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What's the relation between Autism and ADHD? Why are both often related? (lemmy.world)
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I got the diagnose of autism but I don't know if I'm ADHD. But now I'm kind of worried because I see this relation pretty often, it feels like you must have ADHD if you have autism.

How do you know you have ADHD (except consulting a doctor)?

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[โ€“] zlatiah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As others have mentioned, there are lots of genetic links between the two. So a lot of Autistic ppl would also have ADHD (as well as a bunch of other interesting neurodivergent traits), but it is definitely not guaranteed. I am actually such an example... I have diagnosed ASD lvl 1 & have some ADHD-esque traits, but I do not meet the diagnostic criteria & thus do not have ADHD

To add to this discussion... unfortunately there aren't good ways to tell if one has ADHD except for consulting a psychiatrist. It's probably a good idea to not rely on self-diagnosis too, since ADHD does have medical interventions, but a good number of them are controlled substances and probably realllly shouldn't be taken by just about anyone

My hope is... I think most psychiatrists know the strong relations, so hopefully a good psych would have at the minimum also checked for ADHD while diagnosing for Autism...? Although to be honest, my first psych didn't do it either. I later went for a separate comprehensive psych eval for ADHD+others, which did just about everything under the sun... (ASD, ADHD, anxiety, IQ, psychopathy, aphantasia, alexythymia, reaction speed, ...)

[โ€“] toad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Until recently the DSM said you couldn't have both at the same time and that they were mutually exclusive.