Hi! Dual diagnosis- Adhd and autism

I'm waiting my ADHD assessment.  Hopefully it comes before I die. :)  The psychologist who did my ASD assessment thought it would be worth me doing one, because I have impulsive tendencies and tick a few other boxes.  I suspect I do have it.  I have no drive/focus and seem to bounce between order and chaos a lot.  Doing any task is hard due to zero concentration, but I still hyperfocus and lose myself in hobbies.

On a day to day basis, the (possible) ADHD has probably more of an impact.  it makes everything I do hard.  Studying, completing tasks, having any sort of concentration availability for tasks i don't hyperfocus on. I will impulsively buy things, maybe after finding an interest in something new.

I have lived with ASD all my life, I actually function pretty well for the most part, my camoflage of coming across as NT is pretty much perfect for day to day interations (although stress gets amped up over time), although i have no skill in relationships or friendships and women scare me on some level to the point I don't interact with them.

A friend got diagnosed with it.  He got amphetamines for his and he says it 100% improved his life.  He now has perfect concentration and got a new job which he has been in for the last 6 months.  When i was at Uni a housemate gave me some of his and it had roughly the same effect on me.  I wasn't hyper or dancing for 12 hours in a club, it was like I was normal.  I actually got so many assignments done in those months and got really good grades for them.  That is what i hope my assessment would give me, if I do have ADHD.  Focus and concentration.  I never completed Uni, because I couldn't focus on it at all in the end.  I would like to go back and finish the final 120 credits I needed to get my BSc.

I'm waiting my ADHD assessment.  Hopefully it comes before I die. :)  The psychologist who did my ASD assessment thought it would be worth me doing one, because I have impulsive tendencies and tick a few other boxes.  I suspect I do have it.  I have no drive/focus and seem to bounce between order and chaos a lot.  Doing any task is hard due to zero concentration, but I still hyperfocus and lose myself in hobbies.

On a day to day basis, the (possible) ADHD has probably more of an impact.  it makes everything I do hard.  Studying, completing tasks, having any sort of concentration availability for tasks i don't hyperfocus on. I will impulsively buy things, maybe after finding an interest in something new.

I have lived with ASD all my life, I actually function pretty well for the most part, my camoflage of coming across as NT is pretty much perfect for day to day interations (although stress gets amped up over time), although i have no skill in relationships or friendships and women scare me on some level to the point I don't interact with them.

A friend got diagnosed with it.  He got amphetamines for his and he says it 100% improved his life.  He now has perfect concentration and got a new job which he has been in for the last 6 months.  When i was at Uni a housemate gave me some of his and it had roughly the same effect on me.  I wasn't hyper or dancing for 12 hours in a club, it was like I was normal.  I actually got so many assignments done in those months and got really good grades for them.  That is what i hope my assessment would give me, if I do have ADHD.  Focus and concentration.  I never completed Uni, because I couldn't focus on it at all in the end.  I would like to go back and finish the final 120 credits I needed to get my BSc.

Hi! Thanks for your reply. For what it's worth, to me it definitely sounds like there's good cause for you to have an assessment for ADHD. My experience has been really similar to your friend's- the medication I was prescribed after my diagnosis was transformative. It's not a cure-all (would be too good to be true if it was!) but I've found that the focus it can provide makes it easier to address and initiate coping strategies for the other symptoms of ADHD. I would say definitely don't lose hope because getting the right diagnosis and treatment could be life-changing for you and allow you to have another, fairer shot at getting through a degree (which is really, really hard with undiagnosed/untreated ADHD). I hope your assessment comes around quickly and you get the right support.