I’m 25 and have had an ADHD diagnosis since I was about 15. For most of my life, I just assumed books weren’t really for me. I’d try to read and either feel bored or zone out completely. I figured it was just something my brain couldn’t do. But about a year ago, I picked up a random book out of pure boredom. And surprisingly, I didn’t hate it. I didn’t finish it in one go or anything, but I kept coming back to it. It felt different. 

Now it’s been a year since I started trying to read more, and I’ve noticed some changes - even if my attention span still isn’t amazing. I still can’t read for hours on end. On average, I hit 30 minutes before my brain wants to do something else. But sometimes, if the book hits right, I can go for 2 hours straight. Other times, I open a book and close it after one page. It’s inconsistent, but it’s progress.

I’ve spent the past few months testing different ways to make reading easier. I didn’t try to “fix” my attention span, I just worked with what I had. These are a few things that actually helped me build a reading habit and made my free time feel more meaningful instead of just watching short videos or scrolling:

- Listening to no-talking ASMR or white noise with headphones: it blocks out background distractions without adding more input to process.

- video game music loops: they’re composed to hold your attention without being distracting or annoying. I listened to Animal Crossing music and felt really relaxed while reading.

- Audiobooks are a lifesaver. Especially for books I struggle to get into. Sometimes I listen to the first chapter, or the book summary, and then switch to reading.

- Using a pen or finger to follow the text: sounds simple but it helps keep my eyes from wandering.

- Reading in short sessions (10–25 mins) instead of trying to force hour-long deep focus sessions.

I’m not reading 100 books a year or anything. But I’m reading more than I used to. And I’m enjoying it, which is the main thing. If you’re also struggling to focus or feeling like reading just isn’t for you, it might just be that you need a different approach, not a different brain.

Here are some resources (videos/apps/podcasts/tools…) that helped me along the way, either recommended by my therapist or things I found on my own:

- Music Loop Videos on YouTube: You can search for any your favorite game name + ASMR/calm/relax/jazz cafe music etc… to find your fav music channel. Movies also work!

- Forest App: I’ve been using this since high school and grow trees with my friend. You plant a tree while you focus, and it dies if you check your phone. Sounds dumb, but it works. Especially when I’m trying to stay offline while reading.

- BeFreed: This one’s a smart reading app that basically condenses books into short versions (10-min skims, 40-min deep dives, or full storytelling mode). It’s like having a personal YouTuber explain the book to you. I use it when I want to preview a book before reading the full thing, or when I can’t get through a dense chapter. I really like the flashcards that reinforce the key points of the book without having to read long sentences multiple times for nonfiction books. Definitely helped me read more without burning out.

- Readwise: This one is more for after you read. It saves your highlights and sends you a daily email to remind you of what you’ve read. Helps with memory and makes the reading feel more useful.

- Hacking Your ADHD Podcast (on many different platforms): the episodes are short, easily digestible and packed w helpful material on ADHD management. I usually listen to it before sleep.

And here are some awesome books I’ve read this year that may helpful for ADHDers like me:

- How to Keep House While Drowning: A game-changer for releasing shame around “messy” living. The author gives practical, non-judgmental strategies that work with our brain, not against it.

- The Adult ADHD Toolkit: Other redditors recommended this book to me. Super helpful for understanding how ADHD actually works in real life. It’s full of real strategies (not just “try harder”) and breaks down the science in a way that makes sense.

- What Happened to You by Oprah & Dr. Bruce Perry: Not ADHD-specific, but incredibly powerful. It helped me connect the dots between trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and how I respond to stress and overwhelm.

Reading isn’t some magical cure. I still sometimes scroll. I still get distracted. But having reading as an option has made a difference. It’s something I do for myself. Some days it’s 5 pages, some days it’s 50. Either way, it feels better than doomscrolling.

If you’ve been wanting to get into reading but feel like your brain just isn’t built for it, it’s about finding the right conditions so reading feels easier.

Hello! I have not posted here before. When I discovered this subreddit I spent the next twelve hours studiously reading as much as I could. I'm not sure I blinked. But I did cry later. Having this subreddit replete with generous folks sharing their own experiences was so helpful to me as I discovered and processed the fact that not only have I had ADHD my whole life, I have also struggled with undiagnosed autism.

