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most classical ADHD people I’ve met were slightly/very above average IQ types regardless of their symptoms, so my instinct would be told be that the effect may
by mrkstu 2y ago
most classical ADHD people I’ve met were slightly/very above average IQ types regardless of their symptoms, so my instinct would be told be that the effect may be even more pronounced- they’d probably have to do some controlling via something like looking at PSATs to get a before/after.
- viraptor 2y agoThere are studies on that topic and no, IQ turns out just slightly lower than typical for ADHD. Sorry, no link at hand, but maybe someone else has it. Edit: here it is - https://youtu.be/4_BIaLhdkrw https://youtu.be/4_BIaLhdkrw which discusses https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-019-00125-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-019-00125-x
- ianbutler 2y agohttps://www.adhdevidence.org/blog/smart-people-can-have-adhd-too https://www.adhdevidence.org/blog/smart-people-can-have-adhd... I'll edit this to say ADHD exhibits across the IQ spectrum. Smart people cope better and it makes it difficult for diagnosis.