But with the drug being one that could possibly be abused, I can understand a new doctor being hesitant. I would assume length of diagnosis and length of treatment would be something a doctor would take into account. Long standing diagnosis and stable on a med for years would look very different compared to say a recent diagnosis of a college student and a not very robust medicine history. It sounds like the OP's son had a diagnosis as a child, was prescribed meds but was not taking them currently. My daughter has been diagnosed twice, at age 18 and 19, and is now 24 and was stable on Vyvanse for about four years before getting her next psychiatrist. The psychiatrist accepted the two diagnoses and current treatment plan, while the OP's son does not have a current diagnosis or a current treatment plan. 🤷‍♀️

My son committed to UCLA yesterday! Then he went and declined the rest of the schools he was accepted to. Berkeley was the toughest to find the withdrawal button - we joked that they probably couldn't believe someone would be declining admission! The rest were much easier to find. 🙂

There is not a medical test for Adhd -- it is much more subjective - based on parent report, patient report, and psychologist's own analysis. Unfortunately, not all psychologists are created equal, and some are laxer with their diagnosing. Plus, there's not exactly a hot market for scoliosis rods.

My twins aren't super close. We homeschooled so they did play together, and they like each other, but they literally have nothing in common and interact socially with others in very different ways. Have a kid if you want one, but don't expect them to be friends just because of the age gap or lack thereof. My daughters at ages 18 and 24, six years apart, have more in common and more to talk about than the two 18-year-olds, in point of fact.

I just had planted four nandinas, (eek) so I went to learn more about this. From what I have discovered, there is only one documented occurrence from one specific type of bird (cedar waxwing). This blog style article quotes from another bird researcher: “Other birds don’t eat as much or as rapidly as cedar waxwings,” said Rhiannon Crain, project leader for the Habitat Network with The Nature Conservancy and Cornell Lab of Ornithology…Cedar waxwings completely stuff every possible part of their body with berries. They will fill their stomach and their crop with berries right up into their mouth until they can’t fit another berry inside of them.” It isn’t just Nandina berries. Consider the following other incidents with cedar waxwings: South Dakota: killed by eating Cotoneaster flowers; in Nebraska, killed by eating crabapples and cotoneasters; in Indiana: ethanol poisoning from overwintered hawthorn fruit; Texas, killed by gorging on blueberries along a highway. “They’re cedar waxwings,” said Capt. Garry Collins of Texas Parks & Wildlife, rather nonchalantly. “It’s a natural phenomenon. “It’s seasonal. Happens nearly every year.” The Truth about Nandinas Killing Birds - GardenRant "Ironically, until that fatal day in 2009, nandinas were widely touted as excellent bird food. Those poor cedar waxwings had nothing at all in their tummies but nandina berries, while millions of birds have enjoyed a mixed diet including some nandina berries over the past two centuries. Too much of a good thing can be fatal. While just swallowing a few whole won’t harm you, actually chewing and eating quantities of seeds or pits from apples, cherries, apricots, pears, peaches or plums can make you sick or even kill you. "

Enterprising ppl can still break it open and (snort? ingest?) the contents so they feel the effects more strongly/quickly. Gotta love the ingenuity. 🤦‍♀️

My daughter was diagnosed by a psychologist and needed a second diagnosis when she started with a new on campus doctor. When she started law school she read the undergraduate rules for getting meds and they required a new diagnosis as well. She is seeing an outside psychiatrist who accepted both her diagnoses and did not make her re-test. I would find every six months ridiculous, but I am becoming not as unsympathetic to wanting to retest. My daughter has now experienced three or four young adults in her life who have gone through a very shoddy process of evaluation and have been prescribed adhd meds. Though you can never really know what's going on in a person's brain, one of them was her roommate for two years and it was very clear she did not struggle with adhd. It is very frustrating to my dd whose Adhd impacts her life in a substantial way, who has achieved so much more (with so much less stress) because of the meds, to see others who really don't need them get prescribed them. And then suddenly we have a national shortage. 🤷‍♀️

My daughter was a barista for Peets and now that's all I drink. I can't do SB anymore. But my husband still goes occasionally and my son will sometimes get himself a frappachino!