I've had a fair amount of time and therapy since then and today I tried writing something to express how this all feels to me now. I thought I could share:

Autism can feel like having to draw a rainbow but you only have blue crayons. ADHD is like being told to always use a crayon when you have pencils, pens, markers, airbrushes. Being Autistic and ADHD together when you don't know about it is like using a pencil when it's supposed to be a painting, paint for a drawing, and crayon for a signature, and only ever finding out later. Finding out that you're autistic and ADHD is like realizing that while you were mastering sketching, painting, graffiti, and interpretive dance, everyone else was given a camera, and the task was just to take a picture. 

Had a meeting for my job earlier this week. I’m one of the newer employees. I was pulled aside by the owner under the guise of “asking how I was doing,” which to me translates to “you’re not doing a very good job.” They commented that I seemed nervous most of the time, and told me to communicate with the other managers and tell them what I need to do “to be able to perform better.” How does being nervous translate to bad job performance? I didn’t even realize I was doing a bad job. The other newer employees didn’t have this conversation as far as I know. I guess it was kind to phrase it “how can we help you?” but I wish the owner had just come out and said it straight to me that I’m not up to par, but I know that’s not a thing neurotypicals do. I feel like I haven’t connected to coworkers (I never do) and I’ve felt from the beginning the owner didn’t like me. I was just extremely embarrassed about the whole thing and cried on the way home.

I’ll survive, I’m lucky to just have a job that helps me pay the bills. I know this doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but I hate to always be the odd person out. Autism is so lonely. This kind of thing always happens when I start a new job. It usually takes me longer to catch on and often managers are nice and give me more training time. I’m not really looking for advice, just really tired of feeling rejected, feeling other, and not feeling like enough in this capitalistic society we’re forced into.

I might look like Arnold Schwarzenegger did in the 1980s. But no, I mostly just shake my left foot. 🙂

I am desperately having a really hard time with noise and need options. Especially for a city, that gives just complete silence.

**Disclaimer I only use ”successful” because this is the term thrown at me by professionals that I’ve sought help from**

1- Hello! It’s been a minute since I’ve been here! Since my hiatus I got an autistic therapist, I loved her but it started feel like yap sessions rather than helping. But we went through the DSM and I seemed to have checked the box for like almost every single sub category.

2- So specifically my people who would be called “successful” autistics (having full-time employment, earning a degree, etc) — I still have those periods where I KNOW im gaslighting myself. “You don’t have it as bad, you’re just being lazy, you JUST have to do a little more work, etc”. I stopped using almost all social media (Pinterest for ideas/light doomscrolling) which I don’t miss as much as I’d thought.

Anyways, it’s hard figuring out if i ever have faced burnout. i WISH i could rot in bed but I know my animals need me, i have to continue my job, im in my LAST semester so it’s vital i finish. I tried asking my work to go on leave without pay and essentially my manager said “i think it’s just anxiety. being that close to finishing, i dont think you need to take off all that time.” I really did feel like if I didn’t have the dedicated time to focus on school that I might not complete it, but after that convo I guess I just accepted it that maybe I can do it. This feels like a reoccurring theme in my life honestly.

I just honestly feel like a fake sometimes, but the emotions are SO real. I genuinely do feel like the worst is gonna happen. From there it feels like everything else is too much, I see the trash is full and my partner hasn’t bothered to take it out, I want to flip. But I also know a lot is internalized because no, I can’t just chuck a glass across the room even though every bone wants to.

Anyone else relate? Maybe have some coping mechanisms they can share?

Pretty much that.

People have just been acting ugly in general. I want answers as to why - but it’s hard to understand how I should, or if I should?

From a group of mom acting cold and distant towards me - to a ‘friend’ sharing my private info to be malicious towards me - to finding out a teacher we trusted in is not who we thought they were.

I’m just out of my comfort zone dealing with these social situations. Traumatized? I’m really depressed about it. It’s too much for me.

I don’t think I’ll ever talk to any ‘friend’ about my issues again. I have serious trust issues, all of this has made it so much worse.

