I mean, what would an autism diagnosis provide?
At least with ADHD you get really helpful meds
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I was almost certain I had adhd, and would sometimes think "what if I am autistic or straight up mentally challenged and everyone knows but hasn't told me?" Cuz I was tsken to a shrink as a kid, but I don't know what the outcome of that was or even why my parents took me to begin with. I just remember being super uncomfortable and the smell of the office.
So I setup a doctor's appointment in my mid 30s and was told I have both, plus BPD which I didn't know about then so I've spent a lot of time looking into what it actually is and that one explains almost evey single problem I have that made me seek help for. The ADHD and Autism seem to balance themselves out; the BPD puts way too much stress on relationships with other human beings.
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Don't forget trauma, can't tell what the hell is going on with me because the symptoms for the 3 overlap a lot. All 3 fit while all 3 don't fit.
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This hits hard as my son has just been diagnosed with ASD and when old enough is very likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. We're very happy to help support him thro this and feel it benefits him knowing.
However, my wife is convinced I portray symptoms and while I feel a little lost in life I really don't want to take the attention away from my son. I'm also 50 so feel like it may be better to just accept I'm from a time that didn't address it and bottle it up with the rest of my traumas
Why stop this crazy science experiment now.
Spent over 30 years thinking I wasn't autistic, never even suspecting as much. If not for my gf who actually knew the symptoms and convinced me to seek diagnosis, I would still think I'm a "different normie"
I waited two years for an ADHD test and they turned me away in the waiting room because I wasn’t sitting there stimming. Didn’t ask why my fingers are completely covered in calluses though, did they?
I'd like to report this post for doxxing
Don't tell them you smoke weed or you're going to have a bad time.
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Haha, it was both
Maybe both?
ADHD for me.
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For me it's not "is it even a big enough deal", the problem is that I can't find the time to do shit nowadays.
This XKCD hits hard
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real 😭 (all Ik is that I might not be neurotypical)
lowkey I kinda found it a bit fun, like I've been trying to debunk my suspected AuDHD by combing through a shitton of scientific research as well as the DSM-5, and haven't found anything to the contrary.
I've been doing this for 3 months straight... Yeah no I definitely have it.
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Why do people care?
Like, I think I'm in this picture, as I'm sure I've got at least a moderate bit of autism/ADHD, but it's not that I worry it's "not bad enough to seek treatment." It's just that I've built up solid coping mechanisms, and a formal diagnosis just doesn't hold any weight with me.
Like, I don't understand why I would even want or bother with seeing a doctor about it.
But maybe I'm just on the "less severe" end of people represented by this meme, or maybe I've just had more time to build up systems for dealing with it or something. Idk.
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are you in my brain ? where is peace ? please respond asap
Don't have an "official" diagnosis, am probably (almost certainly) not ADHD. Almost certainly autistic. My therapist seems to agree (among other people) but can't give me a diagnosis officially or say yes officially, but it's treating me as if I am and it's validating.
Probably won't get an official diagnosis though, there are no real treatments for it, and if I ever want to move abroad, it'll add a lot of additional hurdles. I still struggle to say I'm autistic (because it's not official).
I suspect I have a light form of ADD, but I mask/work well enough . I've seen therapists, they don't think I have it so... 🤷
maaaaayyyybee me
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