You may or may not have recently read on Sara Revealed about Autism Awareness Month and how autism—and possibly ADHD—can affect the nervous system. Well, today I did some research and found that it is possible for people to have both autism and ADHD, as well as just one or the other. This means some people have both conditions, while others have only one.
ADHD can cause impulsive behaviors, where many people may struggle to think things through before reacting—even though they usually try. This may be because they feel anxious to get things over with, not necessarily because they dislike the task, but because they just want it out of the way as soon as possible. However, it's important for them to take their time, because their brain doesn’t always allow them to do their best work when rushing, even if others around them prefer to get things done quickly for their own reasons. I know this because it’s something I’ve personally struggled with.
They may even get bored with things too quickly which may not be as much boredom than lack of contraction for any longer time than necessary. Where they may jump from one topic to the other.
People with ADHD may crave food and drink that doesn't agree with them, such as things high in salt or sugar. Thinking back to when I was younger—at a time when very little was known about ADHD—most food and drink had a lot of sugar and salt in them. I was as high as a kite! I won’t say cutting those out was the only thing that helped improve my ADHD, but I believe it played a part. Coming off my epilepsy medication also made a difference, and another possible reason could be the introduction of sugar-free and salt-free food and drink options.
These behaviors may begin to appear in children between the ages of three and six. They might struggle with taking turns and sharing with others—not out of meanness, but simply because they aren’t thinking about it. They may feel comfortable only with certain routines and find social situations difficult. Planning and organizing tasks can be a challenge for them, and they may become overwhelmed easily. As a result, they often struggle to relax and recharge.
This may surprise you, but for over forty years, I’ve been the complete opposite of how I was as a child. Like I mentioned before, as a kid I was as high as a kite—honestly, I’m surprised the whole world didn’t hear me! (Just joking… well, kind of!) But seriously, I’d say since around the age of fourteen—just a guess—I’ve really struggled with having enough energy.
From my experience just because a person may not be full energy does not mean they have grown completely out of ADHD. Even through adulthood when I have been through a classroom, meeting for work say situation, if I know an answer to something, I have an idea etc, even though I know it is rude and in adulthood etc I have tried to control it but I very temped to say what I want or need to say as soon as the thought goes into my head, where I need to stop think and wait if and when someone is talking. However' things can be the opposite way as well where a person is not appearing to take part, others may misunderstand to have no interest what's going on where it is likely to be with someone with Autism or and ADHD, where they may struggle to understand whatever is going on. Therefore' unless the person who may teaching or holding meeting etc knows about Autism and ADHD, may think the person is been rude, they may think it is a waste of time the person being, where they are jumping in saying their thought when someone is talking or saying nothing at all.
Autism can show itself when a person only feels comfortable sticking to certain routines they’re familiar with. They may find it difficult to cope with changes and can feel anxious when surrounded by people they don’t know—even if they are accompanied by familiar people, like parents, family members, or people they know from school, college, or work.
When it comes to change, they may feel anxious about both positive and negative changes. In the case of positive changes, it’s not that they’re ungrateful—they may just feel overwhelmed. For example, the buildup to studying for an exam can cause a lot of stress, even if the outcome is meant to be a good one.
They may be highly focused on certain interests where they may struggle to pay attention to other things.
They may have delayed development milestones from birth.
They may be overwelled with sensory sensitives such as smell, touch, taste, sense etc.
They may struggle to understand social language.
Now can you spot what is different, the same or similar between the two conditions if anything at all?
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