[kitkat_kate]

My vote was yes. While I got good grades, part of that was because I had no friends so I had no real option but to do my school work...it was how I coped. It also, however, made me miserable. I might have done well, but I would fake sick regularly to avoid the ridicule and often had to appeal my grades in high school because I was gone so often.

So yes, it definitely affected my schoolwork, but the consequence might not have been as directly visible.