So I saw my psychiatrist on Thursday, I have been seeing him for 6 years.
He says he doesn't think I'm on the spectrum but thinks I have the following:
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Dysthimic Disorder
- Alexethemia
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
- Eating Disorder (not otherwise specified)
- Chronic Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Social Phobia
I have a hard time believing that all my issues are 8 independent psychiatric conditions rather than the one neurologic disorder. He agreed to send me to a specialist for full day testing and evaluation; I go early September.
For now he has put me on Dexedrine Spansules. Not sure how I feel about them. I definitely have 5% more energy, but that's about all the difference I notice.
Is it bad I hope I have ASD? If I have ASD, I feel like I have permission to be myself, but if it's all psychiatric, I'm afraid I'm in for meds and therapies with people trying to "fix" me for the rest of my life.
I hate this. I wish regardless of the answer I could just live my life - but between society and the mental obstacles I constantly erect for myself... I just can't.
He says he doesn't think I'm on the spectrum but thinks I have the following:
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Dysthimic Disorder
- Alexethemia
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
- Eating Disorder (not otherwise specified)
- Chronic Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Social Phobia
I have a hard time believing that all my issues are 8 independent psychiatric conditions rather than the one neurologic disorder. He agreed to send me to a specialist for full day testing and evaluation; I go early September.
For now he has put me on Dexedrine Spansules. Not sure how I feel about them. I definitely have 5% more energy, but that's about all the difference I notice.
Is it bad I hope I have ASD? If I have ASD, I feel like I have permission to be myself, but if it's all psychiatric, I'm afraid I'm in for meds and therapies with people trying to "fix" me for the rest of my life.
I hate this. I wish regardless of the answer I could just live my life - but between society and the mental obstacles I constantly erect for myself... I just can't.