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Ive got ASD and now recently Joint ADHD

Kenny_1622

I got diagnosed with Autism on the 23/3/25 and now recently ive also been diagnosed with both ADHD types, (joint ADHD) on the 8/9/26. So now i have ASD and ADHD, apparently its not uncommon to have both but i thought i only matched up to the inatentive ADHD not the Hyper version, but i can see how they overlap. It means i can get medication now to make me focus more. 

Do i still qualify to use this site with both diagnosis?

Has anyone else on here got both?

Does having both affect your status more at work? 

If you have both how have you dealt witj it? And,

What experiences have you got with the medication ?

Thankyou 

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  • I'm diagnosed with both. I knew about my autism first and although I was certain I was autistic it didn't seem to explain everything about me. My therapist, who is himself AuDHD suggested that a lot of what I told him sounded like ADHD, which I was unsure about, but as soon as I read about AuDHD I realised that it described me to a tee.

    I have been on medication for only a short while but have found the current dose of Elvanse that I am on to be really helpful. I can stay with things for a lot longer without getting bored, meaning I don't just rush through things to get them done and I feel generally calmer. The only downside I have found so far is that I get overstimulated in noisy environments more easily on this dose, but I am rarely in such environments so I can live with that.

    Regarding work, I am self employed and usually work alone, which really suits me so issues to do with my AuDHD don't tend to come up. I used to work in an open plan office 20 years ago and I struggled with it a lot. The noise, constantly being around other people and the mundanity of the work were all difficult. I'm very lucky that I was able to escape all that.

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  • I'm diagnosed with both. I knew about my autism first and although I was certain I was autistic it didn't seem to explain everything about me. My therapist, who is himself AuDHD suggested that a lot of what I told him sounded like ADHD, which I was unsure about, but as soon as I read about AuDHD I realised that it described me to a tee.

    I have been on medication for only a short while but have found the current dose of Elvanse that I am on to be really helpful. I can stay with things for a lot longer without getting bored, meaning I don't just rush through things to get them done and I feel generally calmer. The only downside I have found so far is that I get overstimulated in noisy environments more easily on this dose, but I am rarely in such environments so I can live with that.

    Regarding work, I am self employed and usually work alone, which really suits me so issues to do with my AuDHD don't tend to come up. I used to work in an open plan office 20 years ago and I struggled with it a lot. The noise, constantly being around other people and the mundanity of the work were all difficult. I'm very lucky that I was able to escape all that.

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