In the last few months I have realised that I am autistic and now I am questioning whether my mum is autistic too. My mum has bipolar (diagnosed in the early 90's when I was a child), she is also highly dyslexic and has had trauma in her childhood.
Some signs that make me wonder if is she is autistic:
- She really dislikes some foods e.g. mushrooms and bananas, to the point that if you hide one of those ingredients chopped up in a dish and then tell her she will stop eating it (even if she was enjoying it before).
- She is sensitive to the temperature of food, reheated food has to be really hot.
- She likes having her hair brushed for her (a sensory thing) and likes it brushed firmly and from underneath.
- When she talks she will randomly change topic and I would have no idea who or what she is talking about.
- She only had one real friend at school and a couple of acquaintances.
- Not good at holding proper conversations with back and fourth turn taking.
- She can easily get fixated, e.g when she came over to the family home and saw a little bit of lime scale in the kettle she had to get it off (she used a knife) and you couldn't disturb her, or getting hairs out of plug hole even though she is not showering there.
- She has no clue if she is coming off as being rude or inappropriate.
- She has never been able to conect with her 2 sisters
- Failing to keep her flat very clean and tidy, when she lived alone in the past she had many empty or nearly empty shampoo and conditioner bottles in her small bathroom.
- Poor short term memory
*these are in addition to her signs of bipolar
Does anyone here have both bipolar and autistim or know anyone thar does? How did you know that you or thar person has both?
