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Spät diagnostiziert mit ADHS und auf absehbare Zeit(mindestens 20 Monate) nur selbst diagnostiziert autistisch.
Mein Profilbild soll ein Fenster sein, durch das Sonnenlicht scheint, in dem Staub sichtbar wird.
(he/him)
(Beruf,Hobbies, usw. trage ich nach, sobald es ein wirksames Mittel gegen ME/CFS gibt. /s)

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PossiblyAutistic , to ActuallyAutistic group

Took the referral from the company psychlogist recommending diagnosis for ADHD and ASD to my GP, got a referral to a psychiatrist and a name, called that one today, and surprisingly have an appointment in 1.5 weeks ... 😯

Any advice?

@actuallyautistic

hauchvonstaub ,
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@PossiblyAutistic @actuallyautistic They usually want to see your elementary school and kindergarten reports, so you should probably bring a copy of those, if you still have them.
You could also look up the psychiatrist and see, if there are complaints about them.

chevalier26 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic Do y'all know if it's an autistic trait to be super skeptical of stuff? Like, for example, my parents watch some questionable "health" people on YouTube, and when they show me a video from said people, I can tell IMMEDIATELY that they are grifters in it for money. Idk what gives it away but it's like a flashing warning sign in my brain.

I wonder if it has to do with social influence and the effects of charisma/agreeableness that NDs might not fall for.

hauchvonstaub ,
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@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic In my case I can say that I've been pretty naive, when I was younger, both when it came to people and ads.
It was probably a mix of growing up with narcissistic parents, so not questioning others was a behavior I was taught early and seeing red flags, but rationalising them away immediately or not knowing or being sure, what they mean.
I think growing up in the countryside, where people were less competitive(and less hostile) also played a role.

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@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic For me being sceptical seems to be a learned behavior.
It's like sometimes I'm really sceptical by default and sometimes I have to remind myself to be more sceptical, but when I can hear someone talk and see how they behave, I usually immediately see if they're dishonest.
I think one reason for me to ignore red flags in the past was the disconnect between what people said and what they showed and over time I realised, I should listen to what they show.

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chevalier26 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic
What kind of music do y’all like?

I’ve found that my music taste sometimes mimics that of my friends, but generally I listen to completely different stuff than most people. I love heavy metal, folk/bluegrass, anything indie, 50’s-80’s music, and a lot of traditional songs from the Renaissance, Middle Ages, and earlier. I also like Christian hymns but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Would love to expand my own tastes by hearing from y’all!

hauchvonstaub ,
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@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic Mostly chillwave nowadays, sometimes videogame soundtracks.
Currently I'm tempted to listen to what's already out from the soundtrack of Angeline Era.

yourautisticlife , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic

I had a strange experience last night.

Usually, when I fall asleep there are gaps in my consciousness. It goes: awake, gap, dream, gap, awake.

In other words, there is no continuity of consciousness between the wakeful state and the dream state.

However, last night there was a continuity. I was able to have conscience of myself falling asleep, entering dreamland, dreaming, coming out of dreamland, and being awake again. This cycle repeated itself three times.

Previously, the closest I came to this was that sometimes I'd be conscious of pulling back at the last minute. In this case, I wouldn't actually fall asleep, I'd progressively go towards sleep, but pull back at the last minute.

I wondering if it has anything to do with autism.

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@yourautisticlife

When I was younger, for a long time it was completely normal to just start dreaming as soon as I fell asleep, it was just thoughts slowly becoming dreams.
Even today I usually remember that my dream stopped with waking up, if I remember the dream.
It's impossible to tell, what even is a gap in consciousness and what is just a gap in memory.
For example I have a few memories of dreamless sleep, or the time before a dream started and how it "formed".

@actuallyautistic

ashleyspencer , to ActuallyAutistic group
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For AuDHD:

Which terms do you prefer to use?

Do you use ‘have’ or ‘I am’ to describe your autism and ADHD?

Personally, I’m the first one and use ‘I am’ to describe both.

Just curious to see how common each one is. 🙂

@actuallyautistic
@audhd

hauchvonstaub ,
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@zyd

There are autistic people without ADHD who feel the same way about autism, as you do about ADHD and there are allistic people with ADHD who feel the same way about their ADHD, as you do about autism.
So I think it's a matter of perspective and what you even define as autism/ADHD.

I personally think, if you could get rid of your ADHD, you'd also feel like it had been a part of who you were and you'd have changed as a person.

@ashleyspencer @actuallyautistic @audhd

hauchvonstaub ,
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@ashleyspencer

I mostly use I'm autistic and have ADHD, because there isn't an established term for the property of being someone with ADHD yet.
I know about terms like "kinetic" or "pelagic", but I don't want to call myself something that I then always either have to explain, or risk people completely misunderstanding what I even said.
Another reason is, that saying "I'm ADHD" feels comparable to saying "I'm ASD", like I'm just identifying with a disorder.

@actuallyautistic @audhd

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