• Replies 22 replies
  • Subscribers 94 subscribers
  • Views 763 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Do all autistic adults have either OCD or ADHD?

Lotus

It seems that a lot of autistic adults have OCD or ADHD - the OCD ones like everything to be clean and tidy, and the ADHD ones seem to have difficulty in organising stuff.

Do you have either of these? If so, how do they affect your day to day functioning?

I have OCD and I love a clean and tidy environment, and although I find bathing or showering a bit boring I feel better for doing it. I am highly organised with money, budget setting, paying bills, etc, and like recording things in a spreadsheet or making lists. I also do meal planning each week before doing my online shopping order. I cannot stand lateness either, but I'm not sure if that's an OCD thing?

Parents

  • I had always been told and thought myself that I was OCD. As you mentioned I like things straight and neat and feel better when things are in their place. 
    Since having therapy though we believe that it’s more about having order, I have craved this since a young age by arranging things just how I like them. I would not play with toys but would line them up or set a scene. I think my therapist said the difference between OCD and a desire for order is the ritual part like having to flick a light switch so many times or repeatedly checking a door is locked to a point where it becomes a habit and then panic sets in when you don’t do it. I don’t appear to have those rituals but I do have to maintain neatness. 

Reply

  • I had always been told and thought myself that I was OCD. As you mentioned I like things straight and neat and feel better when things are in their place. 
    Since having therapy though we believe that it’s more about having order, I have craved this since a young age by arranging things just how I like them. I would not play with toys but would line them up or set a scene. I think my therapist said the difference between OCD and a desire for order is the ritual part like having to flick a light switch so many times or repeatedly checking a door is locked to a point where it becomes a habit and then panic sets in when you don’t do it. I don’t appear to have those rituals but I do have to maintain neatness. 

Children
No Data