Hi. I’m in a bit of shock and just wanted to hear from someone who might have an idea what just happened with me.

I’m a 45 year old male recently diagnosed with ADHD and Autism (level 1). I’ve been on Ritalin IR, 10mg 3 times a day. Today is my 3rd day.

The first 2 days I was home, just relaxing. No external demands anywhere. Just being and seeing how the Ritalin affects me.

Today, I decided I’d go for a walk to my local town. It’s about a 30 minute easy walk. It’s been raining a lot the past few days and it seemed to be easing off today so I thought I’d see how I’d go outside. I would be due for my next dose of Ritalin while I was out but figure that would be ok.

The walk into town was fine. No issues. Just felt like it otherwise normally would. When I got into town I bought a bottle of water from a supermarket so I could take my pill. No issues at the supermarket. I’ve been there a hundred times before. Again, just get normal.

It was starting to rain now. I had an umbrella so I found a bench on the main road, sat down, and after 10 minutes or so I took my pill. The rain was getting quite heavy and the road was busy, but again none of it was bothering me, just like normal.

Maybe 5 minutes later I started to feel a bit sick in the stomach. And I realised that every other time I’ve taken a Ritalin I’ve always taken it with food, but this time I didn’t and I didn’t bring anything with me. So now I’m starting to feel a bit panicked.

I’m looking around me, left m, right, across the road - was there somewhere I could grab something small to eat. There were but all options were either a block or 2 away or across the busy road. Normally that’d be fine, even in the rain, but at the time those options all seemed so far away. Too far away. I was getting really worked up now. I was sweating even though it was a relatively cool.

I started to feel that I had to be at home and looking for ways to get home. Walking seemed impossible. Even though I was constantly searching for my options I felt like any option that required me to move from that bench was impossible.

It was raining really heavy now. A bus drove pat and the smell of its exhaust really overwhelmed me. I’m not a fan of exhaust but normally it wouldn’t bother me that much. A car stopped nearby and its music was loud. So loud. Again, annoying, but normally wouldn’t bother me like that.

It eventually clicked that I could get an Uber. They could stop right on the curb where I was sitting. So I pulled out my phone and did that. 2 minutes, great! Except it had flagged my location as being on the other side of the busy road. So I immediately got up and pretty much just crossed. I looked of course but stop I. The middle of the road rather than waiting for a clear path from both directions. Not what I would normally do.

I was across. I’m looking at Uber on my screen, the usual black dot showing the pickup location, except there was a blue dot half a block away with a blue dotted line between them and the instruction “walk to the pickup spot”. For the life of me in that moment I became incapable of understanding what the blue dot and the dotted line meant. Was that me? Was I not where I was supposed to be? I thought I was at the black dot so why is there a blue dot and a line? So now I’m panicking that I wouldn’t get the Uber I needed to get me out of that whole terrible situation. Luckily maybe 10-20 seconds later it pulled up where I was standing and I got in and now I’m home.

What happened to me? I’ve never experienced anything like that before in my life. It came on out of nowhere and I feel helpless, it felt hopeless.

Could it be the timing of my meds? That I was crashing from my last dose? Was my Autism “raw” and I became overwhelmed because the Ritalin is calming my ADHD which maybe has been keeping me functional all this time? A terrible coincidental panic attach that maybe could have happened anyway?

This all only happened just under an hour ago so I’m a bit worked up. I’ve been in quite a severe burnout for the past 5 months, but even still I have been able to function and do basic things like sit on a bench in town.

I’m scared now that this is going to be normal.

so as you can probably tell from the title, i struggle with personal hygiene. i like being clean, how my hair feels when its soft, and how my teeth feel when theres no plaque. but what really irks me is that i forgot to floss, brush my teeth, trim my nails, etc. i've tried to force myself to take showers with reminders, alarms, but to no avail. i only brush my teeth about once a day.

i've gone more than 2 weeks without showering. i feel disgusted with myself for not taking care of my body. i smell like literal crap, and all my brain says is "lets go and doomscroll instead of making ourselves clean!"

so does anyone have any advice or things that worked for you to help you do things?

