ADHD strenths and weakness | ADHD Information

I just wanted to ask anyone if they know where our mental strengths and weaknesses are? I am good at creativity and stuff but maths and stuff are kinda sh*tty for me. I done an online iq test and scored crap in it. Now I think i'm stupid and i feel bad! Things like that affect how i perseive myself but one interesting part of it was my worst score was with short term memory which is consistent with adhd i think? Where do people with adhd have the best intelligence because right now I think of myself as very dumb and I don't like that!Hey bud - stop that negative stuff right now!  (do I sound like a mom or what?    Sorry about that!) 

Anyway - I think all kids, adhd or otherwise, are different and have different gifts.   IQ tests are meaningless unless properly given, so stop taking those ones that are online.

Creativity is a wonderful gift!  Walt Disney is an example for you.  He was fired from a newspaper job because the editor said he didn't have any good ideas.  As far as math, Albert Einstein flunked 8th grade math and he came up with a mathematical explanation for the universe.  It's not because he was good or bad at math, it was because he was an innovative thinker and wasn't afraid of having an original thought enter his head!  And then he wrote it down, got laughed at and ridiculed.  Now he is one of the most respected scientists in history.

I know folks who are geniouses from an intellectual level but can't challenge themselves to think outside the box.  They have done very little of value with thier lives.  On the other hand, I know folks who aren't the sharpest, but they are creative and think abstractly - they have great imaginations, and they use them!  THOSE people are making a difference.  THOSE people are finding ways to help others and improve their own life and the lives of people willing to listen to them.  Let's see ....Genius who does nothing, or non genius who is an innovator.  Not a hard choice if you ask me.

Have you ever heard of a guy named 'Daddy Bruce'?  He started in Little Rock, Arkansas, feeding homeless people.  They guy could hardly string 5 words together to make a coherent sentence, yet thousands of people have been fed due to his efforts.  Even though he passed away several years ago, his work continues because he was innovative enough, and empathetic enough to change the lives of those around him.

Intelligence shouldn't be measured by just your IQ.  It should be measured by your ability and willingness to change the world around you.  Forget what you aren't 'good' at, and expound on your strengths!  Look for them within yourself and stop beating yourself on the areas you don't excel.

You are NOT dumb!  And you are already helping others on this board find ways to improve the lives of their children.  You think that is worthless?  Think again buster!  My sons smile lifts my heart and lets me continue with the struggle of living each day.  Thats making a difference.  You are awesome and awe inspiring!

I would take it easy on yourself....I have the same prob as y ou...my sis who posted about her daughter on my name...she has these prob...I tell her to look at the bright side....lol...she never listens...she calls herself dumb...and yes I will admit that I call myself stupid or dumb if I don't do something right for someone I get hard on myself....don't get hard on yourself...lol...your a great person and god made you for who u are and he has no reggrets at all....you are child of god because he made u wat you are and no one or anything can take that away from you rem that...anyways take care...and take it easy on yourself,.....you are a good person...:)

Love Neldy

thanks lads...that makes me feel better........i feel a lot better today though....yeah i prob do have a gift.....i wish...lol.....mayb in a few years time i'll know what causes tornadoes since that is what i've loved since i was 10.!

Q!! DO you like art? Maybe just maybe that's what your best in, i mean try with all your hardest to you know, pass it and things. I'm the same way! I love art, I do it more often than I should. Most of the time, when I get depressed. i write poems...Some I would post on here but people might get the wrong ideas... But when I'm not even in the right mood, I move my pencil or ink pen around just to see what comes up! But try different things, and you'll find your flow!