I was diagnosed with ADHD and started on medication at 12, but not really told anything about what it meant for me or how to deal with it, and when I was 18 -literally when my parents dropped me off at college- was told I was autistic

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  • QuillQuote [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Asperger Siblings 😎

    I heard a while back that it had been lumped in with Autism Spectrum so I've just been saying that, but that's what I was diagnosed. Anyone know what the deal is with this classification? I never really understood it cause none of my doctors or my parents really ever tried to educate me about my condition for some reason...

    • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      So according to the doctor who diagnosed me aspergers has been reclassified as high functioning autism.

      • QuillQuote [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Huh, TIL I guess

        They used 'high functioning'? PSA for anyone who doesn't know, try to use High/low Need not high/low function

        • DalaiLamarxist [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah that was the exact language the doctor used. Hadn't heard 'need' before but that definitely sounds better, thanks for the info.

          • QuillQuote [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            yeah no prob, I only learned about it myself like 6 months ago. It's absurd how little they care to know and to teach us

            • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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              4 years ago

              it doesn't absolve the field, but it's not exactly psychiatry's fault that it doesn't know how to teach us anything about our brains