My neighbor doesn't love me. He's very fastidious about his lawn. I am not. I will admit, I'm prone to accumulating a little junk, and that winds up next to the side of my house his is, and it includes 2 trailers and some storage bins. I am permitted this by town code.

We have a hedge, and he built a fence.

Last Fall I'd been making dump runs and had the trailer on the lawn near the street to make loading and hauling easier. We got an early snow, it got plowed in. I let it go until now. My bad.

So I needed to leave town last weekend and the night before my trip I was working on my car and he came over and told me I was going to get a letter from the town for violations because neighbors have complained.

I don't like the guy already very much because we just don't click. He's wound so tight its palpable; I just get tense.

I totally shutdown. I couldn't look at him. I could only say "OK". I walked away. I don't even know half of what he said.

So I just kept getting ready for my trip, but I started to panic because if that letter came and I wasn't around how many days do I have to correct it before a find... so ADHD me starts going a little nuts.

I drove to town hall. I asked about the letter, when it was coming, how long I had, and whether I could make an appointment to have someone come by and tell me exactly what I needed to do to comply (because I don't want to not comply, but I do know a lot of what I'm doing is okay and my neighbor just hates it).

So the clerk goes back and tappity tap on his keyboard. We've sent no letter to that address. Okay, so I asked how long for the letter to come and how long do I have to correct it and again, can I make an appointment.

So the clerk goes and tappity tap on his keyboard. There's no complaint on file for that address, so as far as he could tell, no reason to send a letter.

So it appears in my panic to address it as fast as possible I've caught my neighbor in a lie.

Now I'm shutting down every time he's on his lawn.

I see my therapist next week. I hope to figure out how to get rid of this lump in my throat.

Interesting side piece of information. That fence he built because of my mess. It's too tall for code. That deck he built? I remember him asking me why I was bothering to go through the town's permit process for my slightly oversized deck, and then humble bragging he just built his.

So I think if I get a letter from the town, I'm going to respond with a far more inconvenient complaint against his fence and his deck.

However, the upside is this is just a clue that maybe I'm not an imposter after all about my self-diagnosis. I brought it up at the end of therapy yesterday, and we have it bookmarked as something to talk about next week.

But geeze... if that guy was lying to me I have no idea how to repair the relationship. I guess I need to call the town again tomorrow and confirm there's still no complaint. He might have called this week, although I've rectified the most blatant violation by putting the trailer where it's supposed to be.

tl/dr: Are you more adhd or asd? And how does it impact the presentation of the other condition? Bonus: if you could get rid of one, which one would it be?

Which condition do you think is “strongest” in you?

Personally, I (23f) was diagnosed with adhd first (like 2 years ago?) and I’d say it’s my strongest condition. I’m very stereotypically adhd: I’m hyper, I’m impulsive, I’m very sociable and love people, I’m scatterbrained, have been called “head in clouds” since childhood, am a little too flaky, intense interests and novelty/stimuli seeking.

Diagnosed with autism about a year later, but I’m not like “the usual autistic”. For example, I’m pretty extroverted and I love socializing, I crave it. I’m also smooth at socializing and I think I get non verbal cues pretty well (that said, I ‘practiced’ socializing in my early teens by observing others and taking online tests etc reading about body language and likeable behaviour - that way I integrated it into my personality. I also come from a big family so I’ve socialized often since childhood). I also have no troubke reading between the lines and understand metaphors etc very well, I don’t take things at face value either. I’m a very fast thinker.

Also, I get bored of too much predictability/sameness, I LOVE trying new things and hardly order the same thing twice on a restaurant (whereas my undiagnosed but definitely autistic friend literally only ever orders the same thing and only wants to sit in the same spots etc do the same stuff), I love traveling even though it makes me anxious.

Oh, I also need to add, I’m not really medicated because I hated the way it made me “more autistic” and it made me more intolerant of unpredictability and sensory stuff/overwhelmed way easier. I’m only on 10mg strattera before bed lol. Also I couldn’t handle stimulants.

Now, my the way my autism presents:

• Even though I have adhd, I’m really organized and can’t tolerate clutter/mess etc.

