INTP (Introverted, Intuition, Thinking, Perception) is the rarest type, making up to 5% of the total population among the other sixteen personality types.
INTPs (INTP 6w7, INTP 7w8) are called ‘The Thinker’ or ‘The Logicians’ because of their reserved, thoughtful, and unfocused behavior. They are also referred to as quiet people by others and have a rich inner world full of rational ideas and imagination.
People with INTP personalities are often diagnosed with ADHD. It is a disorder diagnosed primarily in children.
INTPs with ADHD have some significant personality problems that hinder their way to success. Let’s have a deep understanding of INTPs with ADHD.
What is ADHD?
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder diagnosed in children and adults. It is proved that one-third to one-half of people with ADHD have consistent symptoms in adulthood.
In this condition, patients struggle to concentrate on tasks and sometimes show excessive impulsive or active behavior. According to research, it is a heritable disorder.
Some symptoms of ADHD are the following:
- Extra physical movement. They can’t sit still.
- Forget and lose things a lot.
- Interrupt conversations and talk unnecessarily.
- Struggle to focus on tasks and act without thinking.
This disorder causes poor performance in exams, lack of self-esteem or motivation, unemployment, substance use, and marital conflicts. These people are more likely to go into depression.
What’s it like to have an INTP with ADHD personality?
A large fraction of INTPs is diagnosed as having ADHD disease. They have absorbed and absent-minded personalities.
Therefore, when declared INTPs with ADHD, their inattentive behavior affects their social and academic lives.
For these people, their lives are just a mixture of extreme boredom and hyper-focus. They struggle to participate in small talk, don’t able to concentrate, daydream a lot, hate their schools, and always find themselves in the cage of boredom.
In their hyper-focus phase, INTPs become wildly impulsive as they utter comments about others without thinking, use more physical movements, etc.
Types of INTP with ADHD personality type
There are three main types of INTPs with ADHD. These types are the following:
- Hyperactive-impulsive type
- Inattentive type
- Combined type
● Hyperactive-impulsive type
In this condition, INTPs with ADHD experience a lot of physical movements, fidgeting, and hyper-focusing. They indulge themselves in many activities according to their interests and crazily work day & night to complete their projects with great focus.
For some INTPs, this hyperactive-impulsive type is beneficial since it boosts their focus, and they can successfully and constantly concentrate on their projects.
But mostly, for INTPs with ADHD, life becomes a trouble as they unconsciously suffer and act in a way that makes them despicable.
Symptoms:
Their symptoms of negative hyperactivity are the following:
- They can’t sit still, move their legs or arms, and without realizing sway their hands in their hair all the time.
- Act, decide, and talk without thinking and are more likely to judge others.
- Talk a lot, are impatient, and sometimes utter inappropriate comments about others.
- Unintentionally interrupt others’ conversations and cut them amid their discussion.
- They are most likely involved in accidents or injuries due to their hyperactive and enthusiastic nature.
● Inattentive type
Most INTPs are recognized as having ADHD with an inattentive type. And no doubt the life of INTPs becomes more difficult in this condition.
Since INTPs like INTP 4w3s are famous for having disconnected and engrossing personalities, due to ADHD, this state becomes more prominent, and they struggle to keep themselves in the present.
Symptoms
The most prominent symptoms of hyper inattentive INTPs with ADHD are the following:
- They struggle to fully concentrate on their tasks and strive to stick with one project for a long time.
- Due to their introverted thinking, INTPs daydream a lot. Sometimes they are so distracted that they start one thing and end up doing something else.
- They easily get bored, and this habit causes many troubles for them because they find no interest in their projects, struggle to read lengthy books, etc.
- INTPs with ADHD dislike small talk and often don’t hear what others are talking about because of their distracting thoughts.
- They forget their daily tasks like combing their hair, doing homework, going to appointments, etc. These people are among those who often lose their things like notebooks, glasses, keys, wallets, etc.
- INTPs value perfection in their work similar to INTP 3w4s who are overly perfectionists, but their disorder makes them procrastinators. Therefore, they struggle to meet deadlines and, after completing projects, mostly regret that they can do better if they control their procrastination.
- These people have poor time management skills, fail to plan, and are highly disorganized.
Combined type
In combined type, INTPs with ADHD have both the characteristics of hyperactive and inattentive types. Sometimes they show hyperactivity in their daily routine tasks and achieve goals by using their intellect and power of focus.
But some days are a nightmare for them when they behave like paralyzed people and find it hard to concentrate on anything. Their minds circle from one thought to another thought which exhausted them mentally.
INTPs with ADHD in combined type suffer to create a balance between their hyperactive and distracted personalities.
Are INTPs and ADHD related to each other?
Since INTPs are intelligent and have a rich or complex inner world of imagination, they are sometimes mistakenly assumed to have ADHD.
Their distracted and unfocused personalities make others believe something is wrong with them that needs to be fixed. But there is not a single scientific proof that claims that INTPs naturally have ADHD or are prone to having ADHD.
INTPs like to engross themselves in their world of thoughts, struggle hard to focus on one thing, and get bored quickly. It simply does not predict that they have ADHD. The reason is that INTPs need challenging and interesting things in their lives.
Projects or tasks they are passionate about and that challenge their minds work like a magical pill for them. INTPs have ADHD, but while predicting their disorder, one should not consider their instinctive qualities.
How to cope with INTP with ADHD?
Scientifically, two methods help to combat this mental disease (ADHD). These methods are the following:
● Therapy:
Children with INTP and ADHD are generally recommended to take therapy. Having regular therapy sessions has a positive impact on patients. The involvement of parents and school also plays a huge role in the recovery of children.
● Medication:
ADHD medication is prescribed to the majority of adults with INTP personalities. The kind of medicines and the amount of dosage depend entirely on the patient’s condition.
Some other effectual ways for INTPs to recover are the following:
● Remove distractions
To fight with ADHD, INTPs should practice eliminating distractions from their workplace. Make their work-station screen-free area, set everything according to their interest, and work on the things or projects that make them excited.
● Adopt healthy habits
INTPs with ADHD should indulge themselves in healthy activities for their daily routine. Start journaling, yoga, meditation, and exercise that calms your hyper-ness and releases stress.
They should learn skills and choose careers according to their passion and interest. Use planning tools and try to become an organized person.
● Make healthy choices
One of the most useful tips for INTPs with ADHD is the skill to make beneficial choices in their lives. They should surround themselves with supportive friends, family members, partners, etc. Because this is what people with ADHD want the most.
Learn to invest in yourself. Take counseling classes on time management skills, marital relationships, and planning. Fix their sleep cycle and build the habit of daily workouts.
Results of untreated ADHD with INTP
In most cases, ADHD in INTPs is rarely diagnosed during childhood. Therefore, when these kids reach adulthood, they suffer a lot. This disorder in INTPs causes deadly effects. Their academic, social, financial, and psychological health is greatly affected by ADHD.
That’s why INTPs with ADHD are prone to substance use, anxiety, depression, etc. They suffer from unemployment, marital conflicts, divorce issues, and academic failures.
Conclusion
ADHD is a deadly psychological disease. INTPs and other people with ADHD face difficulties and impossible challenges when trying to cure it. But with an earlier diagnosis, proper medication, therapy, and education, we can reduce or control its drastic effects.
Mariam is a freelance writer, has an educational background in English literature. She loves to read books about complexities of human relationships. She’s passionate about sharing knowledge related to psychology and self-improvement with others.
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