do aspies have adhd

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i do, but rather mildly. i was extremely hyperactive in my youth, but attention deficit disorder? perhaps mildly.
do aspies have this more often than nts? is it more common in autistic people, whether aspies or just anywhere on the spectrum.

I do.
Seems a lot of the asd kids in special school did.

am diagnosed with severe and combined ADHD,though was supposedly undiagnosed with it years back as it was strongly felt by the pyschologist that the difficulties all came from autism.
however...have since seen the NHS records and it still says ADHD.

am not hyperactive anymore apart from in mind,but that coud be the better meds have had added to the pile since the diagnosis.
personaly believe do not have it.

I was originally only diagnosed with ADHD, and it was considered severe.

I was rediagnosed with ADHD 3 other times, all in adulthood (2 included IQ, TOVA, and other tests).

The last round of testing ultimately said:

-Aspergers
-mild ADHD




As a kid, my response on TOVA tests leaned to being correct, and my response time was slow--diagnosed severe ADHD.

Most recently, my response on TOVA tests leaned to being quick, and I had a very large number of commission errors (hit the button when I shouldn't have)--diagnosed mild ADHD and gave the impression that ADHD was not my major problem.



Truth is, I cannot be both quick and correct. These different results came completely from a CHOICE I made...not specific brain differences!

And a part of me is annoyed that these tests (and social culture, it seems) favors speed over accuracy.

it gets confusing because the symptoms for side condition diagnosis always seem to mirror the autism.
its like that with my dyspraxia too. its like where does one stop and the other start?
What is really the significant difference between the two?

So far, the percentage looks similar to the research studies I've seen. It seems like about half of autistics are ADHD as well.

I'm not diagnosed but when I saw the symptoms to add-pi I thought I had all of them. I never even considered adhd because I'm not hyper.

Not dx'ed with ADHD but rather executive dysfunction NOS.

I'm not saying people with AS do not have ADHD, but I doubt it is true ADHD for many who seem to have it.

Between executive dysfunction and special interests, anything that DOES NOT hold our interest is a burden to stay focused on. A person with ADHD has a problem staying focused pretty much on anything and everything.

Even "normal" people have a hard time staying focused on things that do not interest them.

I still have severe ADHD, which, at my age can be pretty exhausting.

This is probably true, at least it is for me. I can check off every symptom of inattentive ADHD and was excessively hyperactive as a kid. My GP tried me on a bunch of different ADHD medications last year, pretty much every kind that exists.

I was really hopeful but none of them did anything to improve my symptoms and I stopped taking them. I'm pretty convinced I don't have real ADHD, just a bunch of AS symptoms that mimic it.

Not dx but almost 100% sure I do.

I don't have ADHD, but I DEFINITELY have executive functioning issues. My tests said I had borderline ADHD EF issues, and my EF has been getting worse.

All my EF issues are autistic though, not ADHD

For the purpose of the poll, I said that I have it. But I've never been officially diagnosed with ADHD, and I think my focus issues are due to autism. (Hyperfocus on special interest, inability to focus on anything else.)

I have ADD
The inattentive subtype
I think that my ADD is more severe than my AS or anyway people notice it more than my AS, also I tell people I have ADD but not that I have AS and I explain the autistic behaviours as effects of ADD.
I'd rather exaplain only one labrl than explain two, it's too much of a drag.

I have ADD
The inattentive subtype
I think that my ADD is more severe than my AS or anyway people notice it more than my AS, also I tell people I have ADD but not that I have AS and I explain the autistic behaviours as effects of ADD.
I'd rather exaplain only one label than explain two, it's too much of a drag.