70% of people with ASD have ADHD, and it’s suspected that the same mechanisms are at play with the conditions. Pathology is heavily centered on treatments for what’s deemed necessary for us “function” in society. While not without uses, it’s a limited way of viewing psychological differences
I think it’s pretty complicated, as I understand it some people with ASD diagnosed with ADHD are misdiagnosed or rather their ASD is likely responsible for the ADHD symptoms and their brains don’t respond to medication like others with ADHD do. I’ve been trying to read more about AuDHD and neurodiversity to understand how these two are connected, that’s when I found this article:
It’s pretty much about this overlap and what we should think about the common dual diagnosis.
I think I might have some relatively mild traits of both ASD and ADHD, so part of this is to try to help understand myself, but I’m also rather wary of self-diagnosis (and also, currently, unwilling to get an official diagnosis as Zorsith points out due to the political situation).
EDIT: if you have any resources or book recommendations, please send them my way🙏
70% of people with ASD have ADHD, and it’s suspected that the same mechanisms are at play with the conditions. Pathology is heavily centered on treatments for what’s deemed necessary for us “function” in society. While not without uses, it’s a limited way of viewing psychological differences
I think it’s pretty complicated, as I understand it some people with ASD diagnosed with ADHD are misdiagnosed or rather their ASD is likely responsible for the ADHD symptoms and their brains don’t respond to medication like others with ADHD do. I’ve been trying to read more about AuDHD and neurodiversity to understand how these two are connected, that’s when I found this article:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.837424/full
It’s pretty much about this overlap and what we should think about the common dual diagnosis.
I think I might have some relatively mild traits of both ASD and ADHD, so part of this is to try to help understand myself, but I’m also rather wary of self-diagnosis (and also, currently, unwilling to get an official diagnosis as Zorsith points out due to the political situation).
EDIT: if you have any resources or book recommendations, please send them my way🙏