Thanks! And yeah, my reaction to stimulants is abnormal: energy drink = relaxed (i still like them tho), something warm like coffee puts me out like a light. Had a childhood ADHD diagnosis but any/all medical records from back then might as well not exist.
yeah, and I’m not familiar with whether the ASD matches the postural issues linked in the articles you shared - sounds more like ADHD than ASD. Interesting!
It’s more ambiguous in my case, I can’t tell whether I have ASD or ADHD or both, lol
70% of people with ASD have ADHD, and it’s suspected that the same mechanisms are at play with the conditions. Pathology is heavily centered on treatments for what’s deemed necessary for us “function” in society. While not without uses, it’s a limited way of viewing psychological differences
I think it’s pretty complicated, as I understand it some people with ASD diagnosed with ADHD are misdiagnosed or rather their ASD is likely responsible for the ADHD symptoms and their brains don’t respond to medication like others with ADHD do. I’ve been trying to read more about AuDHD and neurodiversity to understand how these two are connected, that’s when I found this article:
It’s pretty much about this overlap and what we should think about the common dual diagnosis.
I think I might have some relatively mild traits of both ASD and ADHD, so part of this is to try to help understand myself, but I’m also rather wary of self-diagnosis (and also, currently, unwilling to get an official diagnosis as Zorsith points out due to the political situation).
EDIT: if you have any resources or book recommendations, please send them my way🙏
ASD and ADHD both feel like a dangerous diagnosis to have on record with Mr Brainworms in play. Its fucked up that our existence can be politicized and used against us 😐
Still, its causing me a great deal more stress and depression to not deal with it. Id like to actually be able to start things in my life, and not just passively exist. Actually play my steam catalog on the pc i just built instead of just watching youtube and anime
Thanks! And yeah, my reaction to stimulants is abnormal: energy drink = relaxed (i still like them tho), something warm like coffee puts me out like a light. Had a childhood ADHD diagnosis but any/all medical records from back then might as well not exist.
yeah, and I’m not familiar with whether the ASD matches the postural issues linked in the articles you shared - sounds more like ADHD than ASD. Interesting!
It’s more ambiguous in my case, I can’t tell whether I have ASD or ADHD or both, lol
70% of people with ASD have ADHD, and it’s suspected that the same mechanisms are at play with the conditions. Pathology is heavily centered on treatments for what’s deemed necessary for us “function” in society. While not without uses, it’s a limited way of viewing psychological differences
I think it’s pretty complicated, as I understand it some people with ASD diagnosed with ADHD are misdiagnosed or rather their ASD is likely responsible for the ADHD symptoms and their brains don’t respond to medication like others with ADHD do. I’ve been trying to read more about AuDHD and neurodiversity to understand how these two are connected, that’s when I found this article:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.837424/full
It’s pretty much about this overlap and what we should think about the common dual diagnosis.
I think I might have some relatively mild traits of both ASD and ADHD, so part of this is to try to help understand myself, but I’m also rather wary of self-diagnosis (and also, currently, unwilling to get an official diagnosis as Zorsith points out due to the political situation).
EDIT: if you have any resources or book recommendations, please send them my way🙏
ASD and ADHD both feel like a dangerous diagnosis to have on record with Mr Brainworms in play. Its fucked up that our existence can be politicized and used against us 😐
Still, its causing me a great deal more stress and depression to not deal with it. Id like to actually be able to start things in my life, and not just passively exist. Actually play my steam catalog on the pc i just built instead of just watching youtube and anime