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[quote="pumibel"]I am (recently) diagnosed with ADHD-I (inattentive), and my pdoc says mine is severe. So I guess I am not just "a little ADD" as some people say they are (NTs usually LOL.) The doctor has mentioned the possibility of learning disabilities, but I have compensated so much since childhood it may be tough to find. I still wonder if I have AS, but I am beginning to think that having severe ADHD for almost 40 years with no treatment may produce a lot of the traits that seem to be AS. The two conditions are similar in many ways anyway. Now that I am on Ritalin I don't stim as much and I can concentrate more on important tasks. Unfortunately I hyper-focus on my "special interests" sometimes more than what I should be focusing on. Oh, I also have PTSD, depression, and some OCD. Those were diagnosed already before the ADHD. I feel the medications for the ADHD have made a huge impact after only a month (a week for the Ritalin). Wellbutrin + Ritalin- that is it. A few years ago I was on a major cocktail of psychotropic drugs for bipolar disorder, which was an incorrect diagnosis. The issues that made me seem bipolar were the ADHD. I know the two can be co-morbid, but I don't have mood swings except for PMS.[/quote]
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iheartmegahitt
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 3:23 am
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(This is an update)
For me, I've found out that aside from having an autistic disorder and ADHD that I have extremely severe anxiety that stems from Autism and ADHD. I also have developmental delays and a learning disability as well as trouble controlling my emotions and being able to process things. I have trouble with hearing in... my right ear I think? Which i believe to be a cause of numerous ear infections as a child. I can't stand for long periods of time and there also times when my processing difficulties make it hard for me to follow directions like everyone else does. I also don't deal with stress very well which has always seemed to be a huge issue for me as well.
So yeah... just more problems I really don't think i need.
ComposerGal1928
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:53 pm
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Social anxiety, which I think could be the result of AS, and it's pretty bad. I think I show it when I really don't want to. When I get anxious, I get all fidgety and these little tics come up (running my hand through my hair, cracking my knuckles one at a time, twirling a pencil, etc.). You can tell when I'm really anxious because I'll start laughing randomly, make little to no eye contact, and when I ultimately go into "reboot mode", in which I shut down, regenerate enough to continue, while looking for a way out of the situation.
It might be possible for me to have other things, especially since mental illness runs rampant in my mom's family.
Yoshie777
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 12:00 am
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Dysthymia (Chronic Depression) and some Anxiety
sunshower
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:55 am
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I may have already answered this.. but anyway.
Aside from Aspergers I have ADHD, Bipolar disorder - specified ultradian cycling type 1 with catatonic symptoms, and IBS.
CozPoz2802
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:24 am
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I have mild depression and psychosis...but I can seem perfectly normal at times. I have to take medication for the first one though, although I don't need to take it often, which is good
HammorHorror
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 2:16 pm
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I take numerous medications for Depression, Social Anxiety, OCD. Suicide occupies my mind all the time, I like to be by myself, I hate interaction with humans. I have many OCD rituals which take hours to perform and make me exhausted, these tend to be mental ruminations.
I'm quite callous. I have a deep rage, mainly because of bullying I experienced at school. And I have a low tolerance to frustration.
winterishere
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:55 am
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Axis 1: AS, dyspraxia, bulimia nervosa
RECOVERED!!! from GAD, major depression
PastFixations
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:48 pm
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Not just Autism but Dyspraxia as well... Diagnosed at an early age.
The more I read about it. The more I believe I'm dyspraxic than autistic.
caveman2
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:41 pm
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Unable to be around people without anxiety, depression, wanting to get away by myself, no clue how to have social communication.
I do ok if I have a "role".
General tendency to overdo whatever allows me to not think about my state of consciousness.
Little or capacity for "balanced" life.
Cyclothymia or the like, when I'm up I feel like I have an answer that will continue, when depressed think about suicide or at least non existence.
Various chemicals, alcohol, pot which are great for a while and then turn on me and I have to stop if I want to live another day.
lostgirl1986
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:35 pm
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I have a learning disability in math and processing information. I also have depression, social anxiety disorder and I'm allergic to pet dander.
ATwistedLogic
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:13 pm
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I've had selective mutism for most of my life (suffered from depression sometimes cos of it) its only recently that I've started to overcome it
Gazelle
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:47 pm
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Also have social phobia and I am self-diagnosed AS now and suspect possible PDD-NOS of some kind due to recent test results related to Neuropsychology. In the past in high school my grades were all great except for math and had a math tutor. In college I did fine with all my classes once I settled on a major and did go to a tutor for college alegebra and did fine. Later on took graduate coursework and made a 3.9 GPA and loved biochemistry. I have never really disliked algebra and it was not my best subject. Also like statistics well and made an A when I took it recently. The human brain is really fascinating yet baffling.
namaste
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:04 am
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Mental Level - Erotomania, Depression, Mood swings, Psychosis, Social Phobia/Anxiety, Asperger(probably), Binge Eating
Physical Level- Hypothyroidism, Occasional Migraines, Irregular Periods, Obesity,
Sarah81
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:41 pm
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omg so many diagnoses on here, I'm overwhelmed.
Mine is bipolar affective disorder type one and tend to get psychosis along with the manic and depressive episodes. symptoms commenced aged 25, diagnosis at 29.
Irritable bowel syndrome, diagnosed age 19
obesity, began age 27 (during depression phase and medication)
tardive dyskinesia (uncontrolled movement in my fingers, caused by medication)
I used to think I might have a form of aspergers but now I realise my childhood problems were probably caused by being slightly gifted (I started school being able to read 'chapter' books (but not Tolstoy or anything) which is not all that unusual, but some teachers used to heap so much fake praise on me so that the other kids would hear it and get motivated, that it actually caused low self esteem and bullying - and the phenomena continued throughout high school, where I was stigmatised into being some kind of intellectual 'freak', and the other kids resented it. I got out of school and my problems disappeared so I was able to self-diagnose as neurotypical once I'd had a reconsider. Plus I've seen psychiatrists and neurospychologists and they were fairly sure I was neurotypical.
herejezus
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:12 am
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ADHD, and this combination sucks..
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