(Mis)diagnosis and comorbid conditions.

Have any of you been diagnosed with anything else that only covered parts of what really is a part of AS before finding out about AS? If so, what have you been diagnosed with?

Any additional/comorbid conditions? Which ones?

Are you officially diagnosed with AS?

-Camelidae

Camelidae wrote:Have any of you been diagnosed with anything else that only covered parts of what really is a part of AS before finding out about AS? If so, what have you been diagnosed with?

Any additional/comorbid conditions? Which ones?

Are you officially diagnosed with AS?

-Camelidae

I'm not diagnosed with AS, i think I give up.

I was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school, then as I got older managed to accumulate PD & GAD, Major Depression, I've heard OCD a few times from a few psychologist/therapist people but i don't know for sure whether it's "official" and i don't care. I know I have a lot of OCD traits. Whether it's a diagnosis or a symptom is anybody's guess.

Most recently I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS and told that there was a possibility I might have Borderline Personality Disorder, but my thoughts on the BPD is that the lady that did the testing couldn't figure me out between my mother's inability to recognize my childhood problems as abnormal and not of my own making, and my propensity for thinking that people are, in general, devious rat-bastards that will step on your face on their way to what they want. (That outlook always gets people confused on the personality tests... they usually come back and ask me whether i think this behavior is "normal and OK" or not. I tell them "no, i don't... I just think there are a lot of crappy people out there, they don't all eat rainbows and poop butterflies."

I was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder in my adolescence, and I think a lot of this stems from the fact that AS was not recognised at that time - you were either classicly autistic or mentally ill, not both. My family successfully challenged the bipolar diagnosis, and I have never really shown any signs of it, although I believe it can be a co-morbidity for some people. I was depressed, but I now believe that this was as a result of long-standing untreated anxiety that in turn came from the social difficulties inherent in AS.

I still struggle with anxiety, but can manage it a lot of the time, and the low mood I can see approaching like a juggernaut, so I take steps (which sometimes succeed, sometimes don't).

I am diagnosed, and this has helped in that I am now starting to be able to see what is "my AS" and what is "just me" and what these can lead me to feel. I do think the anxiety is part of the AS, but now I realise that, I believe I may be better placed to manage it. Only time will tell.

Hope this is helpful.

Afflictions aren't neatly boxed in. But people want to have labels so what are basically just variants on the same theme then get given one by the clueless shrink who can only apply what he read in a book.

Comorbid is a non-sequitur but sounds very interesting.

When I was a kid I was diagnosed with Severe receptive language disorder when I got older I was diagnosed with mild aspergers. I Do have clinical depression but wasnt diagnosed because it was clearly obvious, Although depression wise now iam doing ALOT better and iam ontop of it. And obviously anxiety but I dont really care much for anxiety to be honest , I just think its just how iam. I wouldnt label myself with a anxiety disorder because its just apart of having aspergers. Typical anxiety like in social situations and what not. Not panic attacks though. Only had two of those in my life.

petrossa wrote:Afflictions aren't neatly boxed in. But people want to have labels so what are basically just variants on the same theme then get given one by the clueless shrink who can only apply what he read in a book.

Comorbid is a non-sequitur but sounds very interesting.

Aha. Will you also answer my question, dearest petrossa?

I have been diagnosed with anything from paranoid schizophrenia to severe affective neglect. Depression is overdiagnosed and badly understood. Just not being happy and feeling down isn't a depression. Lying in bed and not bothering with life anymore is.

I finally got diagnosed with AS after i pointed it out as a possibility to my shrink.

Thank you.

I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder & depression, and then later when I started calling people on their b.s. (and after I quit taking their medication after 7 years of treatment), they diagnosed me with mania. I quit going to my shrink after that. I think Aspergers fits much more neatly now, and it doesn't bother me anymore if I don't get along with others very much or that I live alone with my dog. They're mostly low-level people and I am superior to them.

Depression - Guess was a result of my attempts.

GAD - used to be an energizer bunny of anxiety(I think my word count in school was 4 words from Kindergarten to 11th grade. If I talked horrible things would happen.) until I just stopped giving a ###$.

Bipolar - Not sure where this one came from. Ive been trying to see if it fits, but I just don't see it. Sounds like a shot in the dark to me.

hmm, cancer runs in my dads family, Mom has hypothyroid issue. Dad put on a bit of weight(like 180 to 210/220 back to 200) in his 30s. Bout it.


No im not DXed aspie, dont really plan on it either.