A question for those who have ADHD and Asperger's

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So, if there are other people with AS and ADHD on this forum, I just wanted to do a little survey.
I hear a lot of people saying that persons with both ADHD and AS shows usually more symptoms of ADHD. Is this always true?
About me it's like this:
Symptoms of ADHD that are more evident in me:
- I talk a lot, even too much;
- I have a very short attention span if I'm not interested in something (I have to take meds to be able to focus);
- I am an hyperactive person;
- I am impulsive, also very impatient;
- I have a very good long-term memory, but my working memory kinda sucks;
- I play with everything that is around me;
- I do careless mistakes;
- I tend to pass from an activity to another very quickly.
Symptoms of AS that are more evident in me:
- I have a very strong attention for details (unusual for a person with only ADHD), so much that I don't notice things in general;
- If I am interested in something, I can concentrate on it for a long period of time;
- People say I look emotion-less (even if I look hyperactive in the same time);
- I have sensority issues;
- Too formal speech;
- I have troubles with non-verbal communication;
- I lack motor coordination.

My mother and other people say I show more symptoms of ADHD, but also many symptoms of AS. What about you?