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[quote=Anonymous]w[quote=Anonymous]My very bright 16-year-old clearly has inattentive ADD, but she's untreated.  She spends hours every night on HW (and in the shower!) but she and my DH (who takes meds for his ADD) and I have agreed to keep an eye on things but not seek treatment at this point.  She is comfortable with her pace, though it means she gets less sleep than her peers.  She can perform well on tests (hyperfocused) and benefits from her high IQ.  It is a struggle, but as long as she continues to do well and feel capable, we're keeping an eye on her.[/quote]

My 14 year old DD was diagnosed with inattentive ADD last week.  She sounds very similar to OPs daughter, with the exception that she has a tough time with grades.  My DD works really hard to keep up, but still forgets to turn in assignments, blanks out on tests, etc.  and it is a ton of work trying to keep her grades decent (not great).  
My question to you is why no medication?  I am just starting to read up on inattentive ADD and most things I've read say treatment with medication is very helpful.  We have no idea how to approach/help, but we don't want her to stress out by having to study all of the time.  [/quote]

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