Does anyone have a mix of Aspergers and something else?

[Thea]

I was first diagnosed with depression, then generalised anxiety. Now I'm in the process of getting an official diagnosis for my self diagnosed Aspergers. I also believe I have OCD but since I'm not too impaired by it I won't bother with the official diagnosis. I have Chronic Fatigue along with IBS.
The anxiety and the OCD are managable on my own but the depression requires anti-depressants.

 

[Sunnylims]

I was diagnosed with depression and an eating disorder (bdd and bulemia) in my late high school-early college years, but the depression and self-hate started a lot earlier. I was depressed and anxious and confused and I had no idea why, which only led to more confusion and doubt and hate.

I began crawling my way out of the darkness 2 years ago, but still felt confused. I started researching Aspergers in March of this year, just randomly because it had popped into my racing mind. I immediately connected with everything that I was reading, it was like reading about my own life. In high school, I would have shuddered at the idea of being on the autism spectrum because I was so consumed with trying to fit in with people who clearly didn't like me. However, as soon as I started reading about it, I was surprised at how okay with it I was. More than okay actually, I felt relieved, and like I had found the missing puzzle piece that I had been searching for, which ironically, is the symbol for Autism.

So after much more extensive research and reflection, I made an appointment with a therapist who specializes in Aspergers and Autism. After a lot of talking and testing, she formally diagnosed me with ASD and ADD, with a sensory processing disorder thrown in there somewhere, and basically my life pretty much makes sense now!

 

[Misfate]

•Diagnosed: ASD (Aspergers), OCD, and ADD
•Temporary/Subsided: Tourette Syndrome, Non-epileptic Seizures, and Panic Disorder

 

[Raggerty]

A social phobia that causes bad anxiety.
I hate labels but i'm interested in knowing how many folk have symptoms of Tourettes?
When mulling over past and present bad memories (like a video in my head over and over) i tick,head twisting,grunting and telling myself to F**K OFF repeatedly out loud.
This i can control in front of folk (or i get out quick if i can't) but not on my own.
I'll do it in a minute because of admitting this lol.
How many others feel like this?

 

[Misfate]

A social phobia that causes bad anxiety.
I hate labels but i'm interested in knowing how many folk have symptoms of Tourettes?
When mulling over past and present bad memories (like a video in my head over and over) i tick,head twisting,grunting and telling myself to F**K OFF repeatedly out loud.
This i can control in front of folk (or i get out quick if i can't) but not on my own.
I'll do it in a minute because of admitting this lol.
How many others feel like this?

I ,too, still have these "ticks", though they are no longer exterior. As I posted before, my Tourettes have subsided, but with my OCD I still seem to be having them in my head with "Intrusive Thoughts." Everyday, I am constantly having interior babble and prejudice, often profane, of myself and others. Tourettes was verbal and physical, so it has subsided, but I am still "ticking" on the interior.

 

[Raggerty]

"Everyday, I am constantly having interior babble and prejudice, often profane, of myself and others."
That's it,spot on how it is for me.

 

[Judge]

Comorbidity? Formally diagnosed chronic clinical depression and OCD. Self-diagnosed ASD.

 

[jack...I don't even know]

I have Aspergers, Depression and Anxiety. Basically means it's impossible for me to cope, i don't know if anyone has the same feelings

 

[wyverary]

I have Aspergers, Depression and Anxiety. Basically means it's impossible for me to cope, i don't know if anyone has the same feelings

I struggled many, many years with this. I was basically almost completely non-functioning. It took intense psychotherapy and years of experimenting with combinations of medicines to get to where I am now. So it's not hopeless, dear.

 

[I am that which I am]

That is good to hear Wyverary.

I very very likely have Aspergers, recently diagnosed with dysthymia (aka chronic mild depression) with a fun bit of SAD, anxiety, migraines (well 4 years ago), and insomnia (3 years ago) all of which I have had since my early childhood. I also developed PTSD due to a wonderful childhood and had/have a scoliosis (crooked spine) and eczema as a child. I noticed recently that one of my over-sensitivities is related to emotions, like the typical aspie over-sensitivities to certain touches, lights, taste, sounds etc. So I have been feeling rather hopeless, since I often have to deal with emotions that take most people minutes to an hour to process for days or weeks at a time and that which takes them longer can take me an exponentially long time t process hence the chronicity. I am starting to wonder if it is an aspie thing to possibly be more emotionally sensitive like we are over sensitive to physical senses; emotions being something that psychologists and doctors do not notice as easily.

 

[gouldgrl]

Just curious to see really

Nonverbal learning disorder.
Some OCD.

