Auggie🏳️‍⚧️ avatar
Auggie🏳️‍⚧️
29
5 months ago

Hi!

Hi! I’m Tay, and I have ADHD(duh). I am 14, and have been diagnosed with ADHD since I was about six… and my parents just found out I have level one autism last week… and I’m like what? I know it’s crazy, because I’ve been diagnosed with adhd for about 8 years, and showed that I probably have autism too. Most people are mean about having autism in my school, so I’m trying to keep it only in my friend group and with family. It’s really hard to explain (mentally) how they knew I have autism. They said I have AuDHD(I think that’s what it’s called.) that is where I have ADHD and Autism. So,yeah 😝

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swedish boy avatar
swedish boy
4mo

I think you are a real good writer. Most kids our age can’t even write two sentences that adults can understand 🤣🤣🤣 Sometimes I think it’s gone a bit too far with all this diagnosis. My uncle is a teaching in child psychology at a big university and he say that the problem with diagnosis is that they change a lot while society change and also the works different in different groups of ppl. Like for example amoung people that are middle class swedes in the city with academic work it’s most common that there children get diagnoses but amoung immigrants I suburbs with low education it’s least common but according to what scientists know about ADHD is that it’s pretty much genetically and ppl with ADHD have less chances to succeed with academic studies, make less money, divorce more often, chose criminality more often and are fare more common amoung ppl that migrates (that’s the reason why it’s most common in USA, Australia and new zeeland cuz it’s country’s there close to everyone have immigrants in there history but still it’s the opposite ppls children that get the diagnosis and my uncle say that is a big problem for society and also for ppl that either don’t get help or get told that they have a handicap that they actually don’t have. And by that I don’t mean I know anything about your problems and I don’t know lot about autism either but I started to think about what my uncle said then I read your post. I think you are smart that you don’t tell all ppl about it. I don’t tell about my ADHD anymore to ppl I know irl cuz I have noticed that then ppl start to like treat me as I’m not as able as them and even if I’m not so I don’t want to be treated differently and like get special solutions and stuff.

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Zhyr02
4mo

You are not a bad writer. Keep fighting it's going to be better, it's good that you can talk to your friends and your family about your point of view of things. Try to remember that you are perfect just the way that you are. AuDHD is i combination of autism and ADHD. I saw this on social media the other day "we only have this disease because we can handle it" they are talking about Lupus but it applies here to, we have ADHD and you have autism to because we can handle it. It's going to be hard some times but you have try to remember that you are PERFECT just the way you are!

Auggie🏳️‍⚧️ avatar
Auggie🏳️‍⚧️
4mo

And thank you for clarifying what AuDHD meant!

Auggie🏳️‍⚧️ avatar
Auggie🏳️‍⚧️
4mo

Thx! You are amazing too!

Auggie🏳️‍⚧️ avatar
Auggie🏳️‍⚧️
4mo

Sorry, that is such a bad explanation of it. I am a bad writer

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spicy
4mo

Instead of I’m a bad writer, try saying I’m learning to write better or I’m working on my writing skills. 🫶🏼

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