What other diagnosis did you get before Asperger's?

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I didn't get the official diagnosis of all these, but this is what I have:

generalized anxiety (official)
OCD
PTSD
depression maybe?

For some reason I didn't meet the diagnostic criteria as a kid for ADHD, but I was treated for it. I looked like a classic case of ADHD anyways. I'll be getting a diagnosis for [Adult] ADHD soon, most likely. When we can get this stupid diagnostics crap finally over with.

After hospitalization in the psych ward for 10 days, I was diagnosed with Major Depression - which I'm sure I have, but one of my doctors is insistent that it's Bipolar, and "Cyclothymia"... which is BS, because having a major depressive episode automatically disqualifies Cyclothymia, and I haven't had mania or hypomania long enough (nor am I a "rapid cycler") to get that diagnosis.

You can look at my signature.

Avoidant personality disorder, numerous major depressive episodes (never severe enough to warrant hospitalizaton though) and (probably) intermittent explosive disorder. But these are self-diagnoses as I am a health professional and qualified enough to deiagnose myself. Main reason I didn't get diagnosed with Asperger's is that when and where I was growing up nobody ever heard of Asperger's. In fact, when I was young, I was only labeled as 'very sensitive'and 'gifted'.
I admit I feel much better now I have the self-suspected diagnosis of Asperger's confirmed by a professional.

Anxiety / depression, complex PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, psychosis, Asperger's syndrome.

(When I got the AS diagnosis, and all the anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medication was removed, my state of mind returned to normal - or at least normal for me).

Nothing but my parents and RA in college suspected (incorrectly) depression

Atypical or treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD. Was tested for a variety of physical conditions as well.

at 15, i was dianosed with post traumatic stress disorder, depression, OCD, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and sleep paralysis by a doctor who wanted to put me on a cocktail of serious drugs. i declined. of those conditions, it turns out that i'm not depressed anymore and i never had OCD or generalized anxiety disorder. social anxiety, of course, is questionable since i have AS.

i do have some PTSD left over after a way traumatic childhood, and i have the freakiest sleep paralysis to go with my AS and dyscalculia.

Post Traumatic Stress disorder
Borderline Personality disorder
Narcissistic Personality disorder
Anti-social personality disorder
psychopathic, anti-social behavioural issues
Anger management issues
Alcohol and drug abuse issues
Major depressive disorder
Agoraphobia
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Three-legged badger disorder
Schizoaffective
Hospitalised for severe dissociative states/or psychotic states
Bipolar disorder (rapid cycling) type II

And when dx with AS, ADHD and Dyslexia in my 36th year, I actually realised that somebody finally saw me for the good person that I am despite the fact that I am a complete loon.

Mics

ADD, ADHD and OCD. I might actually have OCD, ADD and ADHD were just trendy.

I was first diagnosed with autistic disorder. Then when I was a little older, the therapists and my teachers (who worked quite closely together because of the nature of my education) must have observed that a diagnosis of aspergers would be more useful to me (and more appropriote because I was quite verbal and had no learning difficulties when I was in primary school). I'm not sure of the details because I was so young at the time. However, I was curious about autism when I was an older child (which is why mental health and mental disability became my secondary special interest).

Separation Anxiety Disorder, ADD, General Anxiety Disorder.


Cheers,

TH

OCD (Which I have, it is why I went to the doctors)
Borderline PD
Narcissistic PD
Schizoid PD
Paranoid PD
Suspicion of schizophrenia!
Suspicion of bipolar
Being an ass (Yea it was presented almost like a diagnosis)

Then (Current DX's)
Asperger's
OCD
Depression (Was FINALLY diagnosed after begging for years and years for that DX, but no I didn't have depression despite I was totally inactive, didn't care about eating and living, living through HELL emotionally, very suicidal for THREE FULL YEARS. I guess now that I wasn't PD I was no longer seen as FAKING DEPRESSION.) Still a maybe on bipolar.
Suspicion of ADD
DSPS might be diagnosed

ADD, ADHD,

My mother is Schizo and Bipolar, my father I'm not sure, he's been an alcoholic all my life.

ADHD. A few years later AS was added to the list.