• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      If the source is to be trusted:

      Evidence indicates both disorders co-occur with a high frequency, in 20-50% of children with ADHD meeting criteria for ASD and in 30-80% of ASD children meeting criteria for ADHD.

      https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20148275/

      Also in the past, at least in US with DSM-4 it was thought that ASD and ADHD are mutually exclusive, so there’s probably a lot of people incorrectly missing that diagnosis.

      DSM-5 superseded that in May 2013.

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      1 year ago

      Yea i would definitely use that power sparingly lol. My dad was undiagnosed with ADHD till his 40s and he used rage/anger to get things done all throughout his younger years and he has a lot of stomach problems due to a number of factors such as severe reflux and other similar things. Not saying they were all directly caused by the anger, but it’s pretty accepted with my family and others that the anger probably exacerbated things.

      Also, i feel like in some, not all, regards ADHD and Autism can be two sides of the same coin. I’ve definitely wondered before whether I might be at least a little bit on the spectrum.