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shutterbug55
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07 Jan 2014, 6:40 pm

I have been trying to find out more about this. I passed two tests. Not the ones I wanted to pass. Two years ago I "passed the ADD test", and started treatment, and a couple weeks ago "passed the Asperger's test".

Doesn't having one exclude having the other? Is is possible to have both?



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07 Jan 2014, 6:58 pm

I am both.



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07 Jan 2014, 8:00 pm

There are aspects of AS that are virtually indistinguishable from ADD/ADHD. I think it's fair to say they are common comorbids.



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08 Jan 2014, 3:02 am

Yes, you can have both together. I'm both. In fact I'm both types of ADHD and AS.


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08 Jan 2014, 3:42 am

shutterbug55 wrote:
Doesn't having one exclude having the other? Is is possible to have both?


It's possible to have both.
In the past it usually wasn't dx together, but not anymore.


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