Susan60 on Nostr: npub1tfxfz…qn4hu It’s relatively early days for me, so my answer might not be ...
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It’s relatively early days for me, so my answer might not be that well informed.
I was dxd ADHD early this year. I self dxd with autism a few months later. (Had been exploring both for over 2 years.) Maybe the meds made my autism more apparent? I have quizzed my partner a little in this, but he wasn’t very forthcoming.
I’m now in the process of trying to recognise & sort out my ADHD & autistic traits & behaviours. Mind you, I’m not convinced that they’re 2 separate things, & strongly suspect that they’re all part of the spectrum, with some groups of traits being more likely to occur together. We just got lucky (???) with a broader range!
I should qualify all of this by saying that I’m an older woman, make eye contact (but am becoming more conscious that I’m not always comfortable), & have “distractible” ADHD, not so much physically active or impulsive. And whilst I do have sensory issues, they are not as challenging as those of some autistic people. I’ve been a pretty effective masker for most of my life, but not without significant cost to my mental health.
Now that I’m not working, meds help with executive function in the way that “having” to get to work & get things done” used to do. I had found that only having an appointment of some kind would allow me to prioritise so that I could get there on time, & even then I could sabotage myself.
Does my autism “have more room” now? Or is that a function of self diagnosing & beginning to unmask, even to myself? It’s an interesting question.
This definitely isn’t a carefully controlled science experiment, conducted in such a way as to exclude confounding variables!
It’s relatively early days for me, so my answer might not be that well informed.
I was dxd ADHD early this year. I self dxd with autism a few months later. (Had been exploring both for over 2 years.) Maybe the meds made my autism more apparent? I have quizzed my partner a little in this, but he wasn’t very forthcoming.
I’m now in the process of trying to recognise & sort out my ADHD & autistic traits & behaviours. Mind you, I’m not convinced that they’re 2 separate things, & strongly suspect that they’re all part of the spectrum, with some groups of traits being more likely to occur together. We just got lucky (???) with a broader range!
I should qualify all of this by saying that I’m an older woman, make eye contact (but am becoming more conscious that I’m not always comfortable), & have “distractible” ADHD, not so much physically active or impulsive. And whilst I do have sensory issues, they are not as challenging as those of some autistic people. I’ve been a pretty effective masker for most of my life, but not without significant cost to my mental health.
Now that I’m not working, meds help with executive function in the way that “having” to get to work & get things done” used to do. I had found that only having an appointment of some kind would allow me to prioritise so that I could get there on time, & even then I could sabotage myself.
Does my autism “have more room” now? Or is that a function of self diagnosing & beginning to unmask, even to myself? It’s an interesting question.
This definitely isn’t a carefully controlled science experiment, conducted in such a way as to exclude confounding variables!