The assignment is finished. It is also three days late, sitting in a folder on a laptop, never submitted. A parent sees another broken promise. The teenager remembers doing the work and cannot understand why the evening has become another argument about responsibility. Started, but not finished. For teens with ADHD, staying engaged through the final steps of an assignment can be difficult—even when they want to finish. Situations like this can bring a family to an ADHD evalua

Junior and senior year can go wrong without the report card changing. Grades remain solid while sleep disappears, friendships thin out, and parents begin carrying the work the teenager once managed alone. The student still attends school, completes assignments, practices, rehearses, and moves through the college process. Teachers see a capable student. Friends may see the same person they have always known. The cost of producing that appearance has gone somewhere else. It may