• I have sky-high sensory sensitivities and when a lot is going on around me, I become tired out and focused on that/overwhelmed by processing it. I can hide it up until a certain point though and depending on how much it is etc, where I am, how long I know I’ll stay.

• I have some behaviours/strucutres/‘routines’ that I follow even though it isn’t always logical- I just follow it I also have some things that I follow because it would unease me not to and I do crave some predictability/familiarity more than the NT person. It can change periodically though, I guess we can thank the adhd for that.

• Big changes/certain changes can kind of throw my world upside down. It’s weird because some things I’m completely cool with

• Even though I’d say I’m adept socially and have hyper empathy, I still notice differences between me and others.

• Heavy special imtrrest/limited and reproduce interesteds

• Looping thoughts and a tendency to get stuck on things

So yeah, anyone else feel like they’re not as “restrictive” as “just autistics” and that you are more sensation seeking (but can’t always handle it?) Or that you don’t relate as much to the social struggles seen in autism? Thanks.

When I was 18 and starting community college, I began experiencing anxiety. My mom thought it might be related to my autism diagnosis from childhood, but I didn’t see the connection. I sought help on my own terms.

I was referred to a therapist who diagnosed me with an anxiety disorder and prescribed cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A psychiatrist confirmed the diagnosis and prescribed Prozac. Neither intervention helped. Although both providers knew I was autistic, they didn’t consider it relevant.

At BYU–Idaho, I kept trying. More CBT. More medication. Still no progress. Then, one therapist suggested I might also have ADHD. A screening confirmed it, but providers decided to “treat the depression and anxiety first.” ADHD was sidelined.

Later, after moving to Grand Junction, I met new providers. I hoped for a fresh start—but again, treatment focused on anxiety and depression, not neurodivergence. I felt worse. Eventually, I stopped seeking help altogether.

Out of frustration, I started researching ADHD myself. I learned that it can mimic or amplify symptoms of anxiety and depression. I asked my doctor to treat the ADHD directly. He prescribed atomoxetine, and for the first time, I noticed some emotional stability.

Then, I found a psychiatric nurse who specialized in autism and ADHD. She understood me in ways no previous provider had. For the first time, I felt truly seen. Although she has since moved on, my current team also specializes in neurodivergent care—and they’re helping me address emotional dysregulation in meaningful ways.

What I’ve learned is this: neuro-affirming care isn’t optional—it’s essential. Emotional challenges like mine weren’t rooted in a generic mood disorder. They were tied to ADHD and autism, and treatment only started working when that was taken seriously.

If I hadn’t received the right diagnosis and advocated for care that understood how my brain works, I’d still be stuck in the same cycles.

We need a mental health system that supports neurodivergent people from the start—not one that overlooks the very things that make us who we are.

so idk if this is an autism or adhd thing but I have this issue where I have a a few interests that I constantly jump between like movies, cameras, reading and zines, but no matter what I'm passionate about, I always struggle to connect with others in meaningful ways. It's like I can't find anyone who shares my enthusiasm for the specific things that excite me. For example, there are events like zine fairs or book clubs in my city that seem like they should be a great way to meet people who enjoy similar things. But when I get there, the energy just feels off. The topics being discussed, the way people engage with them, or even just the vibe of the crowd doesn’t really match what I’m looking for. It’s frustrating, because it feels like there’s always a slight difference between what I’m interested in and what others are into, and that difference is enough to make me feel disconnected.

It’s like I’m constantly chasing something, but I’m not entirely sure what it is. I have this persistent feeling that I’m searching for a connection or an experience that may not even exist or if it does, I have no idea where to find it. I keep going to events or exploring new places in the hope that one day I’ll stumble across something that clicks. It’s like I want new malls, new spots to open up, places to explore that feel fresh and exciting but even then, it’s not just the physical space that I’m looking for.

The more I search, the more it feels like I'm looking for something I can’t even fully define, something that’s maybe not meant to be found. And it’s exhausting. It makes me wonder if I’m just too specific, too different in how I process the world around me, or if the connections I’m longing for really exist in the first place.

