Asking because my gf has ADHD and she told me that, the first time she took ritalin (methylphenidate), she thought to herself “So this is what it feels like to not have ADHD?”

That got me thinking, is there a drug that has a similar effect on autists, that allows them to experience what is it like to “not have autism”?

  • AddLemmus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Same, but meds in combination with my learned copes and methods, before and after diagnostic, is a miracle drug.

    For example:

    • I catch myself focusing on a news site or lemmy -> set a 5 minute timer when to stop
    • pick an item from my todo-list. If no list is present, only make the list, then allow myself to do whatever I want
    • don’t feel like any of those things -> just simulate doing them in my head. If still none appeal to me, I can do what I want. It happens often enough that I want to do one after the “simulation”.