What happens if autistic people do drugs

It seems like autistic people are always the kind of people that never break the rules. I wont say Im autistic since ive never been diagnosed (never told anyone) but i have a lot of traits such as being an adult who is obsessed with fictional worlds. the only reason why ive never done drugs is because i have no friends (i dont really like talking/hangout wiht people, but im not a misanthrope or anti-social or anything) no 'street-knowledge'/common sense, and people watch over me very closely (not in a way that im retarded just in a way that i would feel guilty for disapointing them) so i've always wondered why autistic people are against hard drugs (not talking weed, perscriptions etc. although it seems like they dont smoke or drink either). I do drink a bit personally it just makes me 'normal'. people don't seem to beleive this or think "that's just what you think" but here's an example, in uni i did a speech w/o drinking, got the lowest possible grade, worst speach ever. next time i got a little buzz, got a 80% on it. final speech drank even more, got a 90% ont hat speech and the teacher was congratulating me on my improvement and stuff. normal day when im sober i feel like how drunk/high peopl act, i cant "see/hear" things properly, always falling asleep, slurring, etc. but after drinking 100% normal. and i have been like that all my life before i started drinking.so iguess 2 questions why dont autistic people drink/do drugs, and what happens if they do? is it possible for someone to become normal from alcohol/drugs? please no smart ass answers like no one isnormal because we all know thats b/s

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  • Short4Words

    I think the alcohol is relieving some of your anxiety which is allowing you to be more cool and confident which is a big help in speeches but I don't know about reversing autism, if you even have it.

    Have you thought about trying to be officially diagnosed?

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    • i've been official diagnosed with OCD and GAD, i've went to a therapist but, i am way too embarrassed to ever tell anyone irl what weird sh!t is in my mind..

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  • Blackville

    You might be on to something with the alcohol thing. I also have 24/7 anxiety and ocd, i need to try drinking a little alcohol regularly and see if it makes me more normal.

    As for drugs, don't do them. They will fuck you up. They fucked me up.

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    • what drugs did you do?

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  • Mr,SexyJesus

    The world around you defragments as you exit the matrix

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  • Short4Words

    I don't think a therapist would necessarily diagnose you but you could likely get a referral from a doctor. The type of questions the specialist or anyone would ask you would only pertain to your hypothetical autism and nothing else.

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  • I can give a lot of insight into this. I am diagnosed with aspergers as well as schizoaffective and adhd and I have done a bit of drug experimenting.
    I don't know where the idea that autistic people care about rules comes from. Personally I don't give a fuck about rules and make my own rules. I don't care about conforming to society or fitting in and I feel no need to impress anyone.
    The only drugs I have ever done a lot of is alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and prescribed drugs. I have experimented with quite a few other things as well. Even people with autism will all react to them differently.
    Alcohol seems to effect me similar to other people but I have a high tolerance. I already seem drunk, so it doesn't really change me much.
    Marijuana has had various effects. I've had times I've enjoyed it and times it's made me paranoid and hallucinate, but that only happens when I do too much. It doesn't make me lazy like other people though, but it doesn't really help either. It can be enjoyable though.
    I did acid once and have tried shrooms a few times. My experience seems consistent with other peoples descriptions but the acid didn't fully wear off for me for a few days and I would start hallucinating again for a few weeks after if I smoked any weed.
    I've tried meth and coke a few times. Coke was enjoyable but meth was not. Meth made me angry and psychotic. I will never do that one again. Coke made me talk a lot and gave me a euphoric energy.
    I've tried a few other things too but have never shot anything up. In general drugs last longer for me than most people. Some are more intense and some are ineffective.

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    • Other drugs I've tried and their effects...

      Opium- little effect
      Methadone- little effect, similar to alcohol
      Salvia- mind fuck trip out
      Krantom- nothing
      Nutmeg- felt drunk and stoned for 24 hrs
      Meth- hyper then angry when wore off. Was paranoid and uncomfortable.
      Cocaine- hyper and euphoric.
      Crack- friend got it from a bum. Like coke with severe psychosis for 5 minutes. Only think about crack then realize how stupid it is.
      Heroin?- smoked something someone said was herion. Did nothing
      Ketamin?- not sure. Did nothing.
      DXM- felt robotic and dissociated. I actually always feel this way but it was way more interence. I did strange things as well such as go outside naked and poke myself in the eyes.
      MDMA- euphoria followed by homicidal rage.
      Absynth- typical drunk.
      Ambien- Blackout whole night and slept walked although active such as trying to drive and hitting the mailbox and sat doing nothing as well as throwing cds at my friends bros girlfriend in the shower.
      Marijuana- various effects. Usually normal effects but don't like too much or I feel paranoid and hallucinate. Have tried extracts too such as resin, hash and dabs which are similar effects but more intense.
      Alcohol- takes a lot to get drunk and I don't act stupid or much different the way some people do.
      Tobacco- relaxing
      LSD- lots of illusion but felt in control. World seemed digital.
      Shrooms- some illusions and could function. World seemed more dream like than usual. Things happened on loop.
      Yellow jackets- like adderell but got sick.
      Fentanil- given at hospital. High as fuck all day.
      Various pills- various fx.
      Laced weed?- severe hallucinations, time speeds up like fast foward, glitchy, time moved jerkey like in panels.
      Fake weed- bought at store. Similar to shitty quality weed.

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      • I wanted to try different drugs at least once. The only ones I want to try still are peyote and dmt. Some I have not wanted to try on purpose such as pcp, bathsalts and datura.

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  • victorygin

    I've got one friend with Asperger's, so I can only talk about this in reference to them, but like bugsforbreakfast said; even autistic people are going to react differently to drugs, so I don't know if there's any general rule here.

    But anyway, my one friend has a hard enough time naturally keeping up with social norms when sober (although he's learned to pretty well). But if he gets drunk, he tends to go a bit nuts. He doesn't really notice how loud or obnoxious he's being - like most drunk people, but just much weirder. His natural weirdness is 10x magnified - again, sounds like most drunk people, but he just has a much harder time hiding it than everyone else.

    He naturally steers clear of other drugs. But basically, it's as if he's got enough crap going on in his head already without throwing drugs into the mix... that's the impression I get anyway.
    And he does have an aversion to drugs in general, even without trying them. I don't know why that is, whether he buys into anti-drug propaganda more than most, or what, I don't really know.

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    • I wonder if he knows people think he is annoying. He may think he is fine. People tell me I am annoying and weird but I don't see it as a problem.

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