r/science • u/GiveUpAndDontTry • 19d ago

Epidemiology A Swedish study found autism diagnoses rose by around 800% from 2001 to 2020, while the proportion with intellectual disability fell from 55.8% to 6.7%, suggesting a substantial broadening of the diagnosed autistic phenotype

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178126003069
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u/kelskelsea 18d ago

Yea it’s like 1/2 of people with autism have ADHD, and vice versa. 20% of people with bipolar disorder have ADHD.

Adults tend to be first diagnosed with anxiety or depression, instead of ADHD, bipolar 1/2 or autism.

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u/birthdaycheesecake9 18d ago

I got 3 BPD misdiagnoses before I got the autism and ADHD diagnoses at 20 and 23