 

[Misfate]

My non-epileptic seizures had been subsided for a year, but just this Thursday, probably due to my slacking off of medication in the summer, I had a seizure of epilepsy . I recall waking up and crying out. I recall people approaching me, who, subconsciously, I was aware were my family, but at the time, I had no method of communication but jabbering in shrill screams, which I continued before blacking out. My family tells me that, after my loss of consciousness, my limbs were shaking and I seemed to be withdrawing my breath. I truly hope that returning to and keeping on track of my medication will repair the damage done, but one may never know; I have heard of some who have been free of their seizures for many years, only to have it resurface...

 

[nowwhat]

"Everyday, I am constantly having interior babble and prejudice, often profane, of myself and others."
That's it,spot on how it is for me.

Sounds familiar, though not exactly sure what form your crappy monologue takes, or if it's the same mechanism/form as mine.

To answer the OP: paranoia. Was clinically paranoid/schizo in my teens. Seems rather managed for decades now, without medication or therapy, though not entirely absent. I seem to have some BPD traits in my dealings with others, as well. Some people think my stims are tics, ala: Tourettes, but they are semi voluntary, though I am largely unaware or when I am performing them. Oh, and also intermittent depression, though it rarely is so bad that I can't get through the minimum I'm expected to do each day to discharge the many obligations I've taken on in life. I often go weeks at a time without saying more than one or two words at a time though, avoiding interaction or conversation with others.

 

[Structrix]

Aspergers, depression, GAD and social anxiety.

 

[Mattymatt]

Some days I think I should be in a textbook to be studied.

 

[2aspirin]

ASD, Adjustment Disorder (chronic), Dystonia ...with Continuous Partial Seizures, Sensory Integration Dysfunction (now termed Sensory Processing Disorder), Middle Ear Myoclonus.

I will leave the list at that. I am still really weird with food, was anorexic as a teen. I am hyperlexic and have some other OCD stuff going on but I have a good life and good job.

 

[gonz]

Aside from the ASD, I've also been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia.

And they'd likely throw ptsd on top of all that if I ever found a shrink I trusted and was honest with them about my childhood.

 

[2aspirin]

I just realized I and many others answered this with an inventory of additional states that are generally negative. I think I should add that I have several gifts too, such as math, art and memory abilities. I can absorb a lot of information. I have sometimes been a very good speaker to large crowds (though much less so to small groups). It is worthwhile to take inventory of positive phenotypic features.

 

[toothless]

My non-epileptic seizures had been subsided for a year, but just this Thursday, probably due to my slacking off of medication in the summer, I had a seizure of epilepsy . I recall waking up and crying out. I recall people approaching me, who, subconsciously, I was aware were my family, but at the time, I had no method of communication but jabbering in shrill screams, which I continued before blacking out. My family tells me that, after my loss of consciousness, my limbs were shaking and I seemed to be withdrawing my breath. I truly hope that returning to and keeping on track of my medication will repair the damage done, but one may never know; I have heard of some who have been free of their seizures for many years, only to have it resurface...

unless have got epilepsy,and are diagnosed with NEAD;its likely the seizure was a non epileptic attack,epilepsy is only confirmed or denyed from EEGs after having had multiple seizure like attacks,non epileptic attacks can appear exactly like epilepsy and its why so many people with NEAD end up misdiagnosed with it and end up paying for and restricted by medication they dont need.

am diagnosed with severe classic autism,low functioning,though have been temperarily misdiagnosed with aspergers in the past by an idiot mental health pyschologist who said he had never worked with ASD or intelectual disability and had never checked out the developmental and medical/NHS history of mine which woud have shown LFA,was sat on the floor rocking opening and closing a gameboy advance SP and he kept trying to force his way in to interact-was echolalicaly answering him with one word answers as have never gained proper speech,he saw the game boy sp and said that people with aspergers love computers,and within fifteen minutes exactly-of walking in the door was walking out rediagnosed with aspergers,multiple learning disability [which in the uk implies profound intelectual disability, was already labeled with severe LD [ID] but its also the fact he also shoud not have diagnosed both AS and any level of ID together;they discount each other. and also wrongly diagnosed ADHD-thankfuly the regular pyschologist of mine put the diagnoses right and no longer have ADHD on records.

to date,am diagnosed with:
#severe classic autism/lf
#mild intelectual learning disability/mental retardation [diagnosed under both ICD and old DSM].
#severe challenging behavior caused by the autism and ID.
#incontinence,caused by the autism and ID.
#lifelong severe reactive attachment disorder. diagnosed in late twenties.
#severe epilepsy,sometimes life threatening.
#severe major depressive disorder.
#profound hyperacusis [its now severe,not profound thanks to sensory integration therapy had recieved whilst in greenways hospital but have not been reassessed].
#multiple brain injuries and post injury effects,from a childhood of daily head banging without access to a padded helmet.
#tinnitus, caused by head banging,had it since teens.

 

[Peace]

Does anyone not have a mix of Aspergers and something else?