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Originally Posted by blackwhitered
I was tested with a high IQ but I was told there were abnormalities. The proctor said it was most likely because of the meds and that I wasn't eating at the time, but I keep thinking it's just proof I'm brain damaged. My dad and a first cousin have IQs in the 160s so I feel like I should have been like them...
The only thing I'm doing right now intellectually is trying to graduate. I haven't been practicing French and German so my foreign language skills are rusty. Once I graduate I'm going to take a year off/go to community college before I go to university. I need to get some academic credits because I lost my junior and most of my senior years to being in the hospital. My dad went to community college because he had to drop out of high school due to drug problems, and he still ended up going to an Ivy League school, so there's hope.
On a completely unrelated note, I kind of want to get a tattoo. I want a small puzzle piece on my wrist. I know the puzzle piece is supposed to be for autism, but to me it represents putting my life back together. (I love 3D puzzles, too, so it's not completely serious.)
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Yeah my cousin has 165 so even with my 140-150 I was considered subpar...but two years after my break it was 125-128 on the meds and I had weird things like I could not unscramble the word giraffe I mean it's not like there are many things that could be. Now it all makes sense again and I'm back up to 140 of course this is all unofficial quick tests but they seem to be pretty consistent when I take them close together...ie I'm usually thinking they are horribly wrong so I'll take another one from another source and score within a few points. But yeah it's obvious you're really smart but what I'm saying is you might actually be slipping relative to your normal function to the point where you are noticing it...
If you want to do training I highly recommend lumosity it takes like 10-15 minutes to train and you're supposed to do it 3-5 days a week. I find it really energizing like I can concentrate better after doing the exercises....I have no idea why because it's not like it really has anything to do with intelligence it's just a bunch of games but it's kind of like how a small appetizer can make you more hungry...