Sure! We homeschooled 3-8 and he was a total Art of Problem Solving kid. Math: 3rd and fourth grade AOPS PreA, 5th AOPS Algebra A (first half of book), 6th grade AOPS online Algebra B first semester and online Geometry second semester, 7th grade Aops online Intermediate Algebra, (summer was Python courses and some intro to number theory work from the book), 8th grade AOPS online Precalculus (fall) and Intermediate Number Theory (spring), 9th grade he was in Public School but it was zoom, so he took AOPS Calc rather than attend zoom classes. (the teacher was retiring and just recorded the lectures and didn't insist on attendance. Gave everyone an A. ) 10th grade was AP stats, summer was Calc 3 at CC, 11th grade Spring was Linear Algebra and summer was Diff EQ. He took the AMC a few times, and the AIME in his 11th and 12th grade year. He didn't study too much though, so he really could have done better. But he's really thrown himself into clubs and organizations, and also really enjoys his video games, so something had to give, lol. Science: 7th grade was Jetta's Physics class with Clover Creek, 8th grade was Clover Valley Honors Chem, and 9th grade he took Intro to Organic and BioChem through Clover Valley. 10th grade he took AP physics C Mechanics, and 11th grade AP Physics C E and M. This year he's taking AP Bio. I would say AOPS was the most challenging in the amount of failure he experienced, while Clover Valley was the most aligned with what you would want in the best high school or college class. So organized, very clear in expectations, Connie is always available when you have questions, discussion board is always answered promptly, midterms and finals (honors level and intro to Org and biochem) were commensurate with a college level class in the amount of preparation expected. I think it was the best preparation for college level workload - I only hope he remembers it since it's been three years! In contrast, he never needed to do homework or study for physics. Of course physics is most math heavy I guess and he loves math:) He's now going to UCLA in the fall as a math major. His twin sister is not as academic but she loved the Well Trained Mind Academy Biology class. I felt like their classes were extremely well organized as well, clear expectations, and very accessible teacher. (She had Mrs Bennett, I think her name was?) She also did AOPS while homeschooling, though we did it together and cut out ALL the challenging problems. Alcumus set on easy. She then went into Integrated Math in 9th grade, and every time the math covered something she had learned through AOPS, she knew it backwards and forwards. The rest of it she felt a little at sea the whole time. Public school math is pretty subpar in the experiences we have had - 4 different schools.

I can't believe it's been that long since I've been following yours, Lewelma's and Quark's math journeys to help with our own! And now ours is done. Bittersweet!

Jetta's Clover Creek Physics was awesome and Dicentra's Clover Valley Chemistry was absolutely top notch, and well organized beyond belief. Oh sorry, you asked for Christian. Well, I will leave these here as they were my son's favorite courses other than AOPS. The chemistry course in particular was extremely rigorous with one very detailed college level lab report (took my son probably 8-10 hours). My son worked harder in her class (granted he was in 8th for Hon Chem and 9th for Intro to Org Chem) than he did in any of his AP classes, even AP physics C. Good luck in your search!

I only know that @Arcadia had one of her DC take a class through them. I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head that did -- we considered it but decided against it in favor of more AOPS.

I'm a 2.5 I drive 5-7 miles over, sometimes more if it's pretty open, but I hate getting close to other cars so I always give multiple car lengths. My husband is a 3, and I do sometimes get nervous. But he can handle a lot more input than I, has great reflexes, doesn't text and drive, never gets mad or aggressive, and has been in a LOT of life or death situations before... so I try to give him a pass. If I'm really anxious I will ask him to drive more slowly, but usually I put my airpods in and listen to a podcast while playing 2048 on my phone.

