The ADHD Experience Checklist is a purity-test-style adaptation of the Rice Purity Test format applied to common ADHD experiences. It consists of 100 yes-or-no questions about everyday moments that people with ADHD frequently report. Take it the same way you'd take the original test: check the items that apply to you, get a score showing how relatable these experiences are.
Important: this is not a diagnostic tool
Before going further, the most important thing to understand: this checklist is not designed to diagnose ADHD, screen for ADHD, or replace any clinical assessment. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that requires evaluation by a qualified healthcare professional. If you suspect you have ADHD, this checklist is not the right tool — speak to a doctor or licensed mental health professional.
What the checklist is: a culturally accurate inventory of common ADHD experiences, presented in the familiar purity-test format. It's designed to produce moments of recognition ("oh, I do that too") and social bonding within the ADHD community, not to make claims about whether anyone does or doesn't have ADHD.
Why this format works for ADHD content
ADHD content has been one of the most consistently viral categories on TikTok and Instagram throughout the 2020s. Videos about specific ADHD experiences ("ADHD tax," "object permanence with food in the fridge," "rejection sensitive dysphoria") routinely attract hundreds of thousands of views. The community has developed a shared vocabulary for experiences that previously didn't have names.
The Rice Purity Test format is unusually well-suited to this landscape because it produces exactly the kind of recognition-based engagement ADHD content thrives on. A 100-question checklist of "do you do this?" experiences, with a single shareable score at the end, maps perfectly to how the ADHD community already discusses these experiences online.
What questions are included
The checklist covers categories that emerged from real community discussion: time blindness ("opened a tab and forgot what you were looking for within 10 seconds"), object permanence ("forgot food in the fridge until it became a science experiment"), executive function ("had a 'productive' day that consisted entirely of moving items from one to-do list to another"), social and emotional patterns ("rehearsed a phone call multiple times before making it"), and the everyday absurdities of an ADHD brain navigating a neurotypical world.
The questions are written from a place of solidarity rather than clinical distance. They're recognizable to people in the ADHD community because they describe experiences as the community itself actually talks about them, not as textbooks describe them.
How to read your score
Unlike the original Rice Purity Test, the ADHD checklist's scoring works in the opposite direction: a high number of checked items is the relatable result, not the unusual one. A score of 80+ on the ADHD checklist suggests strong recognition of these experiences. A score of 30 or lower suggests these experiences aren't particularly relatable for you, which is itself useful information.
Crucially: a high relatability score doesn't mean you have ADHD, and a low relatability score doesn't mean you don't. ADHD shows up in different ways in different people, and many of the experiences listed are also common in other contexts (anxiety, depression, autism, trauma responses, or just being a person under modern information overload). The checklist is a community-bonding tool, not a diagnostic.
Status: in development
The full 100-question ADHD Experience Checklist is currently in development. It will launch in a future update with its own test interface, score interpretation, and shareable results. The format will follow the same sectioned approach as the classic Rice Purity Test, with categories grouped thematically (executive function, social/emotional, time and memory, etc.).
In the meantime, the classic Rice Purity Test is available as a broader life-experience inventory. If you're interested in ADHD community content specifically, the ADHD content on TikTok and Instagram is currently the best place to find shared experiences and validation of the everyday ADHD brain.