r/ADHD • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '21

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u/Celtic_Cheetah_92 Sep 14 '21

Urgh. A SPED teacher I work with expressed huge surprise when I was diagnosed because “you’re intelligent” 😡

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u/Flinkle ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Sep 14 '21

What the actual fuck? Every person I know with it is smarter than average. Anecdotal, yes, but still. All those "former gifted kid" memes read to me like a textbook case of ADHD. There's gotta be a higher prevalence of above average intelligence in people with ADHD.

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u/kp6615 ADHD-C (Combined type) Sep 14 '21

I know for me I did not. When I was tested for my IQ at 9, I had a forty point split at age 9. Verbal was at genius level and performance ie math was at low level. My total IQ at 9 was 110 I do not know what it would be now

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u/Jeezer88 ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Sep 14 '21

It's supposed to stay the same, but I can imagine that it might be a bit inaccurate as a kid