[Moose72]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/12505807

Very interesting! This explains my math life!

Interesting.

Most of my life, including in my childhood, I considered my strengths to be in the Humanities. I HATED the sciences, but have grown to appreciate them over the years. As for math, when I applied myself I managed fairly well, though I never had a particular passion for it. Oddly, I did better, and quite well, on the math section of the SAT compared to the verbal section.That surprised me a lot. I will say I had a particularly good teacher for math subjects. In college, I placed into Calculus for Economics and then took Statistics for Economics. I found both classes interesting, much more so than the Algebras, Trig, or Geometry. I hated regular economics classes (micro, macro, etc.), and did poorly in them, wasting my time taking three or four. I attempted to take accounting, but dropped out after one or two class meetings. Other than a computer science and geography class (geography as a social science, not memorizing places on maps), that was the last of such types of classes. Most of my classes were language, literature, and history classes. I eventually also took four college classes in psychology after my BA degree, some of which were quite science oriented. And I surprisingly did great.

I benefited from my knowledge of statistics at my last job (sales and marketing). I was also quite good at utilizing and creating databases and MS Excel "stuff".

Huh. Though I did well in school, math was ALWAYS my hardest subject. (Geometry especially horrid) I don't know for certain that my BP manifested before college though (that was when it was FOR SURE, lol, though it wasn't funny at all at the time) Extra food for thought...

I remember when I did an IQ test. My math (logic) score was about 10 points lower than my analytical score. It's funny because I studied engineering for ugrad and then computer science grad, where both degrees are all about math. However, my GRE score was 790 out of 800 for math, and my reading was like 480 out of 800. lol.

So I guess I align with the study outcome IQ wise.

[bizi]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

I remember when I did an IQ test. My math (logic) score was about 10 points lower than my analytical score. It's funny because I studied engineering for ugrad and then computer science grad, where both degrees are all about math. However, my GRE score was 790 out of 800 for math, and my reading was like 480 out of 800. lol.

So I guess I align with the study outcome IQ wise.

congratulations blue on having your masters!!! What was your thesis?
bizi

[pirilin]

Interesting.

[SorryShaped]

Loves me some digits. I count in binary and hexadecimal all the time. Thing is, I never learned my multiplication tables but I learned how to figure them out. As a consequence, I can also do some complex math in my head. That was costly in classes where I needed to show work, but a few indecipherable squiggles help here and there.

Some of my best test scores were in geometry (high school), physics (college), and logic (college—it’s like algebra without numbers).

<shrugs>

[Pookyl]

Interesting read.
I was good at maths in school but then bipolar didn’t impact me until adulthood.

[Shazerac]

I’m pretty good at math also. But then I’m bipolar 2 not 1. Maybe that makes a difference. What I’ve always been terrible at is spelling.

[*Laurie*]

I excelled in the arts and in English classes.
I have never passed a math class that goes beyond 4th grade. I am functionally illiterate in math.

[downandlonely]

I don't think it's bipolar, but it is probably a learning disability of some kind.

[Unrigged64072835]

I used to do well in both. Math's much more complicated nowadays than when I took those classes. I hear about my daughter's college algebra and there's no way I could take that course. She failed it and found an easier class. I'm glad the college took my math credit, though.

[*Laurie*]

Originally Posted by downandlonely

I don't think it's bipolar, but it is probably a learning disability of some kind.

Could be a learning disability, a combination of causes, or that the bipolar brain tends to function more actively in a different part of the brain than a non-bipolar brain does.

I this on or off medication?

Although my love was for the humanities I did do very well at math. I scored well at IQ tests too. However, now that I am on medication I swear my IQ has dropped significantly with particular respect to math skills and problem solving abilities.

[emgreen]

The study they cite had a pretty small sample. Given that, however, my higher level math skills were terrible. I got through Algebra 2 with a gentleman's D+.

[*Laurie*]

Originally Posted by emgreen

The study they cite had a pretty small sample. Given that, however, my higher level math skills were terrible. I got through Algebra 2 with a gentleman's D+.

"A gentleman's D+" - I love it.