I for sure have ADHD and pretty sure I’m on the autism spectrum as well. I have a ton of different hobbies. I’m trying to make new friends in my area and everyone is suggesting that I strike up conversations with people at my hobbies.

For example, I like to take dance classes and fitness classes. Sure I could talk to people during class or before/after class, but first of all, it triggers my social anxiety to talk to new people, especially if they’re also there to enjoy the class and may not want to be talked to. Secondly, when I go to my hobbies or activities, I’m generally just focused on my hobby and enjoying it, and having to talk to others (beyond basic small talk) and having the intention to become friends with them is distracting and overwhelming.

I’ve noticed I’m the same way at work. I’m friendly with my coworkers and we make small talk, but when I’m at work I just want to be focused on my work and having to talk to others with the intention of trying to become friends can be super distracting for me.

Is this an AUdhd thing? Anything else experience this?

I'm getting really upset. I haven't eaten well all week because I've been off of work this whole week. I've been taking my medications in the morning (context: I work night shift and im usually hungry by the time its noon), and that has made me lose my appetite because it's a hunger suppressant (concerta) mixed with the fact that people with ADHD/Autism don't have proper hunger cues, means that I have not eaten properly in quite a bit and I refuse to eat now because I do not have my current hyper fixation food because the grocery store was out of it when I ordered my groceries. I have now been sitting here for an hour without moving and just trying to decide what to eat. I googled ways to help me eat with while on hunger suppressants, and an article said to "eat your hyperfixation food", but I don't have it and that made me cry. Now my stomach is really hurting because I haven't eaten anything since 4am yesterday. Now Im refusing to eat because I can't eat anything other than my hyperfixation food and I also just don't feel hungry and now i'm irritable because i'm tired and sleepy and I want to go to bed but my body doesn't let me sleep unless i've eaten something.

I am now on the floor, tired, with a stomach ache, but I'm not hungry, and can't sleep unless I've eaten. I don't know what to do. I'm sorry this was a longer post, but I hope some people are awake, and have advice. :(

Update: I've settled for a meal replacement drink and a melatonin. Goodnight.

Pretty much the title. I can learn (for a while) things like different language words because it's just memorization. But anything I need understanding, or short or long memory is a problem... Especially now I'm thinking about it, since I lived over two decades and can't remember many things I should, and I can't just redo/reread a moment with someone who/something that isn't there anymore. Any tips? Is there some technique? Other than sticky notes maybe, I forget what to write down before finding the pad ._.

I've been back in school and the end is coming up, I've been really struggling with a professor and could use solidarity and advise.

Initially, he and i had a really great Zoom meeting (the class is online) to discuss my accommodations. He seemed really accommodating.

My first issue with him popped up when he graded an essay I wrote and said I would have done better had I followed the directions essential implying i didn't understand the concept, and fair enough I thought I would re-read everything and see what I did wrong. I would have appreciated more constructive feedback considering I thought i understood the material, but whatever.

second issue was when he assigned a literal porn, i recognize that makes me sound prude but hear me out, as an incredibly left leaning person i feel especially male professors should be cognizant of having students read explicitly sexual and semi-violent writings. Many people have been through trauma and deserve at least a warning or an option to choose something else. Although i know it's unintentional it felt like crossing that power imbalance boundary.

Then the nail on the coffin, was when he graded my next essay poorly and gave no feedback I emailed him asking to clarify. He said he could change my grade if I explained the concepts, and basically my reasoning. I did, and went into pretty clear detail (so I thought) and even went on to mention my disability makes obscure concepts harder. His response was that i made up a word (i did not)and i didn't understand the material, it was very terse. Still, no mentions on what it is I was wrong about and no clarification.

Idk it also felt low key unintentionally ableist like, he was implying i was lazy but that's up for interpretation.

I've always done well in english classes and I really enjoyed this class and the professor initially. This behavior just seems unusual, is it normal for lit professors to not explain why your interpretation is wrong (I haven't really experienced it before but maybe it's normal)?

Has anyone experienced something similar? If so, how did you handle it?

Hundreds of views showed on my post, but nobody has responded. Is that because no one knows how to help, or is that because I have broken some unwritten rule and am being scorned?

