Re: ADHD and IQ? A question at the end of my ridiculously long post about symptoms.

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>>… Are people with symptoms like these generally smart?<<

People with symptoms like those are generally people like in the general population.

there are those with high IQ, those with average IQ and those with low IQ.

Take a look around – almost all ADD folks here, and there’s a great cross-section of the general population here.

Low IQ doesn’t mean squat to me if the person tries, uses what skills and abilities they do posses to the best of their abilities, aren’t lazy, work hard, try to be good people, try to better themselves, etc.

I know folks with high IQs who *to me*, in my opinion, are total idiots with no common sense, lazy, and worse.

There is SO much that goes into shaping a person, making them who and what they are………

Don’t get too hung up on IQ – it’s an indicator, but not the end-all.

Find something you like, something you do well, enjoy, are good at, and do it to the very best of your abilities.

OK – after all that rant, what do you think such a test would gain you?

Self esteem? A better job?

Don’t count on it – the first comes from within, the latter comes from hard work.

And if it shows low – then what?

I know mine only because of much much testing, and years of trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. It won’t really change my life one way or another. I am who I am.

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