Have gotten called intelligent or very smart all my life

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I just think I might be a try hard though and not really iq

Too afraid to take an iq test to confirm or not cause it may disappoint me

Thoughts?

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This is a good one,or so I’m told, if you don’t have a spiky cognitive profile .

https://web.archive.org/web/20100122211331/http://www.cerebrals.com/tests/tri/TRI52.html

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It may be the people around me was just proactively trying to boost my confidence by tell me I’m highly intelligent(ie make me feel better about myself)

I definitely get called stupid from people outside my circle

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Depending on the situation I can go from ‘far more intelligent than the average person’ to ‘Holy melting braincells. You couldn’t get much dumber than him’

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If you feel like taking it, you should. If you don’t do well, you’ll have an excuse because a.p.'s affect your performance.

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At high doses that tends to be true. At the lowest therapeutic dose it’s not so true.

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Agree, I took few IQ test online and got 135 or even slightly higher when on APs

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I’m either the dumbest smart person to ever exist, or the smartest dumb person to ever exist, haha.

Before my diagnosis, my IQ was measured to 126, but my cognitive abilities have since declined, although they are slowly returning.

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Ive always been told I did not apply myself or try. I would do ok in school for a semester then burnout and just couldnt focus or have any energy for studying. Now with meds I realize the hard drive in my head is mest up. My brain only has a little ram that I can store things in.

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I don’t see myself as particularly intelligent but I do have my strengths, like anyone else. I’m decent enough at spelling and grammar and mental math. Can’t do the more visual-spatial pattern-focused tests for the life of me, though, lol.

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My stepdad, the one good one has called me intelligent and articulate.

I think some of the psychiatric personnel I interact have said similar things a few times.

But nobody outside of the internet has given my noggin glowing praise.

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I was called so b4 sz, not anymore now. I had A’s in university b4 sz and now I just stay in bed all day everyday.

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That’s my weak area.

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Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its a its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid.

                                            - Albert Einstein -
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Yea I was never good in philosophy but was much better in science.

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I too haven’t read much philosophy. I think it comes easier once you learn the terminology.

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I read philosophy books that summarize stuff. I didn’t get that far with actual works.

My therapist said he couldn’t get beyond a few paragraphs of actual meat and potatoes works of philosophers.

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Philosophy and religion overtax my brain, I am a science guy.

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I like Albert Einstein quotes.

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I’m intelligent in some areas like art(music, acting) Numbers I’m about average I think, I’m slow at reading but got good memory, and dumb when it comes to practical things like handywork. I guess everybody has their strenghts and weaknesses.