Stimming ADHD vs Autism (YOU Didn’t Know This?)

stimming adhd vs autism, there is a difference between adhd and autism, especially when it comes to stimming and why autism or adhd people stim in the way that they do. IF you have adhd and autism there will be certain characteristics that are only apparent to autism.

Where as autism vs adhd you will find ADHD will have distinct behaviours that differ from autism. But autistic stimming when it comes to adhd vs autism is super interesting and we are breaking it down here.

Having and autism and ADHD Diagnosis is like a battle in your brain for the chair. Autism wants to hyper focus and ADHD wants to change focus every 10 seconds.

A person with just ADHD will have issues with focus and sitting still, and won’t hyper fixate on a single topic.

A trait of stimming is chewing on clothihg, like the neck line of shirts, or the sleeves of shirts, this can impact autism and ADHD.

Typically people who have ASD and ADHD will have some sort of development delay as a child, however the children with just ADHD will have more behavioural issues.

Autism stimming is mainly an involuntary thing that you are unaware that you are doing.

Did you ever notice that you have been rocking from side to side or waving your hands around?

For me this was an interesting reality to come to when I first realised this I was hyper aware of the fact that I was stimming randomly all the time.

Please let me know your thoughts in a comment.
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[Moonflower_Lasa]

I was diagnosed with ADD/Asperger's when I was 55. My life finally makes sense.

[terri]

My son has ADHD. Sometimes, he's a whirlwind of cleaning. It gets his energy out and it's productive. When he has to concentrate, he'll tap a pen/ pencil, bounce his foot and chew gum. All at the same time. Works every single time. Uses the quiet shim in school and for homework. Otherwise, my house sparkles!!! With his friends, he rides his bike, stops to minutely examine random stuff, then off riding again. His friends all understand and just go along for the ride and frequent stops. Kids can be so kind!

[Frizzi]

Im a Young Woman who is 19 today I got my diagnosis after 2, 5 years this is the happiest day in my life I also have adhd and asberger. Finally got the recognition I always waited for

[yetibigfoot]

I hum while shopping and never noticed it until it was brought to my attention. I'm not nervous, but it does help me to focus on what I'm supposed to get. Also, chewing gum. When I'm high school, I was bored in a class, and I'd wiggle my fingers and rock. The teacher asked after class what that was about..I was BORED!!! I shake my leg, feet.. I bounce, I can't sit still. I doodle while taking notes. Stare out the windows.. anything that will keep me in my seat. I'm so glad that I'm done with school. But, I still stim. Diagnosed with ADHD.. sadly, after I was an adult. And I didn't take it seriously until it's affected my life in very bad ways.. I'm now all old and getting help. I guess it's never too late!😢 OH, and when I'm in stores.. and with family, friends, if they stop to look at something for too long.. I'm long gone. I don't even realize how far I wonder=(

[lajourdanne]

I think I’m confused. How you're differentiating ADHD stimming, ADHD dopamine hitting, and ADHD self-soothing.

I’ve read a few academic articles that state that stimming can be either involuntary or voluntary depending on the context. Like stimming is just self-regulating no matter if you’re autistic or ADHD or neither.

The reason is always self-regulating but the need for the regulation and the behavior to do so varies.

A lot of people with ADHD myself included may not stim to focus, we might do it because of other sensory needs.

You had mentioned that what you said may be counter to what you say. So I’m confused.

And while the involuntary nature is the need to stick but the action is a response but then you later say the action is involuntary.

I fidget involuntarily but I also will notice that I’m doing it and keep doing it because it feels good. It's not simply involuntary. This video just confused me more.

[chriscohlmeyer]

Autism and ADHD finialy after a lifetime - 1959 and 1960 my first and second grade teachers got it even without any sort of diagnosis, I was allowed to sit in the back of the class, let my leg shake and stare out the window at the clouds and trees while listening, if I got the cast iron pedestal school desk bouncing I was given one of two tasks - pound the blackboard erasures on the outside of the school or a mystery note for the principal, one other task sometimes was retrieve art supplies for a class project. They were also good at teaching me in particular the expected social norms while re-enforcing them to the rest of the class.

Third grade I learned to hate school but a tutor identified my dyslexia and gave me some strategies to cope with it along with "keep my reading for classes at grade level". Reading things way beyond my expected grade level got me in "trouble" in the first place. I also developed a stim of cracking my fingers and toes - easier to hide them from the teacher but boredom I found harder to hide.

[RubyStargazer]

I have both Autism and ADHD and when I am stimming I bounce my legs up and down. And put me hand in front of my face when lights are flashing I will even move my fingers and sometimes a pencil

[starcubey]

Austistic people tend to stim to manage sensory experiences while people with ADHD may stim to manage inattentiveness or hyperactivity. Both can feel overstimulated or understimulated but for different reasons. Autism and ADHD are quite different, they only seem similar when you focus on the overlapping symptoms. I think more than anything, people who are neurodivergent or people that have similar symptoms just want to be able to understand and express themselves rather than being grouped into a category that seems to reduce their neurotype to a simple label that's difficult to understand and often misunderstood.

[Sarcasmarkus]

I don't think its actually the fact that that adhd is only one way of stimming and autism is another, and the urge to stem is involuntary, but it is possible to choose how you stem so no it isn't always completely involuntary. I think you're really over thinking it. The definition for stemming is self stimulatory behaviors, thats a large catagory of behaviors, so saying one kind of stimming i "real stemming" and another kind "isn't real stimming" isn't true.

