Why Has My IQ Declined Over the Years?!
Question: Why Has My IQ Declined Over the Years?
Answers:
I wonder if it is your epilepsy medications. My psychiatrist told me not to even try topamax, because I wouldn't put up with it. She said patients call it dopamax or stupidmax. I did try deoakote and lamictal, and both made me stupider. I got off all meds 11 months ago, and my husband says it's obvious that I'm sharper.
I never do well on those online tests, because I don't care and don't try very hard. Also, for some tests, people take prep classes, so that distorts their scores. So if you prepped a lot for standardized tests when young you scored higher than you should have. If you were an overaciever for your age, I'm sure that would also have distorted things. Are you still learning all the time? Then so what if your IQ has drifted.
Many meds also made me extremely irritable and I could not control my behavior, esp. benzos and sleeping pills. So think hard if that could be part of the problem. The docs said it was my fault or the bipolar or I was borderline, but my husband figured out it was the meds and my temperament is good again.
anyway, I dunno what my IQ is, but I scored in the 98%ile in all 3 categories on the GRE, so it was high at one point.
Going to assume you smoke marijuana...
You just did better on you other test than your latest one. It is not accurate anyway.
Online IQ tests are very faulty.