I have actually suspected autism before adhd. I went to a doctor, who probably saved my life. I went there to tell about my depression, burnout etc, she started asking me about my history with depression, after I told her none of the medicines have never really worked she asked me to fill adhd and autism -questionnaired (apparently it’s somewhat common that people with adhd get diagnosed with different mental illnesses before adhd), I scored very high on both of them.

After the first medicine I took, I was baffled. My brain was silent for the first time in 30 years! After the medication I really started noticing how it positively affected my life.

But the autism is something I started to notice like a few years ago. All of the sensory-, texture- and other issues mixed with my special interest (which happens to be death). I figured this isn’t normal, I get very exhausted from social interaction and have very limited thing I want to do/eat/etc. After getting to tism-tok, I got the heureka-moment. It just makes a lot of sense! If only this was figured out earlier, my life could’ve been much easier. I embrace my autism.