Take the check
This is Part A of the WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) — the six questions that best predict ADHD. It's designed for adults, and asks about the last six months.
Free adult ADHD self-check
6 questions · about 2 minutes · no sign-up, nothing stored
What your score means
The ASRS counts how many answers fall in a 'shaded' range (the frequency that matters for each question), out of six.
- 0–3 marked — below the screening threshold. Your answers don't point strongly to ADHD. If you're still struggling with focus, it's worth looking at sleep, stress and anxiety.
- 4–6 marked — at or above the threshold. Symptoms consistent with adult ADHD. A full assessment could genuinely be worthwhile.
What actually helps with focus and ADHD traits
Whether or not it turns out to be ADHD, these help with the day-to-day:
- Externalise everything. Don't trust your memory — trust lists, alarms, calendars and visible notes. An ADHD brain manages far better with the load outside its head.
- Shrink the start. The hardest part is beginning. Make the first step absurdly small — 'open the doc', 'put on shoes' — and momentum usually follows.
- Body-double hard tasks. Working alongside someone else, even on a video call, borrows their focus for the tasks you keep avoiding.
- Protect sleep and movement. Both regulate attention more than most people realise. Sleep debt mimics and worsens ADHD symptoms.
- Be specific about what's hard. Taking that detail to an assessment — which situations, since when — makes the conversation far more useful.
When self-help isn't enough
Strategies help you cope, but they don't answer the question of whether this is ADHD. If focus, follow-through and restlessness have been a lifelong pattern that's genuinely holding back your studies, work or relationships, a proper assessment is worth it — it opens the door to the right support, which for ADHD can include approaches that strategies alone can't replace. A counselling conversation is a good first step to work out whether and where to seek that assessment.
Talking to someone about it
A Lume Live session is a confidential 1:1 conversation with Sachin Bajaj, who holds an M.Sc in Clinical Psychology (Gurugram University) and a PGDGC from Jamia Millia Islamia. Sessions are ₹499 for 45 minutes, with your first at ₹249 using code FIRST50 — priced so that finding out whether it helps doesn't require asking anyone for money.
Nothing is shared with your parents, school, college or employer, and you can book using a first name only. For most people that matters more than the price.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this test free and private?
Completely. No sign-up, no email, no payment. Your answers aren't stored, sent or seen by anyone — they stay in your browser for the length of the check and are gone when you close the tab.
Does this diagnose ADHD?
No. The ASRS is a screener, not a diagnostic tool. A positive result means a full assessment by a qualified professional is worth pursuing — it doesn't confirm ADHD on its own.
What is the ASRS?
The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) was developed with the World Health Organisation. Part A, used here, is the six questions that most strongly predict ADHD in adults.
I've had this my whole life — does that matter?
Yes, a lot. ADHD is a lifelong, early-onset pattern, not something that appears suddenly in adulthood. A long history of these traits makes a full assessment more worthwhile.
Is it anonymous?
Yes. No name, email or phone number to take it, and nothing recorded. If you later book a session, a first name is enough.