ASD and psychotic disorders?

[Occasional_Demon]

Just wondering if anyone here has been diagnosed with both ASD and a psychotic disorder?

I have Schizoaffective Disorder - Bipolar Type. It's pretty much under control at the moment and I'm asymptomatic, but when I do get psychosis, I can get things like delusions, ideas of reference, thought broadcasting and auditory hallucinations. I'm pretty fortunate though that I've really only experienced positive symptoms. I don't think I've experienced negative symptoms.

It took me a bit to get an ASD dx because I was given the Schizoaffective dx first, and some of the symptoms of Schizoaffective can seem like ASD, like the negative symptoms - i.e. social withdrawal, poor social skills, etc. I used to dispute the idea that my social issues were coming from Schizoaffective, because I have had social issues from early childhood and also have had things like obsessional interests and sensory issues which are not part of Schizoaffective and also stemmed from early childhood.

A few days back I got the really really official sign-off from my psychiatrist that I have Asperger's, I guess because I've stabilised but the ASD issues have remained.

 

[katcha]

My old pysch originally gave me a dual diagnosis of disorganised schizophrenia and autism, because he felt my lack of motivation couldn't be explained by autism alone. Although when he asked a schizophrenia specialists to assess me, they pretty much said he was wrong and my diagnosis was adjusted. In ways, I think the original diagnosis helped a lot since autism tends to be ignored and schizophrenia is viewed in a more serious light. It was after the diagnosis was adjusted that any sort of support that was being offered was unilaterally dropped.

 

[Occasional_Demon]

It's interesting that you received that dx for a while. I believe - but since the DSM IV isn't freely available online so I can't check - that you can only have a dual dx of schizophrenia and ASD if there are delusions and/or hallucinations involved. Which might explain why you had the schizophrenia dx rescinded.

Shame about the support being removed. Although I have noticed that most of the resources for ASD tends to be child-based, as though once you're an adult, ASD ceases to exist.

 

[Nolan1971]

I also have Schizo effective(bipolar type) disorder. The most horrible symptom to me is going numb physically/emotionally to all pleasure for hours
every day. I would rather feel pain than nothing at all!:banghead:

 

[Aalo]

Hi.

As my other parent is diagnosed with schizophrenia I really can't stop wondering whether I'd get some related symptoms too someday. I hope it isn't rude to ask how your disorder started to manifest itself. How were your reactions like and was it easy to realize that something was going on or did only others see it at first?

 

[Nolan1971]

The schizo part only comes out under severe stress when I am doing well the symptoms go away.
The mood changes every 2-4hrs due to the rapid cycle bipolar still happen but the moods are far happier & less depressing.

 

[Nolan1971]

Hi.

As my other parent is diagnosed with schizophrenia I really can't stop wondering whether I'd get some related symptoms too someday. I hope it isn't rude to ask how your disorder started to manifest itself. How were your reactions like and was it easy to realize that something was going on or did only others see it at first?

There are many symptoms to it some mild others not some are as simple as emotional intensity lat(numb) to insanely high were all your senses seem heightened,
The negative stuff like voices may not ever happen and usually only under severe stress

 

[HelloDizzy]

Just wondering if anyone here has been diagnosed with both ASD and a psychotic disorder?

I have Schizoaffective Disorder - Bipolar Type. It's pretty much under control at the moment and I'm asymptomatic, but when I do get psychosis, I can get things like delusions, ideas of reference, thought broadcasting and auditory hallucinations. I'm pretty fortunate though that I've really only experienced positive symptoms. I don't think I've experienced negative symptoms.

It took me a bit to get an ASD dx because I was given the Schizoaffective dx first, and some of the symptoms of Schizoaffective can seem like ASD, like the negative symptoms - i.e. social withdrawal, poor social skills, etc. I used to dispute the idea that my social issues were coming from Schizoaffective, because I have had social issues from early childhood and also have had things like obsessional interests and sensory issues which are not part of Schizoaffective and also stemmed from early childhood.

A few days back I got the really really official sign-off from my psychiatrist that I have Asperger's, I guess because I've stabilised but the ASD issues have remained.

Okay here it goes...
I have an official Aspergers diagnosis and an official Schizotypal Personality Disorder diagnosis, comorbid.
When I was 18, prior to the Aspie diagnosis, they thought I was Schizoaffective alone, depressed type. Now they have decided it's AS and Schizotypal.

I refuse to take the anti-psychotics.

I believe the mixture makes me who I am although it makes me paranoid and have strange body-mind experiences.

 

[nowwhat]

I was diagnosed paranoid shcizo in high school, but I was doing a wheelbarrow of hallucinogenics every couple of days, so.....Then again, I have survived 2 murder attempts by immediate family members, so is it paranoia? Bottom line is I am very very distrustful of others, and probably still quite paranoid. My expectations of hatred and hostility from others is probably unrealistic and very unhealthy.

 

[Arashi222]

When I was in high school they didn't think that girls could have autism so I went to a counselor who determined that I was depressed with possible psychotic features because I had what Dizzy calls imaginary friends (ok they weren't imaginary they were really in my mind they are characters I created so they are real but not real to touch and such) Ok so now that I had been in college and such I had an official dx of Aspergers and the depression crap was taken away because they realized it wasn't there in the first place I was lonely high schooler who had no friends. Anyway so now that i have my most reevaluation I have in no particular order:
AS/PDD NOS
NVLD with Cognitive processing disorder
OCD, Social Phobia and Anxiety NOS

 

[EveMarx]

I was diagnosed with autism as a teenager, then diagnosed with schizophrenia as an adult by a psychiatrist who was never made aware of the autism diagnosis, and assessed me for psychosis by asking me to explain the meanings behind idiomatic expressions and asking me questions I did not understand the context of.
Every professional I have spoken to since believes that it is ridiculous that I was ever diagnosed with schizophrenia, but apparently nobody can do anything about it because the psychiatrist has retired and nobody can prove a 'professional opinion' wrong.
Thank you for ruining my life, NHS.

 

[Timmy1]

I was diagnosed with autism as a teenager, then diagnosed with schizophrenia as an adult by a psychiatrist who was never made aware of the autism diagnosis, and assessed me for psychosis by asking me to explain the meanings behind idiomatic expressions and asking me questions I did not understand the context of.
Every professional I have spoken to since believes that it is ridiculous that I was ever diagnosed with schizophrenia, but apparently nobody can do anything about it because the psychiatrist has retired and nobody can prove a 'professional opinion' wrong.
Thank you for ruining my life, NHS.

but wait, if the psychiatrist was wrong, and all the other psychiatrists also knows and tells you this,

how did it rune your life?
there's nothing wrong with it. /???