Hi 15 turning 16 moved from south africa 4 years ago to new Zealand diagnosed with adhd and self diagnosed(for now) Dysthymia I've missed a lot of school in the past 4 years due to redundancy of my mother single parent most lightly missed around 1 year of school and the last week this have just gotten worse and worse i haven't been to school for 2 weeks and 1 day I've only been 2 days so far and I'm supposed to do nca level 1 this year my mother says it my decision to stay at home and ill prob end up a mac donalds for the rest of my life although i can't barley sleep I've slept 2 hours in the past few days I'm talking to a counselor at school but its taking awhile to get an appointment how important if nca level 1 and how important is finishing school will this have a permanent effect on my life and whats the next step?