Reading self-diagnosis checklists and articles (for entertainment purposes only, don't self-diagnose, etc), I see an enormous overlap between ADHD symptoms and autism.
What would make the distinction?
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It’s very challenging. It mostly comes down to which symptoms in the constellation are having the largest negative impact to the life of the person, as well as how they respond to different treatments. You really need the help of a doctor to navigate the whole situation.
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I guess I’m bipolar ADHD. In my small group I’m off the wall, random, crude, funny, no filter. In a larger group of people I don’t know my friends wonder if I’m sick. I guess this is what you get when you cross introvert with ADHD.
I'm shy, my brother who is many years older than me would tell his friends how I'd yap his head off. They couldn't believe it cause I'd say almost nothing around them.
I've only ever seen 1 person with something like the "energetic" ADHD...
I have a psychiatrist appointment coming up, and I am saving this to show him.
The way my therapist explained it to me, is some have the "Outwardly Hyperactive" symptoms, and others like myself have "Inwardly Hyperactive" symptoms which is like you show here.
I thought that’s what ADD was comopared to ADHD.
For whatever reason, they combined both into ADHD and ADD is no longer a diagnosis.
This is me! I have this.
hmm.
oh no the final straw has broken or however that saying goes
Me.
I’ll swing from one to the other usually.