My ADHD Writes Checks My Autism Can’t Cash
My ADHD has this habit of writing checks that my autism can’t cash. It usually goes like this. ADHD gets all excited about going out (something my autism generally doesn’t like): dinner at a restaurant with friends, going to a movie, concert etc. So I end up going and once I’ve been there for a while, ADHD gets bored and goes AWOL, leaving my autism to deal with the sensory mess my ADHD dumped us in.
Another variation is ADHD gets really excited about a project and instantly commits to it. Then it’s up to my autism to organise and get the work done, meanwhile ADHD’s bored and wants to do something else. A big fight ensues between my ADHD and autism as they battle it out in my head, until one wins.
These days my autism is more in charge so the bounced checks are not such a problem but my autism always needs to be on guard against my ADHD writing blank checks.
