The last official IQ test I had, was 7 years ago. My IQ was 6 points lower than in college. I had an IQ test in the 3rd grade, and It was 13 points lower than in college. They say poverty subtracts about 13 points from your IQ. I’m sure mine is lower now. You’re still in the average range and it’s probably due to your condition.
That’s within the average range of 90 to 110. You’re fine. No worries
I took an iq test once and got a 120 something because I failed all the math. I can’t do math for the life of me. was never a good student in school either. the test was part of a 3 hour neuropsych exam. I read all the time though so I think I am an intelligent person who just can’t do math. I’m still counting on my fingers lol. I’m reading war and peace and just finished a biography of Gandhi. then its off to The Idiot and The Dispossessed which is an anarchist psyfi novel. at the state hospital they found out about this iq test I took in my early 20s and latched onto it saying I wasn’t smart enough to understand anything. I was surrounded by books for gods sake.
When I was a kid my teachers complained all I did was stare out the window and wouldn’t do my work. They thought I was slow so they tested my IQ and it was 130. My memory skills were off the charts. I had poor verbal skills or my IQ would have been higher. The reason I didn’t pay attention in class is because I could remember everything. I thought doing the work was a waste of my time. One glance at a 16 digit credit card and I had it memorized.
I was a talented artist and could draw anything from memory. My teacher was entering my drawings in contests at the local collage. In high school I started smoking weed heavy and my IQ was dropping. Last time I had it tested after getting schiz and it dropped to 105.
I get pretty down on myself for not being at sharp as I was. I was very quick witted as a kid. I’m not dumb but I don’t feel half as smart as I use to be. My memory is like swiss cheese. I don’t know if it was the drugs or what. I feel like I was given a gift and I wasted it.
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In high school/community college I took a fake online IQ test and cheated on it and scored 140. I told everyone my IQ was 140 and some people even believed it. Looking back, I feel stupid about lying and thinking I was smarter than I really was.
Turns out I’m around that but schizophrenia dropped it substanitally. I don’t know. I know for sure it’s above 100 points, but can’t shower, brush teeth, get a girlfriend, cook, do laundry (most of the time), and work.
My brother’s IQ is probably lower than mine and I estimate my mom’s IQ to be 80 or something. My dad is probably 110-115.
I always told myself that I rather have a low IQ and be happier and be a farmer or some ■■■■ and work hard and not feel suicidal about life due to questioning reality constantly and being ignored and written off. Truth is, I’m not popular and never was. I’m pretty unpopular here and especially in life.
I honestly estimate my IQ to be around 120 but it would depend on how I feel and how I’m doing psychologically.
A lot of this is based on intuition and psychic abilities.
I never took a real IQ test due to money and because of hurdles and hoops I would have to jump through to get one. It wouldn’t even be that accurate.
I read War and Peace in fifth grade. It’s probably something worth revisiting as I don’t remember much. I was reading out of my weight class. That’s potentially why I don’t remember much or just forgot.
It can be inaccurate especially for mentally ill patients. I did well above average in math + spatial tests and average in other areas but I stay in bed all day everyday due to sz negative symptoms. My psychiatrist and therapist said that I am wasting my intelligence. I dont think you can apply IQ tests to people with mental illness especially severe negative symptoms from sz or from depression.
I have a university degree in physiotherapy, got it after sz, and now I stay in bed all day everyday.
i think you’re right aziz. i definitely agree. I don’t know the facts per se but I know for me sometimes I outperform some days. Early on in my illness I had a weird reaction to meds where I memorized streets from my house forwards and backwards to the mental hospital for over 2 weeks and over 100 digits of pi maybe 500 digits (can’t remember). Sometimes, I cannot even remember simple birthdays or phone numbers or people’s names or streets. It all depends on the feelings and mood. I’d imagine during that period, I would have aced the rote memorization part and now I would have scored below average to average.
I also had a strange reaction to energy drinks and marijuana like weird side effects. When I smoked pot 9 years ago, I started getting more creative and thinking outside the box. Unfortunately, it resulted in schizophrenia. I even stopped the monsters for a week or two. I also felt better some ways but that was different.
With the energy drinks, I noticed past life delusions really bad and adhd med benefits. Unfortuantely, the long term effects are personality changes and memory loss due to whatever and dehydration. When I drink water, my memory and mood feels better and when I drink less drinks. I self-sabotage and stuff because of the power of addiction and lack of willpower.
It’s a strong “drug” for me since I lack any free will currently and it’s my coping mechanism and self-medication right now.
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Why dont you switch to tea? It has much less caffeine.
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self-sabotage and coping mechanism. I like the bubbles and flavor. I’m addicted. It’s also a habit and activity for me and I got nothing to do. One therapist said it’s because I’m depressed and it uplifts my mood.
Today, I even felt my neurons fire and a euphoric mood lol.
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I get you, I am the same, I vape strong nicotine salts 40mg/mL 24/7. I cant stop as I have nothing else to do, I would sleep all day like I did before if I stopped.
most people (normal people) don’t believe in past lives and even the folks that believe in reincarnation who are Buddhist or even Hindu have a different understanding than me. Personally, I think energy drinks are causing a lot of problems for me. Like I’m tapping into ‘past lives’ or altered states of consciousness like it’s a poison sort of like tangential thinking and disturbance of perception and thought. It counters the meds which my family says as well as the doctors. I even notice it. It’s not a popular opinion. Then it speeds up my thinking 5-10 fold (I’m naturally out of energy and a slow thinker). Maybe I got some mild bipolar too lol.
I often think of the image of the spider web with the spider on caffeine – poison.
Knowing this, a logical person would quit it, but I cannot. It’s like I’m stuck in this rut or mode of thinking and motion and crap. I think monsters will eventually ruin my life just as well. I can already see it. The other brands are less problematic but still a huge issue.
Then there is the money thing and how I’m perpetually broke.
Last, I often think I have caffeine intoxication or psychosis, which is very, very rare or might not even exist.
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@johnnyboy1 Neuropsychiatric effects of caffeine Study about caffeine and schizophrenia (especially positive symptoms). They even recommend serving only non-caffeinated beverages on psych wards.
As far as IQ I’m decent but mainly verbal (hard to monetize because people don’t read anymore) and have low motivation, so find it difficult to use anyhow.
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Clearly other factors can get in the way of exercising your abilities. But if a very muscular guy got demotivated, would you think he lost his strength?
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I’m below 100 now according to one test. I used to be about 120.
I don’t think this is right. Yes, negative symptoms and depression can affect your scores, but then the IQ scores can still show your actual current functioning. IQ tests are not a competition, they’re primarily meant to reveal cognitive deficits. Such as the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia (although there are more specific test batteries for that).
Are there any iq tests online for free that are legit?
The short answer is no. But you could find one that isn’t way off if your profile otherwise is pretty even.
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I meant IQ tests test cognitive symptoms but not negative symptoms. Like it doesnt test motivation, apathy, sociability, etc I do have cognitive symptoms but I still got an A and A- in math related courses in university, Biomechanics 1&2. I do poorly in labs where you have to touch people like emergency care/paramedic. I dont like being touched or touch ppl. I got A’s in physiology and B’s in anatomy.
That was when I was on Abilify, maybe it has to do with meds as I had less negative symptoms on Abilify?
That is a normal IQ.