From gifted to extremely average reasoning

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I should also mention that I wasn't the only one, but the fastest one.
And that the screen was sort of broken (It was darker than usual screens, so you couldn't really see a whole lot).
I'm gonna talk with my psychologist in 2 weeks about this.

I feel the same, I'm even sure I lost many talents by growing up depressed for a very long time.

For me the things that have most likely lead to any decline are as follows- 1: Learning difficulty not being picked up on. 2: Little mental stimulation between the ages of 18 and 39 .


More limiting potential than decline- not going to university where 3 years there can increase IQ by 3-15 points .

What if I'm 16 now?

I was a high school dropout at 17, but I picked up what I wanted at the library, and was invited to lecture to graduating engineers when I was about 40. I think that your main challenge these days, apart from the world crises, is to resist all the distractions on line, and take advantage of the real education there. I certainly would not borrow a single dollar for school.

Stress can affect your test scores.

Also one of the problems in testing is which answer to select. Do you select the right answer or the answer that is accepted by society as being correct?

If you live in a world where people are taught that 1+1=3, but you know deep down inside that 1+1=2; which answer do you put down?

Also some questions are worded so that there are multiple answers that are correct. Most NT's just make assumptions and arrive at a quick answer. So which do you chose?

Written test are a bit of a guessing game. You have to figure out how to interpret the question from an NT frame of mind.

All those mental and neurological conditions can definitely impact your ability to do well on IQ tests.

I was also tested in the gifted range, my mom had me tested before I was 3, is that even a thing? Lol

But I've had undiagnosed and misdiagnosed epilepsy my entire life. I have memories of seizures since less than 1 year old. And what my mind tells me after receiving some help is that intelligence is not this standard thing. Intelligence is vast. As Max Tegmark says, we are the universe waking up to itself. I would stick with your original gifted IQ score, as that's probably when your mind was most calm. (From hearing about your neuro issues later on in life)
I also think that the mind is sort of malleable, your problem solving skills should actually get greater as you age.
Best of luck

1. verbal - in several high IQ societies
2 . numerical - high average
3. spatial- borderline