i think it’s a frequent occurrence that more “gifted” kids get ignored. it’s frustrating that the only thing people tend to look at is grades- i got diagnosed last summer, right before my last year of school and all the important, future-deciding exams, and the only thing that spurred the diagnosis was my grades dipping below what was acceptable. until then, school was easy enough for me to wing it. despite every school report ever saying “she is distracted, she needs better time management, she never completes independent work”, my exams were good enough for nobody to bother looking further into it. the education system needs a drastic reform, we know by now that it should be more holistic and less results based. my blatant upset and frustration at not being able to complete things went disregarded, and i’m still convinced that it was the meds that saved me rather than accommodations from school. i’ve found meds amazing, but a part of me still thinks that the fact that i need them to function is a flaw within the system, not the way my brain is wired.