[stephanvonwolf]

Not only do I agree with you have you having been diagnosed with both as a contactee could not figure out what was special about me until my diagnosis I believe that Asperger's is part of a modification agenda think eugenics? I don't think the powers that be out there want what neurotypical human beings out there? With the greed and the lust for power over others and the lies, deceits, cheating, stealing, misdirection, manipulation, hidden agendas agendas, warlike nature, self-absorption. I believe that there is a modification program if not several by several different species running right alongside hybridization programs hybridization programs. I don't for 1 minute believe all these people that have been abducted and reported that are lying. And after having my own contacts, well they treat me like a lab rat I don't have any rights, they do what they do. And they obviously have an agenda. But I would suggest I'm just one lab rat from one experiment and that there is a multitude of different agendas with different species running multiple programs? But eventually it circles around they don't want neurotypical human beings out there and we are right at that threshold.

[noorjahaanmohamed]

I have ADHD and I was diagnosed as a young teen but I have recently been feeling like I might have mild autism as well and I feel like along with my adhd traits, I also have opposite traits which happen to match some autistic traits so I'm definitely wanting to get assessed soon. So glad you said that you think they both go hand in hand, I feel like most people with either one have both too!!

[dobycorder]

Ya, son has two diagnosis, ADD first, then high functioning ASD as a teen. Stimming is minimal to none, but does fidget with objects and likes fidget toys. The medicine that had the most effect was dopamine enhancing.... makes sense with what you say. Thanks for this ❤.

[dannygaron]

Man... this video :) This is exactly what I was wondering about the past few weeks and bam... an awesome video about it just magically appears. My roomate has really bad ADHD and have a bit and lot of Aspergers. She's bought me a few ADHD stimming tools and they just don't do anything for me at my work while they do wonders for her at her work. When I need to stim... it just happens and I can't control it. I usually just go to the bathroom, get some arm waving out of the way, feel embarrassed all my myself and then go back into my office to keep on working. Thanks again for the great videos :)

[KateH]

Hi Dan. I love watching your videos. I got an Inattentive ADHD diagnosis this Monday which is great as I feel like I can begin to understand myself however I now have at least a 7 month wait to start medication Titration.

[mantiemo-]

On the spectrum here and i always move my toes up and down. When i’m nervous, excited or whatever i move them faster. I never knew where that kind of behavior came from but glad i know what it is now. :)

[suzymagan]

I think you are onto something and I agree based on your presentation. As someone who is on the autism spectrum, son ADHD, you helped me understand what's happening for him. My grandson is 4 and autistic. This can help my daughter teach him ways to cope and express plus understand what's happening for him as well. She is my mini me and also on the spectrum!

[Duckssss....]

THANK YOU FOR SUBTITLES LITERALLY COULD NOT FOCUS WITHOUT IT

[iSkulk]

What you said about ADHD and ASD coming as a package, I cant tell you how profound it felt to hear you say that. So much of my struggle since education and diagnosis has stemmed from not feeling like I fully understand the theories of these conditions and how they relate to my own theory of mind. The way professionals often speak about the conditions, I can find that I struggle to relate and I get wrapped up in looking for certainty; it can trap me. How much of ME is this or that? Which of my traits were caused by one thing or learned from another? How much is changeable and how much should I be ashamed for? How much should I defend my actions rather than apologize for them? I know certainty in this field is all but impossible to reach, and hearing you convey your own opinion on this matter gives me a slight feeling of clarity and validation that I'm hoping to latch on to.

[DLusby]

I'd like to hear more sometime about how you think the two diagnoses might be related.

I've been told about... and have found articles discussing an overlap of symptoms between autism and ADHD.

I was late-diagnosed ADHD at age 52. I somehow managed to get diagnosed with a 'combined presentation', even though I seem to be more towards the 'inattentive' symptom list. That stereotype of a disruptive boy in school, who can't sit still or shut up? Yeah, I wasn't like that.

Before going to get assessed for ADHD, I had a few rare occasions when people asked me if I was autistic or asked if I ever wondered if I might be. The psychologist who referred me to the assessment specialist advised me to ask about ASD as well whenever I got in to be assessed... "just in case."

But I was also told later by the specialist that it seemed fairly certain that I wouldn't meet the diagnostic criteria enough for a separate ASD diagnosis. So I just got assessed for ADHD. I was told, however, that I have some symptoms that some people might consider "autistic-like".

I often find myself still interested in the differences between the two and still wanting to learn more about autism, too. So, I occasionally click on videos like this one, or even videos that are meant to only be about autism-related topics.

So often, I find myself relating a lot to most of the experiences that some autistic YouTubers share. Which does seem curious and fascinating for me.

[FRED_CALI]

I have ADULT ADHD and my stimming is mostly done by humming while driving. To be clear, not humming a tune, I mean long note humming with every exhale, almost like meditating. Also, when I'm sitting, I'll do 'heels down' tapping of my feet, L R L R L R L R or lifting my heels in the same way, L R L R L R L R. Other stuff too.

Anyway, I'm here to learn from you. But bro, (and I mean this in the nicest, most light-hearted way ..) YOU'RE FREAKING ME TF OUT!!! 😮🤨😫🤪🥴

I'm here to learn from you because you have a lot of great info, and this is what I see and hear:
💥FAST TALKING
👋HANDS IN/OUT FRAME
👀YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE
♻️YOUR EXPLANATIONS CHANGING DIRECTIONS EVERY TWO SECONDS: "THE AUTISM.. - THE ADHD - THE STIMMING, OH MY!"

I busted up laughing at myself because sometimes it can be a lot for me! 😅😆😄 -Cal, 54