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Paranoid depression... fun.

At a young age, people that I knew suspected that things were different about me. For example, although I could read at the toddler stage, I still couldn't write my name due to poor motor skills. I was highly perfectionistic about everything, and I had a difficult time keeping my emotions and temper in check. Of course, I was only four years old at the time, but people knew that there was something a little more than "quirky" with me.

At the age of nine or ten, I started to "daydream" more often, and take refuge in imaginary stories that I made up in my head. I could barely even keep my desk organized (I would always joke that "Tom and Jerry just had a fight in my desk"). I was extremely bright, sure, but I was also anxious and inattentive, and people started noticing me for that.

When I was around ten and a half, my problems became extremely prominent to everyone. I didn't pay attention well at all, I would always get anxious over the littlest things, and I didn't fit in well in class. I was called "mentally challenged" and "ret*d" by most of my classmates for my naivete, attention problems (turns out that I hyperfocus on things), and panic attacks.

I was then diagnosed with adult ADD (odd for a child, isn't it?) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder along with a panic disorder, and I have to take medication for that. I know that I can learn things just as well as others can, and that I only have problems paying attention to things for a certain amount of time and that I just have a tendency to panic. And, although my IQ doesn't suggest it, I am mildly gifted in the areas of language arts, which is pretty good for someone who couldn't pay attention in elementary school and someone who has to take mood stabilizers to keep her anxiety and mood swings from getting horrible.

On top of all that, I have outbursts and meltdowns that I'm not sure where it's from, but they're not fun. I can resort to violence, sometimes, during these, which I feel really guilty for.

I may also (self-diagnosed and diagnosed by a couple of school friends) have bipolar or at least cycloclythmia, but my mom isn't entirely sure about my self diagnoses.

I also have a copious amount of allergies to certain medications and antibiotics, and an allergy to trees. I have erratic hormones that eventually fixed itself on its own, and I have problems with my stomach involving stomach cramps, occasional nausea, and chronic constipation that flares up a lot.

My psychological and physical profile in a nutshell, which is basically not that fun to deal with, but I'm enjoying the strengths of ADD and Asperger's, too.

Ditto with my comorbids. I'm fine with my AS but my anxiety is the one that actually causes the worst problems in my life. AS is only a minor thing for moi.

I was diagnosed with OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety, & Post Traumatic Stress along with lots of other things instead of AS. My anxiety issues cause lots of problems for me as well but I think they were caused by my AS problems & other things. If I could cure my physical disabilities & better adapt to an NT word; I doubt I would have the anxiety issues

I've been diagnosed with depression, social anxiety/panic attacks, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, GERD, migraines, and allergies. I also have gluten/casein intolerance and am extremely sensitive to medication (particularly antibiotics).

I show signs of OCD and I think I might have ADD, though I've never been diagnosed with or sought help for either one.

Panic Disorder, although not had an attack for about a year

I'm very depressed, to the point where I rarely smile or laugh but it gets better when I go out in the sun or cuddle with my therapy dog.

Sometimes the depression gets so bad I curl up in a ball on my bed and lay there crying

I also have PTSD from a decade of abuse at the hands of my father and stepmother

I still have problems with it today, the PTSD got so bad I shook and hyperventilated over forgetting to tell my biological mom that we needed milk. Another time, I started crying and shaking because I thought my mom was mad at me and she wasn't.

The things I have besides AS are my dyspraxia and some rare disorder of Joubert Syndrome, affecting the cerabellum in the brain (the one responsible for coordination and balance). I was diagnosed with this at 17 (19 now) in December.

physical: epilepsy, hand deformities, severe patella alta so I struggle getting around, probably dyspraxia too, other joint problems and very low blood pressure, also some weird speech problems

psych: social anxiety disorder, AS, depression... erm, stammer but that's alright for the moment. I've other stuff but I've said enough for now

I have AS, ADHD, PTSD, and one other disorder.

I have self diagnosed AS, Paranoid Schitzophrenia, Clinical Depression, and a heart condition. I really hope a die soon, because I can just see something happening with the governments of this world. I just know something really bad is comming. I can't tell you how soon though.

Asperger/ADD/Tourette/Gender Identity Disorder to name a few.

(hmm)

Depression--No wonder few if any people want to be aligned to me be it NT or AS
Diabetes--Many people in my life think I'm going to croak over dead in less than 10yrs
Dyscalcula
Dysgraphia
Hypotonia
and other learning troubles which I'm sure of but need a proper determination

Diagnosed as a kid: AS/ADHD, later updated to TS/ADD/SAnD/NVLD/OCD and probably Cyclothymia and Schizoid Personality Disorder.

Depression, Anxiety, BiPolar, Paranoia, Agoraphobia, PTSD, anemia, and a 4 herniated disks in my neck. (looking forward to my surgery this year to fix it.)

I have agoraphobia but I never thought of it as a condition, just a phobia. I was diagnosed with clinical depression 2 years ago and OCD when I was 10, so seven years ago.