One of my best friends struggled through college and ended up failing out of grad school because she couldn't focus and couldn't get her work done. It turned ou

One of my best friends struggled through college and ended up failing out of grad school because she couldn't focus and couldn't get her work done. It turned out that her teachers had tried to get her tested for ADHD as a child, but her mother refused, not wanting her daughter to have the stigma of a mental disorder. After totaling her car in an entirely preventable accident that stemmed from how exhausted she was as a result of sleeping three hours a night all semester trying (and failing) to get her work done, failing all her classes, and getting kicked out of her school, she got diagnosed, went on medication, and is currently one semester away from finishing her Master's degree. I'd like to see you explain to her that the medication is doing more harm than good, and that she could have succeeded in school earlier if only she had tried harder.