youre too smart to have adhd

[fracturedstory]

Do you need a high IQ to understand this? Or just ADHD meds?

Anyway, I don't have a high IQ so trouble me does this article not.

[spunkysmum]

Originally Posted by Fortune

Same for me. Given how many people on this forum alone have insisted that having a high IQ means one is able to mitigate their impairments through sheer cognitive power, it's nice to see science that says, "ADHD doesn't work that way!" (credit to Morbo)

Anybody who insists that can't be very bright themselves, if you ask me.

That's kind of like the people who assume that children with high IQs don't need parental or teacher guidance, or education that is tailored to their needs/learning style.

[spunkysmum]

Originally Posted by LordranBound

The only effect a high IQ has had for me is to delay my diagnosis until I was well into my thirties.... :/

I'm sure having a high IQ does mitigate the affects of ADHD in some areas, to some extent, for some people. But you're right that it does often delay the diagnosis. I'm certain that was the case with me.

[crystal8080]

Originally Posted by LordranBound

The only effect a high IQ has had for me is to delay my diagnosis until I was well into my thirties.... :/

[Fortune]

Originally Posted by spunkysmum

Anybody who insists that can't be very bright themselves, if you ask me.

That's kind of like the people who assume that children with high IQs don't need parental or teacher guidance, or education that is tailored to their needs/learning style.

I don't know how it would be indicative of how intelligent someone is. It seems to me that ego does not correlate directly or inversely with intelligence at all.

I suspect it has more to do with both finding some coping strategies that work for them and a degree of universalizing their experiences to others.

Originally Posted by spunkysmum

I'm sure having a high IQ does mitigate the affects of ADHD in some areas, to some extent, for some people. But you're right that it does often delay the diagnosis. I'm certain that was the case with me.

I don't think it mitigates. The problem is that no matter how intelligent you are, the ability to implement and sustain coping strategies requires executive function.

[MrJohn]

If it had said otherwise, I would have questioned the validity of the test.
After struggling through life for many years I was rather surprised at the results of my first IQ test which said I really wasn't dumb. So then I spent another 45 years trying to figure out why I could never accomplish anything.
Of course the higher IQ doesn't help much except to be knowledgable about the things you shoul do but don't.

[Conman]

we may have higher IQs, but we just dont care haha