I pointed out to the doctor that tested me how I could answer many questions as a 1 or a 5 depending on how I interpreted it. For example, "have problems with being on time." I could say never or almost never, or I could say the overwhelming fear of losing track of time and being late ensures I'll do nothing beforehand and leave way too early out of boredom/anxiety.

In the end I put 5 because what they're looking for is if you've struggled with these problems for your whole life. Learning and implementing coping mechanisms isn't an argument against that struggle, it's evidence for it.

But for what it's worth, I answered 1 the first time I took one of those and went 12 more years without getting diagnosed. I think about that a lot.