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Onibunny
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Hector
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The notion that people with AS may be more likely to have an eating disorder is not totally out of the question and interesting, but from the looks of things this has been speculated on rather than verified. Obviously not everyone who has ever had an eating disorder is on the autistic spectrum.
I do take serious issue with the description "the female form of Asperger’s", which highlights ignorance of AS and also eating disorders. |
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malithion2
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Hmm this does explain why I'm so skinny, yet it's common to see me eating at three-four in the morning. If that makes sense.
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| I was, underweight most of my childhood/adolescence, though this was due to only eating the right foods, seperately and there weren't many. Interests/projects and habits were all consuming and food didn't occur to me at home. Plus I abhored certain smells and later found allergies/intolerances and weight gain is uncomfortable in clothing, I'm itchy enough as it is. |
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Aurore
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I can see it being easier to be anorexic because of one's autism. I used to be anorexic but I always thought of it as an extension of my OCD/Aspie behaviors. Lots n' lots of obsessing.
Also I bet some parts of autism, like sensitivity to certain textures of food, could lead people to a false anorexic diagnosis.
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malithion2
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| Aurore wrote: | I can see it being easier to be anorexic because of one's autism. I used to be anorexic but I always thought of it as an extension of my OCD/Aspie behaviors. Lots n' lots of obsessing.
Also I bet some parts of autism, like sensitivity to certain textures of food, could lead people to a false anorexic diagnosis. |
I agree, sometimes I get so caught up in what I'm doing I forget to eat: especially when I'm going to school.
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Kauf039
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I do forget to eat when I get into something, but when I do eat, I can eat a lot... and several times a day. When I remember to eat all of my meals, I usually eat 4 meals a day, at least one of which is quite large, others slightly smaller than a normal meal. I don't put any weight to this article.
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PixieDust86
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"It's certainly easy to misconstrue certain personality styles as "autistic." Social phobia, speech disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and other issues may look like autism to the untrained eye. So - does anorexia just LOOK like autism? Or are there real connections? The research is yet to be done"
I think this part of the article makes the most sense out of the entire thing. I think when it comes to all these different disorders the symptoms and behaviors tend to blend but at different levels. I'm NT, but I have anxiety disorders and though I'm not diagnosed with depression or OCD I do have exhibit some traits of it, but not enough to be diagnosed with it. Anorexia I think is something like many of these other disorders that isn't very well understood. I have known people with anorexia and it's far more than just not eating because you're afraid of getting fat, though that is one aspect it seems more so that it is some outlet for control and it has a very horrendous psychological hold on you, so I think to even associate the two is a bit ridiculous and absurd. I think all of these disorders are one and of its own, but you can experience symptoms from others, and yes you maybe more prone to having something else more than others. I mean there are plenty of people with anorexia who don't exhibit any behavior similar to AS. It's a silly thing to suggest.
"Traits that may appear present in childhood, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder or overperfectionism, can often indicate a vulnerability to developing an eating disorder later in adolescence."
The same can be said for panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and personality disorders. These behaviors in childhood don't point to just anorexia but a slew of other mental disorders. If that is their argument then basically every other mental disorder has a connection to AS. Truth is in my opinion some anorexics have issues with anxiety and depression. Some people with anxiety are depressed. I mean in ways they are all connected but you can't blame it all on one thing unless there is more research and proof. |
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| As a child I was very thin too. |
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As a small child I was extremely thin would always forget to eat until I was about ready to pass out...often didn't even know I was hungry....then this um...PTSD set in and I gained lots of weight...became very obsessed with food...used it as an escape along with books.
So...I was more of a binger
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| Anorexia is more common among gifted people. If Aspergers is related to giftedness, then there might be a relationship. |
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sounds like a lot of specultion to me.  |
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craola
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| PixieDust86 wrote: | "It's certainly easy to misconstrue certain personality styles as "autistic." Social phobia, speech disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and other issues may look like autism to the untrained eye. So - does anorexia just LOOK like autism? Or are there real connections? The research is yet to be done"
I think this part of the article makes the most sense out of the entire thing |
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I agree with you on that part.
There are certain similarities- people who get EDs are more likely to be perfectionists, obsessional, need to control etc. But thats a large step to then say that they are connected, I'm sure at one point they were saying Anorexia was the female version of Asperger's as if there are no female sufferers.
Maybe it would be fair to say that people on the spectrum are more likely to eating problems, I've struggled with anorexia twice in my life, and that's if you're counting anorexia as deliberately starving and losing weight. I'm sure a lot children and adults on the spectrum do have problems with food due to sensitivities and whatever else causes it but I don't buy links the other way around. |
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Sora
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| Quote: | | "Just because it looks like a duck doesn't make anorexia an Asperger's duck," |
Love the duck analogy.
Anyway, that is my opinion too.
To someone who isn't head deep into autism research, anorexia and AS may look similar.
If AS and anorexia are similar, classical and anorexia should also look similar.
Since it's said that AS and classical look very similar.
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no i dont got eating disorder but i have gym disorder which causes me 20inch waist 
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