Top ADHD Tests and Quizzes on the Web

1. TotallyADD

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This independently owned website (not funded by a pharmaceutical company) from Rick Green combines science and humor. Why that combination? As a former teacher at the Ontario Science Centre, Rick discovered that we all learn more easily when something is fun! Rick was diagnosed with ADHD of the combined subtype, at 47. Since then, he’s created the award-winning documentary ADD & Loving It?!, interviewed many of the world’s top ADHD experts, created TotallyADD, and scores of videos about many issues adults with ADHD face. An engaging speaker on the topic of adult ADHD, he has a skill for translating medical knowledge into things we can relate to and understand. Rick has developed this quick, easy, and reliable online ADHD Quiz with that in mind. The quiz is based on an ADHD screener, and is designed to help the user understand ADHD symptoms and which may be creating issues in everyday life. At the end of the quiz, a summary is provided to give you insights into your own mindset, and to provide valuable information for you and your doctor.

2. The ADD Resource Center

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Hal Meyer and the folks at ADD Resource Center provide programs and services for people dealing with ADHD challenges. But if you haven’t been diagnosed yet, they also have information to help discover what the symptoms are, and whether it’s something you should discuss with your doctor. The ADD Resource Center provides a downloadable questionnaire that you can print and take to your doctor. From their website: “This is the expanded version of the World Health Organization’s ADHD Adult Screener. The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist can help you recognize symptoms of adult ADHD.” The ADD Resource Center also provides information in Spanish on their website.

3. ADDA

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The Attention Deficit Disorder Association, ADDA, is a member organization for people with ADHD, and another trusted online resource.  ADDA and Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) also organize a yearly international conference on ADHD in the United States each fall for healthcare professionals, coaches, and individuals who are interested in meeting others with ADHD and learning more about specific issues they’re facing. Along with other resources on their website, ADDA provides a downloadable self assessment – if you don’t want to take an online quiz.

4. CADDAC

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Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada, CADDAC, is run by a tireless advocate, Heidi Bernhardt, RN who, along with her team provides information and tools for adults, parents and children.  From their website: “CADDAC is a Canadian national not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with ADHD through ADHD awareness, education and advocacy.” CADDAC also organizes a yearly conference for health professionals, and the public in the fall, in Canada. CADDAC offers a downloadable ADHD Screener for your use.

5. Psych Central

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The PsychCentral website provides an online screener with 20 questions to assist you finding out if you need to see a healthcare professional. From their website: “Psych Central quizzes are developed by Dr. John M. Grohol, Psy.D. in conjunction with other psychological researchers, based upon scientific studies and/or the official diagnostic criteria for a disorder.” They also state that it’s “2 min to take” and we say that if that appeals to you, you may have ADHD : )

More ADHD Tests and Quizzes

There are many other online ADHD tests and quizzes to be found. Most of them are based on the DSM-5 ADHD list of symptoms, and the ASRS Self-Report Scale created by the WHO. We have not included any online quizzes or self assessments provided by pharmaceutical companies.

Symptoms of ADHD

As Dr Steven Kurz told us for our documentary, ADD & Loving It?!; if you’ve seen one person with ADHD… You’ve seen one person with ADHD. The symptoms and severity are widely varied from person to person. Also, note that everyone has some of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms. The difference for adults who have it is that the symptoms are seriously impairing, or ruining multiple areas of their life.

A Painless Video ADHD Quiz

In the following video quiz, you end up learning a ton about ADD or ADHD and it’s painless! It’s designed for you to have fun, while covertly learning about the symptoms that are part of this disorder.

Touted as the most informative and entertaining resource around. This is a video quiz that you can forward to friends who might have this unique mindset, and hopefully they won’t be offended. This one is a hoot!

And here’s a valuable tip… Don’t bother keeping score!

Is An ADHD Quiz Enough?

By now you may be wondering why there are so many tests, questionnaires, quizzes, and screeners available, and whether just taking one of them is enough for you. While it may give you lots of insight into what the symptoms of ADHD are, and whether or not you may be affected by it, only a health professional who is trained to diagnose ADHD can do that. And there’s value in knowing what your particular challenges are so that you are able to then deal with them. A trained health professional may use a quiz, or a screener as a starting point, but they have many more tools, including an interview, to help them make their assessment. For more information on rating scales and screeners, healthline has a comprehensive page listing commonly found rating scales, and what to look for.

This website and our quiz (All rights reserved.) provides general information about the symptoms of adult ADHD and is not intended as a substitute for a diagnosis by a healthcare professional. Please see your doctor for an assessment, and treatment plan that’s appropriate for you.