Okay so I've been lurking here for months and I finally have good news to share. Passed my AD exam last Tuesday with a 78, which honestly felt like winning the lottery after bombing it twice before. First attempt I got a 61, second time a 64. I was starting to think I just wasn't cut out for this.
What finally clicked for me was actually slowing down and building a real study guide instead of just highlighting my textbook like a maniac. I spent about 3 weeks going through each domain systematically — probably 2 hours a night after work. The AD practice test questions I found online were honestly the biggest game-changer because the real exam wording is so specific and tricky. Doing timed practice under test conditions helped me stop second-guessing myself.
For anyone struggling with the same sections I was — the pharmacology calculations and the communication/therapeutic relationship stuff — those two alone were like 30% of what tripped me up. Happy to share more exam tips if anyone's prepping right now. You've got this.