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Autism and ADHD

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Hi everyone

I’ve been off my meds for nearly a month now, for the first time since I had my autism diagnosis, and am in the process of getting to know myself again.

Part of that has been to revisit the possibility that I have ADHD, or more specifically ADD, as well. There are many symptoms common to both ADHD and autism though so it’s difficult to tease them apart.

I know there are quite a few AuDHD people on this forum though. So can any of you describe the difference in experience, symptoms and behaviours between “vanilla” autism and AuDHD?

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    Hmm, thanks for this. It’s a bit of a depressing read although it does bear out what I’ve heard elsewhere e.g. that ADHD meds may heighten autistic “symptoms”.

    However even if stimulants don’t work out I have seen some articles and videos about non-stimulant ADHD meds that may be worth trying (e.g. strattera).

    I really envy those people who it does work for. This from your article really stands out:

    ”Until that day, they did not know what it felt like to “have a quiet mind” or to “want to do something and just be able to decide to do it”.”