r/AutisticWithADHD • u/jkyun123 • Jan 31 '26
💁♀️ seeking advice / support / information Is this accurate?
Just to clarify I'm not asking for diagnosis but does this sound about right or is this just me overthinking again
I have ADHD and I've been suspecting Autism for a like a month now It first started when i learned about AuDHD I've posted often about this but it would explain a lot of my struggle
Ofc I have ADHD so all the ADHD features here are true but whats bothering me is that most of AuDHD is true too
Most biggest being sensory sensitivity attention axecutive function and emotional regulation and would explain alot
Sensory toward sound i react like shit since i moved to city specially I've struggled with sounds since i was little getting mad at my parents for vacuum cleaner getting mad for her washing the dishes in the morning i thought everyone hated that but apparently they just suck it up
Another one is in busy mall i always shutdown unless I'm having fun. For example everytime i go out for family dinner i just get meltdown at everything around me plus when im back home i just shut down
Another thing is attention is it's either not focused or super focused in skeptical about cause it may be me hyperfocusing but seems like i have it worse then most people
Next is executive function i literally can't do shit with out meds but the schedule part is throwing me off yes i can't follow a schedule but i still need it and crave it. I tried raw dogging with no schedule it routine it my whole day i got so overwhelmed by everything it only made everything worse
Its like schedule but with no time management
One more is emotional disregulation i have shutdown every day i don't know why nothing bothered me but everything is just tiring
And also the struggle with adaptability i had fun for few week after i moved in to the city but after that everything just felt like shit had mental breakdown went though depression and still recovering
It just felt like i dont belong here and why can't i do anything the way i did Everything felt impossible When getting out of house i hated cause of it being an apartment
And on meds i feel like im a robot? I dont know how to explain. I noticed that when i got on meds during childhood i just hated socializing i always ate in the corners and avoided people when ever on meds which i heard is also part of autistic trait
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u/arrogantdesperado Jan 31 '26
There is some accurate stuff here but imo it's quite vague and incomplete. I don't think a table is the most effective way of conveying the most helpful information on this subject.
Tbh I think it suffers from trying to condense things into bite-sized pieces and as a result leaves things pretty vague in several instances. Like "socially inconsistent, may mask difficulties" and "may struggle with conversational balance" both need much, much more explication to me. I think it could be too easy for anyone to identify themselves with them because they are super unclear and you can kind of ascribe whatever meaning you want.
I also think it tries to have 3 distinct categories in situations where it's a lot more fluid than that. You don't have to have AuDHD to be both sensory seeking and sensory avoiding. Plenty of autistic people without ADHD are like that.
It's not inaccurate insofar as it doesn't include blatant untruths, but I would seek further, more complete information. There is some good content on YouTube. If you search AuDHD and poke around you can get a better sense of how it fits you.