Autism, ADHD: is it worth seeing someone?

I drift off within a few minutes whenever a task is not immediately interesting.

I start several things and leave many of them unfinished.

I forget appointments, paperwork or replies I owe, even when they matter.

I put off admin tasks or long documents until it becomes a problem.

I find it hard to sit still doing nothing; I need to move, keep my hands busy, or leave.

I talk a lot, cut in, or answer before the question is finished.

I make decisions on impulse — purchases, commitments, messages — and regret them afterwards.

I judge time badly: I leave too late, or underestimate how long a task will take.

Small talk takes effort: I work out what to say, when to speak, when to stop.

I do not pick up what people mean when they do not say it explicitly.

I monitor and adjust myself during conversations — eye contact, tone, expressions — as if playing a part.

After a day with a lot of contact, I need to be alone for a long time to recover.

An unexpected change to my day costs me a great deal, even when it is a pleasant one.

I have precise routines and ways of doing things that I really hold on to.

I have subjects that absorb me completely and that I can talk about at length, in great detail.

Noise, light, smells or certain textures bother me enough that I have to leave or avoid them.

Were these difficulties already there in your childhood or adolescence, even if nobody noticed them?

Do they show up in several areas of your life — for instance at work or in your studies, and also at home or with the people close to you?

Today, how much do they actually get in the way of your work, your relationships or your daily life?

In the past two weeks, have you felt very low, hopeless, or thought about dying?