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Are there any Autistic people who also have ADHD here?

Pootalfun

Hi everyone,  I was diagnosed with both Autism and ADHD and would like to connect with similar people for advice please. In particular I would like to hear of experiences from people who take ADHD medication. I have started Elvanse for my ADHD, only three days in now. I wonder if anyone else takes an ADHD stimulant and whether it affects their autistic traits in any way? I appreciate that this is a very personal ask and maybe people won’t want to disclose this and that’s absolutely fine isn’t it? Otherwise, just chatting with others about how it feels to have both autism and ADHD will be so helpful for me, I don’t know any people with both. Thank you 

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  • I am autistic but with some of the traits associated with ADHD too, but not enough to qualify with an ADHD diagnosis

    It actually helps me in a lot of my work when I have to analise a problem as I find the slighlty chaotic approach helps me look at many things at the same time while my more autistic traits file that info away for analysis.

    For this reason I am reluctant to take any medications that will impact my processing abilities.

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  • I am autistic but with some of the traits associated with ADHD too, but not enough to qualify with an ADHD diagnosis

    It actually helps me in a lot of my work when I have to analise a problem as I find the slighlty chaotic approach helps me look at many things at the same time while my more autistic traits file that info away for analysis.

    For this reason I am reluctant to take any medications that will impact my processing abilities.

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