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please remember if you have ADHD or autism and migraines: talk to your optometrist about your eye exam! get it done with your eyes dilated! learn to relax the muscles in your face! if you feel like you try to “win” your eye exam your prescription could be wrong!

Andrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social

A Constellation of Chronic Medical Conditions Commonly Seen in Autistic & ADHD Adults

i love saying “win your eye exam” to neurodivergent people and they all know what i mean while neurotypicals are like “why would you try to win? it is an exam to help you!”

this thread is old but I need to share that my neuropsych started visibly laughing and had to cover his mouth and leave the room real fast when I started doing the directions/practice stage of the click/don’t click test bc my finger was uncontrollably impulsively clicking already

me: ok I may not show up as ADHD because I get really locked in and competitive with tests sometimes, like I just get obsessed. unless it's a boring test. therapist: yes I know, that is why I'm making you take this test, bree 😭

I sat in on Youngest’s test, I’ve not witnessed such mind numbing boredom in a long while. They did well at it, bc they got competitive. I haven’t done it, but I know I’d get hand spasms before I’d be half way through (we’re both AuDHD and the tester said those with both often score differently)

I didn't pass the Autism test because I didn't communicate the way the therapist doing the diagnosis wanted me to. He didn't tell me HOW he wanted me to communicate before giving me the test, though. Seems that alone should pass the test. ;)