I've posted ad naseum about some psych tests that have been scheduled, and while this is connected, it won't be rehashing the issue - I promise.

Amongst the tests that I have scheduled, my psychiatrist has ordered an IQ test. This is a problem. The test results are going to be considered at my disability hearing and I have been told by three attorneys - mine, and two others that I spoke to while I was shopping for a disability lawyer, that I have two challenges to receiving disability.

The first is that I am too young. Social Security prefers awarding disability to folks over 55 years of age, but each attorney has told me that they can work with anything over fifty years old. The second strike against me, I am told, is that I am too smart. Apparently, the smarter one is, the more employment options that person has or can create.

I am a genius and member of Mensa. In context, I've shared this with my psychiatrist and it is the reason that he has ordered the IQ test - to confirm. In retrospect, I wish I had not divulged this information, but it is too late for this. I spoke with my attorney on Friday and this was our conversation:

Me: Can I refused to take the test?
Him: Yes, but it will hurt our chances at a favorable outcome.
Me: And when I score in the genius level?
Him: Again, that too will hurt our chances for a favorable outcome
Me: So I should just have a really, really, bad day?
Him: That would be the best outcome, yes.

Even if I did not tell my psychiatrist about my IQ already, he's been talking with me for a year - he knows. Scoring in the normal range - or perhaps low normal, will set off red flags. I'm not trying to game the system - I am truly disabled and in a fair system, I would have had disability long ago, but as we know, it isn't a fair system.

Any recommendations on how to do damage control with my psychiatrist after I score well beneath my ability? His notes on the subject could be damaging as well, so not only do I need to score low, I need to convince him that this was my best effort. I'll take any suggestions. Thank you.