It looks like the Math 3 series is slower (three classes - abc instead of the math 31ab), it doesn't get to integration until the second class, and it's geared more towards practical applications in the life sciences? Here was a page that gives the topics covered in 3a: Math 3A General Course Outline (ucla.edu) The description for the 3abc course is given here: Math 3ABC is the “fast” calculus sequence at UCLA. It aims to provide students in three terms with the fundamental ideas and tools of calculus that will put them in a good position for understanding more technical work in their own areas. The course sequence covers basic topics in single-variable and multi-variable calculus. This includes some material on ordinary differential equations such as those governing population-growth models. The course also covers some material on calculus-based probability theory, including continuous probability distributions, the normal distribution, and the idea of hypothesis testing. The course sequence 3ABC is suitable for students who want to be introduced to the powerful tools that the calculus provides without going through some of the more technical material required of the students in engineering and the physical sciences. While examples and illustrations are drawn from the life sciences when possible, the course sequence is also suitable for students in the social sciences and humanities who do not require a heavy mathematical background. Students in 3ABC are expected to have a good background in precalculus mathematics, including polynomial functions, trigonometric functions, and exponential and logarithm functions. In order to enroll in 3A, students must either take and pass the Mathematics Diagnostic Test at the specified minimum performance level, or take and pass Math 1 at UCLA with a grade of C- or better.

Something else to make Tesla's stock drop, lol. I have a hybrid, and I would never get a fully EV unless I was just planning on using it for around town. Long trips seem like just setting yourself up for frustration!

My oldest dd's two roommates were life sciences majors, and they both didn't have calculus until college. One said their math series was lighter calculus and geared towards life sciences. This page lists what is covered in the class: Undergraduate Courses - UCLA Mathematics I just assume it wouldn't be extensive enough to set them up for Physics 1 series?

My daughter told me that she and her sister don't make friends easily because my husband and I didn't model making friends for them. 🤦‍♀️ My oldest daughter had friends throughout school - three best friends from 4th until 9th when we moved. My younger daughter had a best friend during homeschooling that came over at least once a week if not more and had two close friends in dance too that were all inseparable until we moved. If she wanted to blame us for something, it should have been the moving!

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Two of the biggest differences I see in spending now versus when I was young is the ubiquitousness of expensive drinks. Starbucks, Peets, Boba, etc are a completely normal part of weekly life for so many of these teens. When I was a teenager and hanging out at the mail, our splurge was a small bag of candy and a soda. Now would those be around the same price, inflation-wise? Probably! The other is the doordash/ubereats. I think it's become so easy to get take out - there will always be those who learn how to cook young and those who just cobble along and learn late or not at all. The latter would have eaten frozen dinners or pizza (the only thing that was delivered when I was growing up), but now they are doing doordash instead and can get anything easily. It gets so expensive! Its hard to think it's generational though. Just looking at my kids and me versus my sister, it really seems like spending habits (while they should be taught obviously) are also ingrained. My sister is naturally frugal, I am not so much. My oldest daughter is spendthrift and impulsive shopper. My younger daughter is a typical teen who likes to spend money on Boba or lunches out occasionally, but keeps track and stops spending if she is worried about her money. My son never spends anything - he will only get a treat like a frappachino if someone has given him a gift card. 🤷‍♀️ They were all raised the same. Actually my spendthrift daughter is six years older and experienced more of our frugality and careful budgeting when we were younger - the twins have experienced us being older and able to indulge in more things.

My daughter said that she knew of friends that had held classes for otherw friends, but just as a favor, no strings attached. That was much more common than money being exchanged, she said. She also knew ppl that would petition to take an overload of courses, and then after attending the first few classes, decide which classes to drop down to a normal load. She never did that, but she did take a normal load and drop to a minimum load a few times. She has had many classes that she was on the waitlist or asked for a PTE (permit to enroll) and almost always managed to make it into the class. She would always go to the first few class sessions and students would drop in the first two weeks, then she'd be able to join.

My 18-year-old who is prone to negativity is still home a little while longer, and I try to just model balanced positivity. She tends to complain a lot, so I just listen non-judgmentally and then try to change the subject. I think of things that are positive to talk about that inspire hope, instead of things that belong to doom-scrolling. I think in general personalities are kind of "set", but also habits of thought patterns play a big role, and while I can't change her, I can try to work on myself and model that in front of her.

This is exactly the type of assistant we hope my oldest daughter will have when she is out on her own making the beaucoup bucks! Someone to keep track of her doctors appointments, her keys, her important documents...

I take lessons from an old family friend just for this reason:) I would stop going if I really didn't think it was worth it for me, and I'm sure your adult student feels the same way!

Oh the unicorn stickers! I had some of those, and my prized ones were unicorn bookplates that I put in all my books!

I loved my sticker album! My favorite stickers were anything unicorn related:) Or rainbows. Or unicorns with rainbows!