I appreciate that from the responses here, it seems that a lot the autistic community views normal people as the equivalent of just being drunk or high. In other words, raw autism is like being extra sober.

I agree (moreso THC for me personally), but I also think it's really funny.

If there was, they'd already have us on it from childhood.

I recommend psilocybin mushrooms.

I've got ADHD and stimulant meds help me get distracted less, but they don't do much to help me focus on the right things sadly. Still definitely helpful though.

But no, I (a complete amateur with zero qualifications) highly doubt such a drug is possible, and if there were one it'd be kinda uncomfortable to ponder the very concept of making neurodivergent brains work like neurotypical brains at some point.

Like, why should we have to change when it's society that sucks, not us?

I've tried Escitalopram, Paroxetine, and Foquest... I'm not "normal", per se, but I'm not freaking out as much as I am when I'm not on something...

That said, I feel "normal" after having a couple of drinks, or having some thc+cbd... obviously not a great idea to rely on either.

I've heads that the regions autists need help with chemically is a different region and chemical than regular adhd members. I don't remember the exact chemical imbalance, something similar to SISG or something... not SISS. Hmmm...

I'll try to find the science paper I read about it.

I feel most normal when I'm around other neurodivergents. One person in my peer support group said that autism is an environmental problem rather than a personal one.

I have AuDHD and amphetamines make me feel "more normal" (easier) when I'm in a work setting or similar social environment with lots of stimuli. Then again when I'm at home they make me feel less normal (in those bigger doses that I need to function "outside"), I need to change the dosage according to amount of expected stimuli, I've heard other AuDHD people share the experience.

No. Autism is a different development of the brain, hence there is no 'fix' or drug, as can be read in medical literature.

I figured my shit out by reading John Elder Robison, and followed him in medias for a while. Some time back, 5-10 years, he tried out a thing where they stimulate an area of your brain with (IIRC) electromagnetism, and he talked about it the way some people talk about being born again (the Jesus kind of born again). "I once was blind but now I see!"

I'm sure a google will turn up how that's going, it was just a study or something that he got to participate in at the time I think.

That's not how that works

Yeah mushrooms

Feel “normal”? Yes, the drug that works. (High dose of cbd for me, a little alcohol can also work in a social setting)

Actual Neurotypical experience? Biologically impossible.

Your neurodivergent self is your real “normal”.

But when you no longer experience symptoms that cause the everyday problems you struggle with and feel like you just function optimal.. that’s an amazing feeling allright. But it can almost feel like a high in contrast. Its definitely not what “neurotypicals feel like all the time”

They have their own days that they struggle or function more optimal.

The main difference is that there struggles are “normal” ones that “everyone has” and “understands” (y)ours are different and can cause social strife, exclusion.

Its possible that while your symptoms are gone you fit in better amongst neurotypicals and this sense of belonging is a big part of the neurotypical experience, but your brain is still a neurodivergent one at its core, with all the good and bad that goes on in it.

i always feel like i act more like a normie when i'm a bit drunk. have you tried that?

Cocaine?

Op, you should talk with your doc about starting Spravato. It’s an outpatient medicine assisted therapy using es-ketamine and it’s literally changed (and saved) my life

For me, it's called "stop forcing me to be social when I don't want to"