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what was your pre-ASD diagnosis?

In school, I was put in the "gifted" program with the other geeks. I was also called "very shy" to the point that it felt like a diagnosis.
 
I was actually diagnosed with ADD when I was younger and NLD (nonverbal learning disorder) when I was in high school. I have never actually been diagnosed with Aspergers, but have done some research on it and seems to fit me perfectly. I was a bit surprised that when I searched for NLD on this forum that nothing came up. I also find it really strange that the person who diagnosed me with NLD was unable to help me or refer me to anyone who could do so. Has anyone else on here been diagnosed with NLD or anyone familiar with it?
 
As a child I was given anti seizure meds. I'm not sure what they thought I had. As an adult, diagnosed as bi-polar and OCD previously.
 
Well the foster home where I lived from age 7-12, decided that all of my siblings and I had ADHD (which we/I do not at all) but I have a suspicion that they told the doctors that so we would be put on Ritalin and they would have more control of us. However, post living with them (after age 11) I was never diagnosed with anything until I decided to go get a formal diagnosis at age 24 for ASD. I have been diagnosed with that-- and that's all I have (no co morbids).
 
King_Oni said:
I talked to a friend of mine, who I hadn't spoken in a while and they labeled him an aspie in the months in between we didn't have contact. I told him about my therapist, he told me about his, and also, what his therapist thought it was before sending him to specialists.

That had an eerie coincidence with my situation. Because apparently with him, just as well as me, they at first thought we both had some kind of narcisstic personality disorder with comorbid autism (somewhere on the spectrum at least) and/or pdd-nos. The reason for the narcisstic part was because he thought I just didn't care for people (and in result only care for myself)... I do tend to call it "lack of empathy", which to some extent does fall in place with autism in general to my information.

I should actually look at the files my therapist gave me to pass on to the specialist to see what else he threw at me (and ask if my friend wants me to let me read his papers, to see if there's more similarities in his and my case, to where possible aspergers might come from)

But yeah, I'm actually curious if anyone would be willing to share what their pre-ASD diagnosis was, before the therapists figured "oh.. hey, there's also the possibility of autism (or more specificly aspergers)"
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I got schizophrenia. Even after doing a bit psychology and found out i didn't fit the criteria. Turned out they had made up a second symphtom, and refused to change it. To long ago, and i missed have forgotten to past. :P. Big battle one. :(. They looked at narcism to, but i was to nice to be narcistic. Even when i said my hidden thought, and i was going for narcism. Always claiming, well you never real a narcist.But i did, and thatwas me on the inside for a while. (good quality Aspie). And now, it is just me that knows. They, well.......we are not impressed. :P

So my poimt. Next to your own point, don't take the opion of idiots as deep thought. No deep thought there.Just people flining around in the dark. Not at at all like my nefroloog (lever, kidney, something). He Knows things. But he, you need them. So as long as the leeches (mediaval time), don't kill, it is the best there is. :)

About naristic, you might have appereared that to a lot of other people. Not your fault. There fault, but they outnumber you.:P

My naristic side came from something else. It might be a clue. But better ask me in private. Top right of the home page. :P
 
"Doofus." :tonguewink:

Former dx was seizure disorder and dysthymia (occasional depression). Neurologist now suspects the "absence seizures" and "depression" were both just autistic shutdowns.
 
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Never been to a therapist. Tried talking to a few counselors. The first two ignored me and wouldn't reply back, and the third... Pretty bad guy.

My mom often suspected I had a touch of autism. Most people I knew went with "weirdo", "freak", and "psycho".
 
ADD, OCD, Social Anxiety, General Anxiety, at one point depression, and at another point paranoia.
 
Depression was my main diagnosis pre ASD. The exact label differed according to whatever psychiatrist I was seeing at the time. Under my last psychiatrist, I had: recurrent depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, emotionally unstable personality disorder and atypical autism. I only found out by accident: it wasn't like anybody had given me these labels face-to-face. I was particularly furious with the last one. (My actual diagnosis was Autism Spectrum Disorder. The psychiatrist who diagnosed me with ASD had said nothing about me having atypical autism.) The next time I saw the psychiatrist's junior doctor, I discussed the last two diagnoses with him and, I have to say, he was very good about it. He said I didn't seem to display the symptoms of an emotionally unstable, or borderline, personality disorder, e.g. I was consistent in how I felt about other people; I didn't declare love for them one day and hatred another day. He also saw my point about the atypical autism and agreed to change it to ASD.

That particular psychiatrist has thankfully retired now. The one diagnosis which I have never got, but think I have, is ADD.
 
Dear Lord, there was a lot. I don't even know if I can remember them. I think I started getting diagnosed and fed pills around 7 so if I miss some...


OCD
ADHD
Bipolar 1
Bipolar Rapid Cyclic
Major Depressive Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder
General Anxiety Disorder
Psychosis
Bulimia Nervosa
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (Still have this. Basically overstimulation makes me vomit.)
Borderline Personality Disorder

And now ASD/Aspergers. (Specialist person explained that I would've fallen under Aspergers but they got rid of it or something?)


Most of those disorders on the list were all at the same time. I think that the only one they'd gotten rid of before the ASD diagnosis was OCD.

I was--and still am on--a lot of heavy duty psych meds.
 
For as long as I can remember it has been clear to me that I was very different from other people. I didn't know how or why, but I knew that I was different. When I was 60 years old, I saw a documentary about Asperger's Syndrome. I was amazed, it felt like they were describing me. After that I researched AS to find out all I could about it (after all, that is what we do). For a couple of years I was convinced that I was a Aspie, but was not diagnosed. When I was 62 years old, I got a appointment with a clinical psychologist who was experienced with AS. After a few sessions with him, he diagnosed me with Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80). This was a revelation to me, knowing that there was a name for people like me and other people like me. This month that was eight years ago. I got the diagnosis for my own information and I do not tell many people about it. Most people see me as "that weird, old, smart guy".
 
From first three therapists:

Situational depression-1994

Procrastination- 2003

ADHD-Inattentive with associated anxiety-2010

Fourth therapist, Aspergers-like symptoms-2013

Full assessment: ASD High functioning/Aspergers-2013
 
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