ADHD Assessment – New Eltham & Blackfen Medical Centre

AQ50 Form

Please complete your personal details below:

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For each statement below, choose one response that best describes how strongly that statement applies to you:

1. I prefer to do things with others, rather than on my own.
2. I prefer to do things the same way over and over again
3. If I try to imagine something, I find it very easy to create a picture in my mind
4. I frequently get so strongly absorbed in one thing that I lose sight of other things
5. I often notice small sounds when others do not
6. I usually notice car number plates or similar strings of information
7. Other people frequently tell me that what I’ve said is impolite, even though I think it is polite
8. When I’m reading a story, I can easily imagine what the characters might look like
9. I am fascinated by dates
10. In a social group, I can easily keep track of several different people’s conversations
11. I find social situations easy
12. I tend to notice details that others do not
13. I would rather go to a library than to a party
14. I find making up stories easy
15. I find myself drawn more strongly to people than to things
16. I tend to have very strong interests, which I get upset about if I can’t pursue
17. I enjoy social chitchat
18. When I talk, it isn’t always easy for others to get a word in edgewise
19. I am fascinated by numbers
20. When I’m reading a story, I find it difficult to work out the characters’ intentions
21. I don’t particularly enjoy reading fiction
22. I find it hard to make new friends
23. I notice patterns in things all the time
24. I would rather go to the theatre than to a museum
25. It does not upset me if my daily routine is disturbed
26. I frequently find that I don’t know how to keep a conversation going
27. I find it easy to ‘read between the lines’ when someone is talking to me
28. I usually concentrate more on the whole picture, rather than on the small details
29. I am not very good at remembering phone numbers
30. I don’t usually notice small changes in a situation or a person’s appearance
31. I don’t know how to tell if someone listening to me is getting bored
32. I find it easy to do more than one thing at once
33. When I talk on the phone, I’m not sure when it’s my turn to speak
34. I enjoy doing things spontaneously
35. I am often the last to understand the point of a joke
36. I find it easy to work out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their face
37. If there is an interruption, I can switch back to what I was doing very quickly
38. I am good at social chitchat
39. People often tell me that I keep going on and on about the same thing
40. When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children
41. I like to collect information about categories of things (e.g. types of cars, birds, trains, plants)
42. I find it difficult to imagine what it would be like to be someone else
43. I like to carefully plan any activities I participate in
44. I enjoy social occasions
45. I find it difficult to work out people’s intentions
46. New situations make me anxious
47. I enjoy meeting new people
48. I am a good diplomat
49. I am not very good at remembering people’s date of birth
50. I find it very easy to play games with children that involve pretending
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