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recently went through a comprehensive psychological evaluation because my psychologist suspected I might have ADHD. I ended up taking a large number of tests, including assessments for working memory, long-term memory, attention, processing speed, and other cognitive abilities. As part of the evaluation, I also completed an IQ test.
The final diagnosis was ADHD (Level 2 support needs) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1 support needs). My overall IQ score came out to around 107–108.
The thing is, I'm not sure how much my score reflects my actual ability. I had no idea these tests were also used to evaluate my IQ, so I didn't take most of them as seriously as I probably should have. I tend to rush through almost everything without realizing it.
For example, one of the tasks had a total time limit of 2.5 minutes, and I finished it in about 1.5 minutes. Afterward, the psychologist showed me that I had made quite a few mistakes—not on every task, but on a significant number of them—simply because I answered too quickly instead of taking my time. She even commented that I seem to do everything too fast.
This isn't something that only happened during the evaluation. I'm the same way during university exams: I rush through them, make careless mistakes, and often finish long before everyone else. It's actually become a serious problem for me. I even lost my university scholarship because of poor academic performance, and I suspect this habit played a role.
I've also read that ADHD can negatively affect IQ test performance, especially on tasks involving attention, working memory, processing speed, and impulsivity. On top of that, I struggle with depression, and I'm currently taking antidepressant medication, so I'm wondering if that could have influenced my results as well.
In everyday life, my thoughts feel very fast, but I have difficulty expressing them. I often know exactly what I want to say but struggle to find the right words, and I feel like my vocabulary is weaker than it should be. Because of that, I honestly don't think of myself as very intelligent, even though some people around me disagree.
So, that made me curious if I could have gotten a slightly higher score instead or if 107–108 is likely to reflect my actual cognitive ability, or whether moderate ADHD, depression, rushing through the tasks, and medication could have meaningfully lowered it.
So yeah, this was just a rant about my diagnosis and this type of test that I made. I don't think I'm satisfied with the results, to be honest.
The final diagnosis was ADHD (Level 2 support needs) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1 support needs). My overall IQ score came out to around 107–108.
The thing is, I'm not sure how much my score reflects my actual ability. I had no idea these tests were also used to evaluate my IQ, so I didn't take most of them as seriously as I probably should have. I tend to rush through almost everything without realizing it.
For example, one of the tasks had a total time limit of 2.5 minutes, and I finished it in about 1.5 minutes. Afterward, the psychologist showed me that I had made quite a few mistakes—not on every task, but on a significant number of them—simply because I answered too quickly instead of taking my time. She even commented that I seem to do everything too fast.
This isn't something that only happened during the evaluation. I'm the same way during university exams: I rush through them, make careless mistakes, and often finish long before everyone else. It's actually become a serious problem for me. I even lost my university scholarship because of poor academic performance, and I suspect this habit played a role.
I've also read that ADHD can negatively affect IQ test performance, especially on tasks involving attention, working memory, processing speed, and impulsivity. On top of that, I struggle with depression, and I'm currently taking antidepressant medication, so I'm wondering if that could have influenced my results as well.
In everyday life, my thoughts feel very fast, but I have difficulty expressing them. I often know exactly what I want to say but struggle to find the right words, and I feel like my vocabulary is weaker than it should be. Because of that, I honestly don't think of myself as very intelligent, even though some people around me disagree.
So, that made me curious if I could have gotten a slightly higher score instead or if 107–108 is likely to reflect my actual cognitive ability, or whether moderate ADHD, depression, rushing through the tasks, and medication could have meaningfully lowered it.
So yeah, this was just a rant about my diagnosis and this type of test that I made. I don't think I'm satisfied with the results, to be honest.
