Where you diagnosed with ADHD before Asperger's?

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I was diagnosed with ADHD when i was 12, and just recently diagnosed with Asperger's (at 14). I know that there is a lot of symptom overlap, and I know some people on here were diagnosed with ADHD before Asperger's, where you? just wondering.

I was diagnosed with ADD only but they suspected ADHD also.

Maybe?

I had one shrink say I was ADHD and he started me on some meds. It didn't do a damn thing. Then I had a neuro-psychologist say I was definitely not.

So I'm thinking the second one was right but he didn't catch the ASD.

Other way around for me - was diagnosed with Aspergers at 12, and ADHD at 16.

I haven't been diagnosed with anything officially. If anything, I have the exact opposite of ADHD. Here are the symptoms of ADHD:

Inattention symptoms:

1.Fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork

I make careless mistakes all the time, but that's because I am obsessing over the details and don't see them.

2.Has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play

Absolutely not. I can spend hours upon hours doing things that I enjoy without getting bored.

3.Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly

Well, possibly. I might not look like I'm listening, but I usually am.

4.Does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace

Not finishing things? If there's any reason for that it's laziness.

5.Has difficulty organizing tasks and activities

Nope. I am extremely organized

6.Avoids or dislikes tasks that require sustained mental effort (such as schoolwork)

There are few things I enjoy more than trying to figure out how to solve the tricky bonus question at the end of a test.

7.Often loses toys, assignments, pencils, books, or tools needed for tasks or activities

Not really.

8.Is easily distracted

Yes, but only because I have no multitasking abilities. If I'm trying to read something and someone's talking to me, I won't be able to do anything at all.

9.Is often forgetful in daily activities

Sometimes, if "daily activities" are not part of my daily routine.

Hyperactivity symptoms:

1.Fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat

Yes. It's called stimming.

2.Leaves seat when remaining seated is expected

Rarely.

3.Runs about or climbs in inappropriate situations

I don't think I've ever done that.

4.Has difficulty playing quietly

Not at all. Quite the opposite actually,

5.Is often "on the go," acts as if "driven by a motor," talks excessively

Once again, this isn't true for me in the slightest.


Impulsivity symptoms:

1.Blurts out answers before questions have been completed

Never.

2.Has difficulty awaiting turn

Not usually.

3.Interrupts or intrudes on others (butts into conversations or games)

Never.

I was diagnosed with add as a kid in the 80s

About an hour ago i was diagnosed with aspergers.


So yes

No diagnoses (for these symptoms) prior to AS; however, I definitely suspected ADHD beforehand. Then when I did my research, and had some tests ADHD was ruled out. All similar symptoms I have related to both ADHD and ASD are, for me, rooted in ASD.

I suspected AS first, then ADHD, and then AS again. I was diagnosed with both at the same time.

Sammich, you are completely misunderstanding those symptoms. Read up on ADHD more and spend some time talking to people that have got it. Also, just because a person doesn't finish what they're started doesn't mean they are lazy it means THAT THEY ARE EASILY BORED OR DISTRACTED AND THINK THAT IT'S NOT WORTH FINISHING IT DUE TO THE AGONIZING PAIN OF TRYING TO KEEP YOURSELF FOCUSED. Honestly I have time and time again tried to do projects like practicing my artistic skills or writing my own sci-fi but give up because it's takes a lot of time to actually get anywhere with it. A common symptom is failure to set long term goals and stick to them because of being impatient about wait for the reward.

Sorry for the caps, but you sir are pissing me off.

I got diagnosed with ADHD second and the medication has really helped keep me focused. Now I go through periods of hyperactivity, sluggishness/slowness, and somewhat ODD like traits when not on medication. I can fail to focus when both hyperactive and sluggish but for completely different reasons. I don't have the energy or mental focus for it at times but when hyperactive I'm easily bored and cannot just sit and focus on one thing. I usually need to expend some energy and then later come back to what I'm trying to focus on. Or pop a pill.

Anywho I describe my brain as being in different states throughout the day so if one moment I am barely awake and struggling to watch playschool an hour later I could be pacing around bored out of my mind and unable to focus on anything, and then finally I can be able to watch playschool but feel like it wasn't mentally stimulating enough. So there is never an exact opposite disorder with me. And anyone who says I have Bipolar will be thrown in a fiery pit of doom.

I have a formal ADHD diagnosis (age 43-ish?), but that came after my AS self-diagnosis. (But then, I'd kind of self-diagnosed as ADHD before either of those....)

I was diagnosed with AS and Inattentive ADHD at the same time.

No. OCD and generalized anxiety disorder.

Could've been but the doctor who tested me when I was 4 thought I was fine.

I'm pretty sure that's bull though, along with the lifetime following of people insisting I was fine.