Disclaimer: This diagram represents common patterns or trends associated with autism and ADHD. However, these are generalizations & will not resonate with everyone’s individual experiences. There is a lot of diversity among Autistic and ADHD people & each person’s journey is different. For more information and full write up please see www.neurodivergentinsights.com

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      • GaMEChld@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        There are a lot of negatives to be sure, but some positives too. It’s a double edged sword. Hyper focus can cause the absorption of lots of information, and the changes in attention can take someone to myriad topics. That can help create connections between areas of knowledge that might not usually mix, aiding in creative problem solving.

        I don’t lament my ADHD, I just wish I knew about it earlier, so I could have adapted better.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I experience half of everything on the ADHD side, half of everything on the autism side, and everything in the overlap.

    The ones that fight the most are craving new, novel things and wanting to not change a damn thing about what I do every day.

    • Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Here!

      It’s a really good match for “complex creative” careers. Like (high end) software development, maths, startups, skunkworks etc.

      New and scary problem: Raaah!

      ADHD: Ooh, new! enter manic mode

      ASD: I’m gonna repearedly smash my brain into this problem and see who breaks first.

      • Razzazzika@lemm.eeEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Take twice as long on the project as anyone else, but it’s done right, and then spend several days in burnout recovering from the manic session?

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Yes, there’s a massive co-morbidity between the two. Something like 50% chance to have ASD if you have ADHD iirc

      • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        its the reverse; about half of people with ASD have ADHD.

        In the US at least the diagnosis rate of ASD is 2.7% and the rate of ADHD is 9.8%, if I recall the odds of having ASD if you have ADHD is approx 20%

  • Sorgan71@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yes, because only people with adhd or autism have special intrests and passions. Why not include breathing in the both catagory at that point.

    • Lhianna@feddit.deEnglish
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      6 months ago

      And everyone has to pee but if you have to do it 40 times a day you should have that looked at 🙄

  • Razzazzika@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I have both and the top two are constantly at war in my body. ADHD screams we’re bored, we should go out to a movie, grab a bite to eat, hang out at the mall, my Autism is like fuck no I wanna stay home under the covers and play Binding of Isaac.

    When autism wins out ADHD is like, yeah but you suck at Binding of Isaac why don’t you try something new and then I spend 2 hours scrolling my library trying to pick a new game instead of playing.

    But if the ADHD wins out over the autism I’ll go a place and get overstimulated and when I come back I’ll either have a migraine, go into an autism nap for several hours, or just the burnt out and unable to focus for 2 days.

    Having both sucks

  • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I have adhd and definitely relate to craving familiarity and routine. This is a good general reference, though. I think the overlap between autism and adhd is vast and poorly understood.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Desire for routine or at least control over the routine can show up in ADHD, esp as a means of controlling one’s own condition. the routine may not look like a routine to others lol