Possible ASD (level 1)/asperger

Thank you for sharing!! I definitely recognize many of the things you mentioned. Since writing this post I've gotten diagnosed with inattentive ADHD, with autistic tendencies.

I am pretty sure I have autism too. I have all of those things you just listed and also, plans cannot change without atleast 2 weeks notice for anything. Although I like novelty from adhd I like predictability and repetition. I want to try new foods but the idea of buying something and hating it feels like failure that I must avoid at all costs. I also am very sensitive to noise. Moreso than most people I have ever met with just adhd. I would also say that my hyperfocus leans more toward a combo with 'special interest' aka a never ending obsession with a subject or thing for my whole life. I loved rockets and trains/cars/buses etc. As a child (still obsessed with rockets and fighter jets. This might not sound like an autism thing, but I'm a psychosocial worker professionally too and there are SO MANY people with autism that loved planes/trains etc. Also, I have a big problem with textures, specific noises like mouth sounds, crunchy wet slimy. Sounds bad but I am like a cat with water. It's a big struggle for me to even wash my hands. Thank God for hand sanitiser. It's not just the executive functioning, it's the sensory. I take a lot of things very literally. Makes me seem dumb to other people. But I know I'm really smart! It just doesn't look that was to neurotypical people who only see the face value things that I make mistakes with and can't look past them!

Looking at this a couple of days later, I think that everything that I have listed can be part of inattentive ADHD.

To the point of getting assessed by a professional: I've been struggling with depression and anxiety my whole life, and I have been on different medications and done countless hours of therapy. The last bout was really bad, and I ended up in 24/7 psychiatric care for 2 weeks. I've since been told by several doctors and two therapists that I have ADHD (most likely the type without a lot of hyperactivity). I did an official assessment to be put on a waiting list last summer, where it said "suspected ADD and autism". The issue here in Stockholm, Sweden (and probably elsewhere), is that the waiting time to get a full assessment by professionals is 2+ years. So yes: I want to get am official diagnosis and try out ADHD meds. In the meantime my head will spin and analyze everything. I have a therapist doing CBT with for now (as well as my medicine; venlafaxine and bupropion)

I also feel like I have symptoms from both sides that kind of erase each other. Many of what you described. I have decided that I want an official diagnosis now as I cannot keep guessing and worrying

Jonas, I tried for year's to self diagnose myself for depression. (wasn't aware of the ADHD then.) I even had a doctor that would prescribe the anti-depressant I’d self researched. The results weren't stellar. Finally I went to a practitioner specializing in mental health. She selected a medication and therapy that worked. Wow! She later correctly diagnosed ADHD, a big contributor to the depression. Am I symptom free? No, of course not, but I wonder were I'd be if I'd continued to self-diagnose. Not in a good place. There is a reason they have hours of additional classes and even more hours in real life training in diagnosis. I don't think your symptoms sound like Asperger's. But since I'm not a mental health expert, I won't say more.

Going through the same thing myself, I relate very much to all your symptoms. Also with my son..he's only 9, just went back on a trial of meds for ADHD for only 5 days and immediately he was intensely overstimulated and symptoms were worse.