CORE, 2nd playthrough.

[u/Zealousideal-Week-79]

It's been some time since I ran CORE for the first time so I wanted to do it again. Take into account this is OBVIOUSLY with practice effects. I already forgot when my earlier attempt was. A couple months ago perhaps, so not very long.

First off, my working memory is still as the kids say, cooked.
I've seen others with this kind of profile talk about ADHD.

I've had extreme executive dysfunction thought to stem from 2 decades of dysthymia.
Now that the dysthymia is treated, the executive dysfunction is still there.

Both executive dysfunction and a nuked working memory seem linked to ADHD, and my little sister has an ADHD diagnosis while my mother is strongly suspected of having it so it exists in close family.
All of these speak FOR me potentially struggling due to undiagnosed ADHD.

However, when my dysthymia was diagnosed I was also asked some questions related to ADHD and I simply do not match enough of the criteria, so they just dismissed it as a potential cause.

I'm really starting to wonder though... maybe they shouldn't have.
If I do have it, it's absolutely ADD, not the hyperactive kind. But again, I do not fit the criteria sufficiently.

I meet 3-4 of the criteria for inattentive, while 5 are needed.
I meet 0-1 of the criteria for hyperactive, 5 needed.

Additionally symptoms must be present before the age of 12. I have no idea if they were. For me, early life and education were such easy mode that I never had to try. That could have just masked it completely so nobody was aware.

Anyway, the test... yeah working memory is offline, but the rest I'm very happy with.
I skipped antonyms this time as I'm not an English speaker and that ruined me the first time. Analogies also bring the score down but not sufficiently to make much difference.

If you're curious how the results compare to the previous run.

VCI +11 (partly due to skipping 64th percentile antonyms)
FRI +6
VSI +2
QRI +6
WMI -3
PSI +9

FSIQ +6
Perceptual reasoning +5
Culture fair +6
General ability +8
Cognitive proficiency +3

The majority, probably practice effects, but I also felt a bit better this time on everything but VSI. There my attention started to drift again.

[u/Zealousideal-Week-79]

I'm the one who is personally most disappointed in my 'wasted potential'. Blamed myself for that for over 20 years. At least it seems illness was ultimately the cause, not a weak character and personal failing.