I took a Weschler intelligence scale for children (4th edition) like seven or so years ago. I would have been eleven. I scored 140ish on Verbal Comprehension. I scored 120-130 on the perceptual reasoning index. I scored maybe 110 on the working memory index. I scored about 90 on the processing speed index. This part of the test is largely attention based and the psychiatrist noted "no significant attention divergence" in her notes. I was diagnosed with ADHD last July. I was wondering if this might explain the massive discrepancies between the scores.

I was always super ahead in school. Reading at collegiate level by fourth grade or so. I wasn't super interested in math but could pick it up really quick. Looking back, it's clear as day that I have ADHD. Now I'm in college, I feel like I'm retarded. I'm medicated now and it helps a lot but I still don't feel like my thoughts are mediated. I've read as much as I can but my knowledge of ADHD is superficial at best. If someone can help me cope or understand this thing, I would be very grateful. I've been athletic in the past, but never could afford to make anything of it. My entire life has hinged on my intelligence but now I feel like that's slipping away from me. I really don't know what to do about it. If I'm interested, I can learn instantly and I know that I'm intelligent. I haven't met a difficult concept yet, though I'm sure there are some I wouldn't be able to grasp.

I'm sure this seems fairly disjointed and unclear. Kinda the point.

Tl;dr. I have ADHD and am smart but can't be smart because of ADHD unless I'm interested. I think so at least. RIP