Someday soon I should do an IQ test. I might have a high IQ (I have a crazy, swirling head.) But sometimes people with low IQ’s think they are smart… 🤔
Some characteristics about me that might mean I am smart:
- Math — As a teenager, I won a state-wide math competition (best math head in the state). Another lesser thing — I’ve been recently playing a worldwide sudoku tournament on my phone (a mathy game), and the stats say that, on average, I complete a sudoku puzzle faster than 98% of the other players.
- Engineer — I have a problem-solving ‘engineer head’ which allows me to look at something, understand how it works, and fix it (if needed) or improve it. I also use my head to build interesting things — like crazy elaborate Halloween decorations.
- Music — Weird thing about me, but — I know the words to thousands and thousands of songs, even songs from my childhood, and can sing along with these songs for hours while doing other things (like writing something like this).
- ADHD — One of my children got diagnosed with ADHD, and is taking medication for it. I have many characteristics of ADHD but, when I was tested for it, they said I was too functional — so I must not have it. BUT, maybe a ‘smart person’ can sufficiently function if they have ADHD. (This also makes me wonder that, if I took ADHD meds, maybe I’d be extra capable…?)
So, my two paths forwards are:
- Get an IQ test
- Talk with my neurologist about the possibility that I have ADHD, might be too smart to have it diagnosed, but could potentially benefit from taking ADHD meds