How can I deal with being misdiagnosed by my psychologist?

[Gymnastxo96]

Back in August of 2025 I did phycological testing at a phycologist that I go to and they said my full IQ was 76 which I don’t understand because I type just fine and have good grammar and could type full sentences. Many people say you sure your IQ is 76 because I type just fine and have good grammer and can communicate well. And my adaptive behavior score was 57 which is pretty low. Why would they misinterpret that too? Why would they misinterpret the results and think I don’t understand medical decisions and they recommend medical guardianship. Why would they misinterpret my results? Now people think I am mentally challenged because of this. Are they wrong for misinterpreting the results to make me worse then I seem? Keep in mind I do have high functioning autism so do you think my autism played a role in how I did in the IQ test or you think I was completely misdiagnosed and it could be something else?

I will be able to retain the information in parenting classes. I am able to remember most things. It’s not like my memory is bad. I’m not mentally challenged.

I don’t care what anyone thinks I am going to have a baby one day because I have always wanted to be a mom

Have you read and understood the post on this thread by someone raised by a parent with cognitive difficulties?

Parents can't just " not care what anyone thinks", because there is a child involved who has thoughts about their own life.

I will be able to retain the information in parenting classes. I am able to remember most things. It’s not like my memory is bad. I’m not mentally challenged.

You are repeating yourself, and not listening.

You will not be able to parent well. Sorry to be blunt, but kindness isn't working here. Your child will most likely have difficulties and end up in care.

If your DM has medical guardianship, are you aware that should you get pregnant, decisions around the pregnancy may not be yours?

I do feel for you and I understand longing to be a Mum.

You aren't able to understand the points made here which is why the medical guardianship and ensuring you keep the IUD in is in your best interests.

With kindness, you ARE mentally challenged. That's exactly what the diagnosis and testing you have had means.

@Gymnastxo96what support does your mum give you and who would continue to support you if your mum no longer could?

The report that OP posted a while ago (which has since quite rightly been deleted) shows that OP doesnt have the cognitive ability to understand the replies. She's not deliberately being difficult. She needs someone trained to go through and explain in a way she can engage with. This thread isn't helping her.

I didn’t see the report and am glad it was deleted.

I can learn to improve to process information better. I can improve that by lifestyle changes and getting better sleep. I care about my health.

It isn't about understanding what to do - it is about implementing what you need to do.

I mentioned earlier that my adopted daughter's birth mother has a learning disability.

She was put into a residential house with social workers living next door, who were there to teach her whst to do. The placement lasted for 3 months and still she could not implement what they were telling her - not reliably. They ended up giving her instructions every 30 minutes but still she couldn't do it.

She said she wanted to, that she loved the children , but love simply isn't enough.

And the children were at best bewildered at worst unsafe. I adopted two of them and they are adults nowcand still suffer from the ongoing effects of the early neglect.

I do think you have to accept that you might lose a child if you had one. It is terribly difficult to parent with a learning disability.

Thank you! She sounds a lot like me! Has she ever dated before ?

I don’t think it’s possible to learn to process things better if you are limited due to certain conditions. Going off your responses, or lack of them to questions here, I think you will struggle greatly to even try. It must be very frustrating for you but from what you have said here I agree with your mum and I’m sorry because that’s hard to accept. Mums usually know best. They are annoying like that!

Why do you think I’m mentally challenged? I was able to graduate high school and every teacher thought I was high functioning but I didn’t do well in college. I am able to type full sentences and retain information if I get plenty of sleep and simple lifestyle changes. Professionals say I am high functioning so I don’t get why you think I am mentally challenged.

This is a very good point. I don’t know how the system works in America but if that is the case, is the mum allowed to decide whether a pregnancy continues or not?

Well, as they're in America, getting an abortion would be impossible.

Indeed, which is why the IUD is a good thing, and one needs to be in place for a long time.

Thanks to Trump, there is almost no access to abortions in the US.

@SupervisorySpecialAgent while I am not 100% sure how guardianship works in America and each state has their own precise rules, but guardianship gives OP’s DM decision making power over some or all (depending on the circumstances) decisions.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne I wasn’t necessarily meaning adoption. There are other decisions which would need to be made that may not be the OP’s to make.

With kindness, your IQ and adaptive behaviour show that you have significant mental challenges and that’s without the impact of autism which is challenging in itself.
You are either not able to answer some questions or are choosing to ignore them but on the off chance you do answer mine, I’d also like to ask what kind of job you do and how many hours a week you work? Partially because I’m nosey and partially because I’m looking at my own options. Do you enjoy your job?

I just want to add from my personal perspective. My children’s father had a learning disability which my eldest daughter also has. He hasn’t been able to cope with parenthood and has literally said to me that he can’t cope with it and doesn’t know how I do it. Since separating when the girls were 5 and 7 (now 19 and 22), he hasn’t been capable of being their parent. No fault of his, he just doesn’t have the mental capacity unfortunately and my children have suffered as a result.

My pp should have said abortion, not adoption.

Yes but people like me with mild intellectual disabilities could be great parents with support. It’s not fair for you to think that I should never have kids. My therapist said I could have kids one day.

I am able to answer everyone’s questions. I work part time and I don’t want to say what I do for work for privacy reasons and I work 30 hours a week. I enjoy my job. Now you don’t think I’m mentally challenged?

I have never said you shouldn’t have children, I don’t know you and that’s not my determination to make. I can only comment on my own experience raising a daughter with a learning disability and her father also being similar.