Recent ADHD diagnosis has me second-guessing myself about self-diagnosed autism (pending assessment)
Hi, I (36, F) was diagnosed with ADHD last week. I asked for an autism assessment the same time as the ADHD assessment but will be waiting a lot longer for the adult autism assessment. I’m starting to feel like I might be gaslighting myself about having autism but I struggle a lot with social side of things and am noticing where I struggle with sensory overload but use masking to cope then end up exhausted later on. I’m noticing the ADHD side of me has flared up more since the diagnosis, I think I read somewhere this is not uncommon, if so will it settle down as I’m finding I’m not disorganised than ever at the moment. I also wish I could make friends, I try but I get a good acquaintance started up and then we seem to meet a few times then I get ghosted or brushed off at the school gates. I have always blamed myself and it would be helpful to make more sense of things if I was diagnosed but now I’m worried at the assessment they will say I’ve wasted their time?