Autism and ADHD | (5 Things YOU NEED To Know)

Here are 5 VERY interesting things you need to know about Autism and ADHD. This is information I have never shared. 1. It is commonly com morbid to have ASD and ADHD. There are lots of people on the autism spectrum who also have a diagnosis of ADHD, this is very common, and extremely common among males on the spectrum. This is very interesting as ADHD and Autism go hand in hand in most diagnosis assessments for people being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. 2. My ADHD Is impacted by sugars, and caffeine. For me personally my ADHD is massively impacted by the intake of sugar and caffeine, so much so that for the last 10 years I haven’t had caffeine in my diet. I try to stay away from processed sugars and candy as this also impacts my hyperactivity behaviour. In fact when I have large intakes of sugar I find is very difficult to sleep at night. 3. ASD conflicts with ADHD. Usually when I want to hyper focus on an obsessive interest my hyperactivity wants conflicts with this in an interesting way and want’s me to jump from obsession to obsession, or topic to topic. This can be very frustrating as I am wanting to get settled in and focus on one thing but my brain is having a war with my mind. 4. ADHD made me super irritable in classrooms. Having ADHD caused me lots off issues in school like being unable to focus on my work and what the teachers were saying. It also made me super unhappy because I wanted to learn. On top of that my Autism made me really board in classrooms when I was a kid so this was a difficult combination, and stressful. 5.ASD is sometimes mis diagnosed for ADD This is largely because of the things like zoning out, obsessive interest, hyper focus, super smart, super creative. It is common among younger people to be mis diagnosed with ADD when it is actually Autism. There is more research into autism conditions now going on so i believe this issue is going to get better.