Anyone else feels more stereotypically autistic while on stimulants?
Treating my ADHD definitely helped me so much but not in the ways I was expecting and it definitely allowed for my suppressed autism traits to become more apparent.
Me when ADHD meds make me hyperfocus more intensely and efficiently
Yes!!!
I experience less anxiety pressuring me to create conversations. The result is that I more confidently refrain from participation.
I don’t consider this making me more autistic, but rather helping me to mask less / accept what I really want more.
I definitely get much more in my head and overthinking everything that I say when I take meds. Which makes socializing much less fun. On the other hand when I don’t take them I am more likely to blurt out the first thing I think which can also be bad.