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Would you do this ADHD diagnostic quiz and share your answer?

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tobypercy · 27/09/2021 20:34

counsellingresource.com/quizzes/adhd-testing/adhd/

I've done this quiz which is meant to provide an estimate of whether you might have ADHD. It shouldn't be used for diagnosis, there are lot of caveats for it.

But I am thinking "but surely everyone does that" about a lot of the questions. I'd be really interested to get a range of answers from a range of people, if anyone is willing to share.

For what it's worth, I've done it twice on different days, scored 76 and 62. Their threshold for "possible ADHD" is 70+. I don't really believe anyone can score less than 50 and I'd be fascinated to know if I'm wrong.

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ElaineMarieBenes · 27/09/2021 22:16

Scored 11 - so well under 50.

ElaineMarieBenes · 27/09/2021 22:17

I answered honestly

Littlelightchink · 27/09/2021 22:17
  1. I am uber-organised but DH has ADHD and would score highly. Opposites attract just wish I didn't have to make up for his messiness and disorganisation.
Teenytinyratsass · 27/09/2021 22:17

33.. I have wondered if I have adhd in the past but I think it’s more likely anxiety.

Bloodybridget · 27/09/2021 22:18

I got 7! Perhaps I'm kidding myself!

Mustardbay · 27/09/2021 22:19

I got 26.

LoveFall · 27/09/2021 22:20

I scored 15. Being good at concentrating is a strength of mine.

user1000000000009 · 27/09/2021 22:22

I have adhd, I was diagnosed in my mid teens.

Would you do this ADHD diagnostic quiz and share your answer?
perenniallymessy · 27/09/2021 22:22

I got 91.
I'm not diagnosed but DS is. He's very similar to me and since we started to realise he has adhd and I did done research I realised that I probably have adhd too.

Fluffypastelslippers · 27/09/2021 22:23

66 - Don't suspect ADHD but I am autistic

NotRainingToday · 27/09/2021 22:23

I scored 8.
I felt like a lot of the questions were quite similar though, so would end up being a multiplyer.

BippityBoppity87 · 27/09/2021 22:24

I scored 86. I have a diagnosis of ADHD

RampantIvy · 27/09/2021 22:24

I don't really believe anyone can score less than 50 and I'd be fascinated to know if I'm wrong

I scored 14 @tobypercy. I never thought I had ADHD and this confirms it. I find it easy to focus on the task in hand and concentrate. It’s fascinating to see such a range of scores.

Thank you for posting the link.

CanICelebrate · 27/09/2021 22:24

I have adhd and scored 90!

Chunkymenrock · 27/09/2021 22:24

37

MissMatty2hats · 27/09/2021 22:25

I scored 13, never considered that I might have ADHD so not overly surprised by a low score.

afuckinggoat · 27/09/2021 22:25
  1. I'm diagnosed and medicated. My dose is too low though. Some of the questions made me feel a bit emotional. It truly does feel like I've got ten TV channels on at once.
wtfisgoingonn · 27/09/2021 22:25

8. It’s interesting to read ‘definitely not diagnosed/definitely not adhd’. I mean, how can you know if you’ve never been tested?!

It's not really "a test" though.

The problem with this type of thing (and the daft tiktokers - though admittedly not all of them!) is that these are all pretty common symptoms. Everyone daydreams. Everyone's thoughts get rapid / loud / kicked into over drive. Everyone is capable of some impulsivity, some hyperactivity, some procrastination, some mood swings. Everyone takes risks. Everyone forgets their keys.

That's not ADHD, that's being a human.

ADHD is where it detrimentally affects at least two parts of your life to the point where it's disabling. An adult who can't hold down a job, or maintain relationships, or keep a home in order, or manage a budget, or keep time at all. An 11 year old who needs to be reminded to eat or use the toilet, or can't fall asleep before 3am, or can't get themselves dressed without staring into space or getting lost in a cupboard (I've just described DD Grin).

If it's not constant, and it's not been present since childhood, and it's not detrimentally affecting your life, then it's not ADHD...

How can you know if you've never been tested?

If you know the symptoms and read the diagnostic criteria then you usually know?

That's a bit like saying you might not know why your leg is so sore, but as soon as you see bone sticking out, you know it's probably broken. How can you know it's broken without an xray? Because when there's a bone sticking out your shin you tend to know about it!

Do you have enough of the symptoms enough of the time to fit the criteria? If yes, are the symptoms affecting at least two areas in your life to the point it's disabling? If yes, have the symptoms been present since childhood? If yes, take the evidence to a Psychiatrist and get diagnosed.

If not... then you don't have adhd. And you don't have "a little adhd" either WinkGrin

SunnyDayOut · 27/09/2021 22:26

51

JamieFrasersSassenach · 27/09/2021 22:26

97, currently awaiting ADHD assessment

LesLavandes · 27/09/2021 22:26

50

tiredturnip · 27/09/2021 22:27

I got 39.

celandiney · 27/09/2021 22:28
  1. Both my children have ADD - I'm sure that I don't.
Scarby9 · 27/09/2021 22:29

No ADHD signs.

BippityBoppity87 · 27/09/2021 22:29

@MrsTerryPratchett

You're going to have inadvertantly attracted loads of people with ADHD to your thread :o

Who probably all have something they should be doing but aren't.

SQUIRRELS!!! 🐿

In my case, sleeping, as I need to be up at 5am for work...and here I am. Like a moth to the flame 😅
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