The classic ADHD subtypes — inattentive, hyperactive, combined — are clinically useful but they don't tell you much about how you actually live with the condition. Two people both diagnosed as "combined type" can have wildly different daily lives: one bounces between five hyperfixations a week, the other freezes on a single task for hours. This free ADHD type quiz uses five behavioural questions to place you into one of four ADHD archetypes that describe how your brain shows up at work, not what a clinician would write on a form.
Archetypes are not diagnoses. They're patterns. The Hyperfocus Hurricane gets twelve hours of brilliant work done on the wrong task, then can't start the right one. The Idea Volcano has eighteen open tabs and a notes app full of half-started projects. The Stealth Procrastinator looks productive — busy, even — and somehow never ships the important thing. The Time-Blind Optimist genuinely believes a two-hour task will take twenty minutes, every single time.
The quiz scores your answers across four traits — focus, novelty, structure, energy — and the highest trait determines your archetype. Each result gives you the strengths you can lean on, the specific watch-outs that trip your archetype up most, and three tactical habits that consistently work for that pattern. You also get a curated list of the LemTask free tools most likely to help your archetype get unstuck.
Why archetypes instead of advice columns? Because generic ADHD advice ("just use a planner!") fails when it doesn't match how your specific brain breaks. A Hyperfocus Hurricane needs a hard exit timer, not another planner. An Idea Volcano needs a single-input capture system, not better prioritisation. Matching the strategy to the pattern is how the advice starts working.
Share your result with a friend who'll relate — the quiz is built to be passed around. No signup, no email capture, no data stored on a server: your answers live in your browser only. This isn't a clinical screening tool and doesn't replace assessment by a qualified clinician. If anything in your result resonates strongly and you haven't been formally evaluated, that's a useful signal — talk to a doctor.