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Originally Posted by Opether
Sorry if it has been asked before.
I'm almost 18 years old, and i've taken the "Do you suffer from ADHD?" test, and i tested as 81 - which means I have an adult ADHD. I find it logical, since i lack attention very much, i get distracted by pretty much everything. When i read something, i find myself repeat and repeat and repeat...just because when i read there are other things running on my mind. It takes me in average about 1 hour to fall asleep, i don't remember exactly my peak but it's something around 4-5 hours of unabling to fall asleep.
Now, for the other part - I've read somewhere that people with ADHD are above average in intelligence(the one who mentioned this also said that s/he knew that from studies). Does it really true? i thought about it alot and it looked reasonable, because people with ADHD have a extremely active mind. Do you have any source for this stance saying that people with ADHD are above average in intelligence? I'd be more than glad to see. Thanks in advanced!
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I read a while ago in some authoritative source (a well-respected ADHD book, or something like that) that statistics show that the average IQ of ADHDers is actually slightly lower than normal. I believe there are some questions and issues that must be raised about these statistics, however:
1. Did the ADHD people take the IQ test with or without medication? Because I'm guessing that many ADHDers can get just as easily distracted when taking an IQ test as when doing anything else.
2. I believe I've read that people with mental retardation often have attention issues - if those attention issues are diagnosed as ADHD when they are really part of the syndrome or condition that caused the mental retardation, then in terms of statistics that will reduce what is considered the average IQ of people diagnosed with ADHD.
Regardless of the average IQ, there are and have been plenty of brilliant people out there with ADHD (Einstein, for example).