Anyone with Asperger's + ADHD? Advice needed!

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I have ADHD (officially diagnosed) and possibly AS (the online assessments I've taken place me on or very near the spectrum, but then again there are a million people who think they're geniuses because the Facebook IQ test said so). I found that when I was taking Strattera, it not only helped my focus on unpleasant tasks and organize my day better, but also helped me socially in that I was actually able to follow group conversations and find appropriate times to interject. Because I get by pretty well in spite of myself most of the time, that is the only time I've ever taken ADHD meds (I had to, or I would have failed a math course I was taking -- instead I got an A). Side effects as I recall were crankiness during the first month, slight weight loss and stomach upset, inability to drink alchohol without vomiting, and daytime fatigue at the very beginning until I adjusted the time I took my pill. I felt like my best self for the first time EVER. You know how there's a bit of a disconnect between self-perception and reality? I found that I was better able to be the organized, productive person I've always imagined myself to be deep down. And FWIW, I didn't find that it messed with my hyperfocus at all, although I do have ridiculous hyperfocus to begin with. It did enable me to study annoying subjects without needing a break every 10 minutes. I'd take it again, but it's pretty expensive and not worth it in my current situation as a stay-at-home mom. Hope this helps!

P.S. The makers of Strattera aren't paying me to say this. It seriously was great for me, once I got past the first month of nausea, weird sleep and irritability.

I have ADHD, officially diagnosed. I think I have AS. I have been on Wellbutrin for the last 15 years. (Since my diagnoses) It also helps with depression if it occurs. (Bipolar) I get really impulsive and its hard to focus without it. (Been off it a few times). Tried Ritalan for a while and couldn't tolerate the side effects.

Exercise!

I always exercise and still have a horrible memory and poor concentration.

I think you can have both AS and ADHD depending on how hyperactive/ impulsive you are (if you have that type of ADHD) and if you have really bad social skills, not just awkwardness, but the whole body language/tone of voice type of stuff /give and take type stuff.
For me I have very little interest in people but have concentration difficulties.

I was diagnosed with ADD-Inattentive when I was 6 and AS when I was 15. I take 36mg of Concerta for the ADD.

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I flunked most of my highschool. I was basiclly inable to pay attention during class. Seeing that alot of aspies here tend to excel at school I feel that my innatentivness might be ADD. Who woulda thunk?

Nothings official as I was and still am a very deppressed person. Perhaps my deppression caused me to flunk. IDK.

Both my daughter andd I have had good results with add meds. I take the nonstimulant strattera. I have lost weight on it but mainly because I no longer am compulsive about food since I started taking it. It made me tired at first but no longer. Daughter takes adderol which she says really helps her focus. So not mind dulling.

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I was pretty bad at school too. I dropped out when I was 13. Took me a few years to get back on my feet.