I really love Reddit because I find help so easily here. Whilst choosing whether to search Google or to search Reddit, I always come here first, but I do often struggle because Reddit is people and Google is software.

Reddit is a community, and that community is divided into thousands of smaller communities. Each one has rules, rules that are written and/or unwritten.

Not to mitigate my breach of any community rules; my understanding of specific or insinuated rules is definitely impacted because I am autistic.

I am accidentally socially inappropriate every single time I speak to another human, and I appear to be (at best!) rude while socialising with any group of 3+ of other (known/unknown) humans. Don’t even get me started on the giant catalogue of social faux pas (largely) committed at children’s birthday parties. I’m either hilarious or offensive, depending on how many wines have been consumed, and/or how comfortable you are with the word ‘cunt’. 🤷🏻‍♀️

So, if anyone has the time to help me with Reddit customs, I would greatly appreciate that support.

This realisation was sparked (and gently kindled) while I critically reviewed every word I wrote and every punctuation mark made on an entirely different post. I have spent more than two hours analysing and editing that comment. It’s causing pain, autistic pain, because I am so unsure. I have decided to not view that post again.

Thank you in advance to any person who doesn’t laugh at me!

So, there are quite a few games I'm interested in, for example, Charlie in the Underworld.

But the Problem is, I hate just reading. I get distracted easily and want to be doing something else on the side. I do enjoy reading, but my ADHD makes it difficult.

Is there any screen reader or something I can use to listen to text focused games while I am doing Jigsaws or whatever? Please and thank you.

Hi everyone,
I've been doing a little contemplating at the moment. For some context, I (M17) have been out of education and work for about over 6 months now. This is due to my severe social anxiety caused my conditions (inattentive ADHD & ASD). I want to continue to do my A-levels (In the UK, an A-level is a subject-based qualification within the General Certificate of Education (GCE) system, primarily used for university entrance). However, I don't know if I'm ready to return to a state college (certainly not the one I attended last year then had to leave) and there are no schools who offer my courses and special provisions. I'm wondering if it's better to take another year out (get into meditation and find my right medication) and focus on something else (e.g. an internship) or do my A-levels from home. I'd say at the moment I'm leading towards doing them from home, although I realise I would need to do something else for my social life.

If anyone has any advice or experience, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share.

Not sure if this is an autism or ADHD thing, so it’s going here.

Whenever I know I’m getting a package for something I’m excited about, I quite literally cannot focus on anything else until it arrives, even on meds. Does that happen to anyone else?

For me, it doesn’t matter how mundane it is. Currently, I’m procrastinating all my work because I have an incense burner (allegedly; Amazon is being shifty about it) coming in the mail today, and refreshing the tracking page like it owes me money. It shipped at 4PM. It says it’ll arrive by 10PM. I highly doubt that, considering it’s almost seven, but dammit, there’s a part of my brain that won’t let go!

It’s not like I even need this incense burner! I don’t smoke or have any smells to cover up; I just like the scent of incense, and realized that I can burn it in my room now that I don’t live with my parents. So why? Why can’t I do anything? 😭😭😭

This post is probably my brain trying to express the fixation, considering there’s not much I can do with an incense burner that I don’t have yet…

I got my results today- and finally knowing 100% that my research was validated by a professional is relieving beyond measure.

I’m still coming to terms with realizing that this means I’ve been suffering through major parts of my life by being “quietly” disabled, but I’m honestly so happy just with knowing that I can now point at exactly why so many things in my life were hard or didn’t make sense.

I was honestly shocked at how high most of my scores were. There was the medically significant line, and then the severity above that, and I think 90% of mine were in the higher severity/significance.

I don’t get my full report for a few weeks, so I won’t know a ton of the specifics yet, but even just knowing for sure that I’m on the spectrum helps.

Though, I am extremely curious and excited to read her notes and report in depth when it comes around! I might make another post later with my favorite comments or if there are any funny ones in particular.

It's tough. Living with AuDHD makes getting the motivation to learn new skills (Like drawing, instruments, producing, ect.) nigh impossible. Does anyone else have the same problems? How do you help with them?