This ADHD test or ADHD screening quiz is used to help determine if you might benefit from seeking out professional help for attention deficit disorder as an adult. It is based upon the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Symptom Checklist, but adapted for online use. We also have a slightly longer ADD quiz, if you prefer. This ADHD quiz takes less than a minute to complete and you'll be provided with an instant score.

 

Instructions: Please answer the questions below, rating yourself on each of the criteria shown using the scale below each question. As you answer each question, choose the answer that best describes how you have felt and conducted yourself over the past 6 months.

I am a year old Female / Male

1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

5. How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

 

 

Adapted from the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Symptom Checklist, which was developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Workgroup on Adult ADHD that included the following team of psychiatrists and researchers: Lenard Adler, MD Ronald C. Kessler, PhD and Thomas Spencer, MD. Copyright © World Health Organization. For personal use only; other use may be prohibited by law. Used here with permission. The sponsor did not have any influence on the questions, algorithm or diagnostic outcome of the quiz.
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Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 13 Oct 2011
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