ADHD Self-Assessment Test
Answer these questions according to how you have felt MOST of your life. Not how you are feeling just today.
**Please be aware that this quiz is intended as an educational tool and does not diagnose any type of health or mental health condition. Please read more about ADHD symptoms and evaluations for information on how we test and diagnose adults.**
At home, work, or school, I find my mind wandering from tasks that are uninteresting or difficult.
I find it difficult to read written material unless it is very interesting or very easy.
Especially in groups, I find it hard to stay focused on what is being said in conversations.
I have a quick temper … a short fuse.
I am irritable, and get upset by minor annoyances.
I say things without thinking, and later regret having said them.
I make quick decisions without thinking enough about the possible bad results.
My relationships with people are made difficult by my tendency to talk first and think later.
My moods have highs and lows.
I have trouble planning in what order to do a series of tasks or activities.
I seem to be thin skinned and many things upset me.
I almost always am on the go.
I am more comfortable when moving than when sitting still.
In conversations, I start to answer questions before the questions have been fully asked.
I usually work on more than one project at a time, and fail to finish many of them.
There is a lot of “static” or “chatter” in my head.
Even when sitting quietly, I am usually moving my hands or feet.
In group activities, it is hard for me to wait my turn.
My mind gets so cluttered that it is hard for it to function.
My thoughts bounce around as if my mind were a pinball machine.
My brain feels as if it were a television set with all the channels going at once.
I am unable to stop daydreaming.
I am distressed by the disorganized way my brain works.
