand that the medicine helps them focus  on schoolwork and manage impulses, etc.

As an undiagnosed until adult woman - I've struggled a lot with imposter syndrome and feeling inferior because I knew I was intelligent but school and early career did not reflect my abilities at all.  I'm so glad that I caught my kids' ADHD when they were young and it hadn't started to impact their self-esteem too much.  One has dyslexia in addition to ADHD and thought they just weren't very smart.  Once we talked through the fact that their brain sees things differently and has to be retrained - and they're really great at math and taking advanced math, they now realize that we all have strengths and weaknesses and we have to support both sides.  [/quote]

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