• Welcome to Autism Forums, a friendly forum to discuss Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, High Functioning Autism and related conditions.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Private Member only forums for more serious discussions that you may wish to not have guests or search engines access to.
    • Your very own blog. Write about anything you like on your own individual blog.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon! Please also check us out @ https://www.twitter.com/aspiescentral

Mixed diagnoses and I just want answers.

S

strangemercy8

Active Member
I'm a 21-year-old female that's been diagnosed with many different mental illnesses over the years, such as ADHD/OCD, bipolar, depression, schizoaffective, PTSD, etc. However I question the fact that I could be suffering from all of these illnesses at once and even after years of therapy and treatment, something still just doesn't seem right to me. I think that the real issue here is that I have Asperger's. Here's why:


I was first diagnosed with ADHD by a pediatrician when I was about 8. I remember that I was very hyperactive and eccentric. In school I was always the class clown and was more intelligent than most of the other kids in my classes, but I had a terrible time focusing and didn't care about my schoolwork, so I made terrible grades. I was prescribed drugs like Ritalin and Strattera which helped temporarily. I always seemed to have a lot of friends and didn't have a hard time being social, even though I was often bullied for being "weird" and "different." Because I was so behind academically I dropped out of high school in 11th grade. It wasn't until my early teens that I started developing symptoms of depression and bipolar. I've been bakeracted 5 times since I was 13 because of my frequent suicidal ideations and bipolar tantrums of rage and depression. I sometimes feel like I'm developmentally behind because I don't know how to do many simple things on my own, and my mother has to handle personal or social situations for me. I don't even have a car or the ambition to want to go back to school. I'm a very talented musician and have almost lost complete interest in it, and it kills me because I know I have so much potential. I'm currently taking Remeron and Depakote but they don't seem to be helping much. I just feel like I meet the criteria for having Asperger's but I've never gotten the official diagnosis.


Here are some of my other symptoms:

-Poor concentration, spacing out
-Social anxiety, no interest in communicating, difficulty making eye contact
-Obsessed with my looks and appearance
-Depersonalization (Feeling disconnected and foggy, like I'm in a dream)
-Paranoid or compulsive thoughts
-Visions of grandeur
-Tantrums
-Tics when excited or nervous (like rubbing my hands together or gritting my teeth)
-Compulsive lying
-Manipulative behavior

I know that no one can give me an official diagnosis via the web but can someone share their thoughts or advice? I just want to put my mind at ease!


Thanks,

BB
 
Wow, you have quite the stack of <whatever the plural form of diagnosis is>. AspiesCentral is a really awesome place to be when your looking for answers that might relate to the Autism Spectrum. Funnily enough, though its not actually funny, I have had pretty much every one of those symptoms. I hope you find what your looking for.

Welcome to Forums!!

Sev
 
Strangemercy there are plenty other women you can talk to here at Aspie Central. there are some very knowledgeable on the subject as well.

Warwick
 
Welcome

It sounds like it's possible you have AS. If it's any consolation, women with Aspergers are often overlooked by many specialists. Some still believe that only men can have it, while others simply don't know what the female traits are.

I recommend reading this book:
http://www.bookdepository.com/Aspergirls-Rudy-Simone/9781849058261

It's written specifically for women with Aspergers, and is quite accurate. If you buy it from The Book Depository, they generally offer free shipping.

There are many of us here you can always speak with, but it's also good to consider finding a specialist as well, who specifically specialises with women with Aspergers. Sometimes simply making sense of it all can bring peace to you.

Hope that helps
 
Hi, Mercy!

You and I have many things in common. I've managed to finish school and even get my bachelor's degree, but my parents still have to help me with certain social situations because I just make things too damn awkward.

It is entirely possible that at least one of your diagnoses is a misdiagnosis and that you could potentially have ASD. I know I didn't find out I was on the spectrum until a few years ago, when I was about your age.

Best wishes.
 
Wow. I felt like I was reading my own biography! I can relate, from the early ADHD diagnoses to the depression/bipolar to the dropping out of high school to quitting musicianship to the multiple hospitalizations...

Anyway, welcome to the forums! Please stick around. I couldn't tell you whatever diagnosis may best fit you, but I find it's far more complicated and can't be whittled down to any one specific label. Most of us struggle with co-morbid conditions as well. Hopefully we can help you find some answers.

wyv

P.S. From your username, I take it you're a St. Vincent fan? :)
 
Sev said:
Wow, you have quite the stack of <whatever the plural form of diagnosis is>. AspiesCentral is a really awesome place to be when your looking for answers that might relate to the Autism Spectrum. Funnily enough, though its not actually funny, I have had pretty much every one of those symptoms. I hope you find what your looking for.

Welcome to Forums!!

Sev
Click to expand...

"Diagnoses" is the plural. Pronounced diagnos-ees-.
 
I had about a million diagnoses just the same . I still am not sure if I have them all in combination or wether ASD is the underlying actual issue. PTSD was my first diagnosis (before MPD and Bi-polar and other things) and I am pretty sure it was accurate as I had just been hospitalized due to extreme violence but since learning I have ASD it is as if I can't expect any help for PTSD , like they cannot coexist. It all gets too complicated for any human/doc to really suggest an answer... especially if you throw Hypercondria into the equation which can be caused by other symptoms such as paranoia and depression.. (which can be caused by ASD!) AND if you have really got all of these things you are going to sound like a hypercondriac to most people too , paradoxically. I think it sounds like you do have ASD/Aspergers and perhaps all the other things too but because ASD creates many other psychological issues it becomes hard to tell. If you feel relief and/or more of an understanding of yourself by considering you have ASD after learning about it, it is rather likely you do have it and I would suggest you believe it fully and get a diagnosis, it will be helpful for you and others around you and I am sure it will help you progress in some way or another. From what I can tell , undiagnosed Aspies have usually spent most of their lives trying to work out what it is that is different about them and this seems quite exclusive to the condition, more so than all of the others.
hope things become more clear for you soon
 
Same as me. I remember thinking after my first diagnosis of cyclothymia about a friend who'd been through heaps of diagnosis thinking glad that's not me and I got something over and done and it's right and all that. Now here I am 3 years and 5 diagnosis later...
 
I think the symptoms you listed could be borderline maybe?? Of course, you will need to go to a doctor to get a correct and valid diagnose.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

New Threads

Top Bottom