Who here is AuDHD? Where you have Autism and ADHD
Anyone, Autistic & also ADHD?
OogieBoogie · F
Potentially, but ive no time to be diagnosed.
I wasnt severe enough when younger for it to be picked up. (Plus i have a savant brother - so in comparison....who would have noticed eh ?🤷♀)
I see it as a gift ....mostly.
I do have social issues at work with some people, (but then i truly feel i do my job well)
My scattered thinking traits are a big part of my creative side and abiltiy to promlem solve.
Plus ive learnt to life hack solutions to when i have difficulties.
The rest of the time i just suck up the chaos and miscommunication that happens with other people.
Im high funtioning.
Its mostly sensory stuff, black and white thinking, time blindness....and i think too fast that i can't physically keep up with my brain....so i lose where im at, or what i was doing.
My son is both.
I come from a family with many members who present variably on the autism spectrum.
Plus....as you can see....im overly wordy. 😅
I like clear communication.
I wasnt severe enough when younger for it to be picked up. (Plus i have a savant brother - so in comparison....who would have noticed eh ?🤷♀)
I see it as a gift ....mostly.
I do have social issues at work with some people, (but then i truly feel i do my job well)
My scattered thinking traits are a big part of my creative side and abiltiy to promlem solve.
Plus ive learnt to life hack solutions to when i have difficulties.
The rest of the time i just suck up the chaos and miscommunication that happens with other people.
Im high funtioning.
Its mostly sensory stuff, black and white thinking, time blindness....and i think too fast that i can't physically keep up with my brain....so i lose where im at, or what i was doing.
My son is both.
I come from a family with many members who present variably on the autism spectrum.
Plus....as you can see....im overly wordy. 😅
I like clear communication.
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
I have a grown child on the spectrum no ADHD
Sidewinder · 36-40, M
tiltawhirl · 36-40, F
@Sidewinder that’s what my son’s doctor used to say when he was really little.. that they sort of balance one another. But now that he’s older.. nope.. both are very apparent
OogieBoogie · F
@Sidewinder
Autism is a spectrum disorder.
It is diagnosed from a specturm of traits, and their intensity.
Present with enough diversity of those traits, with enough intensity, and you are considered autistic.
There are different degrees of autism from severe to high functioning.
Adhd is also a spectrum disorder.
Now adhd and autism do have an overlap of symptoms, but are different in their own way.
So yes, someone can be both autistic and adhd if they present with strong enough symptoms of both.
Its not a common diagnosis though, because it can take years and dedication, (not to mention the cost), of seeing specialists to finally perhaps be diagnosed.
Autism is a spectrum disorder.
It is diagnosed from a specturm of traits, and their intensity.
Present with enough diversity of those traits, with enough intensity, and you are considered autistic.
There are different degrees of autism from severe to high functioning.
Adhd is also a spectrum disorder.
Now adhd and autism do have an overlap of symptoms, but are different in their own way.
So yes, someone can be both autistic and adhd if they present with strong enough symptoms of both.
Its not a common diagnosis though, because it can take years and dedication, (not to mention the cost), of seeing specialists to finally perhaps be diagnosed.