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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
If I'm depressed, I'd score below average. When I'm manic, everyone says I speak nonsense and too quickly. I think I process quickly and most people cannot keep up. I'm unsure if other people are right about manic me, or if my assessment is correct. They medicate me, so it's like they are saying I'm wrong. It's important to assimilate and go along with what society says is best I'm told.
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I took the WAIS-IV IQ test twice. (I think there are like 4 different versions? I took 2 different versions.)
I was depressed the first time I took the WAIS-IV, and I can assure you: depression *did* depress my scores.
Some psychologists claim that depression only affects your working memory, executive functioning, and processing speed, but I found that depression affects everything. I earned, on average, 20 points higher on the verbal and perceptual reasoning sections the second time I took the test, which is a significant difference. Granted, I came in having a general expectation for how the test was structured (which I'm sure artificially inflated my scores a bit), but there *was* a noticeable difference in my scores since I was no longer depressed. You'd be surprised how much depression f***s up your IQ score.
I suppose mania could artificially inflate your scores (especially your processing speed lol), but who knows. I haven't tried!
