AS newbie here- w/more disorders as well

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hi! i'm a 33 yr old wife and mother of 3 kids....all my life i have struggled with various "alphabet" syndromes....some of those were misinterpreted as separate disorders ( social anxiety, ocd type behaviors were actually the AS in me)...i was finnaly diagnosed as having AS when i was 30 yrs old...it was quite by accident too as i was at a therapist for my son's mental evaluations and the Dr picked up on my inability to look him in the eye, my constant scanning of the room, and my rigid posture sitting there in the chair....i went back and have a full eval done and yup i'm an aspie!

my many diagnoses are:
AS
ADD
OCD
PMDD
PTSD
Bipolar

pretty much every letter in the alphabet i have, lol

currently on adderall xr 30mg....xanax xr 1mg 2Xdaily...and now their talking about adding respidol or depakote(i took the depa before)

well i guess thats it? any questions just ask...

Welcome!

I'm not trying to pick on your choice; I'm just curious. Do you experience any real benefit on these drugs?

I believe taking drugs, or not taking them, is a personal choice, so I'm not suggesting you shouldn't. I'm simply wondering if you have experienced any actual benefit, or if you're taking them just because they were prescribed, or because other people believe there's a benefit. And, if you don't mind, what are the benefits?

(I just figured out last September that AS is what I've wrestled with all my life. Self-diagnosed, but since AS even explains the one quirk I thought marked me as utterly alien - someone else on this site has the same quirk - I really have no doubts at all. So I'm kind of trying to figure this out. I doubt I'd decide to take drugs no matter what. I'm a writer, and don't like the idea of "messing with" my mind. But I am at least interested in information, and I do rely on caffeine to hone my focus on certain days.)

Welcome to WP

Welcome!

I was never asked to take any drugs so far (I was diagnosed as a child), so I also wonder about your medication.

Why should you change it now if you were diagnosed 3 years ago?
(You may skip the question if it's too personal.)

Welcome greetings, twiztid_angel, to the Wrong Planet community.

To WrongPlanet!! !

I was under the thinking that if you have AS, you can't have add or adhd either. Because they originally thought I was add and put me on adderall and like one other med I can't recal.. But they had awful effects on me and I know if I had the add then they would have had quite the contrary effect and made me a heck of alot more focused and relaxed. But since that was pretty much the worse med. I have ever taken that nullified the add thinking and they already knew I fit like 500% of the criteria for AS. But there are a ton of comorbidities that people with AS have. One girl I talk to online has at least the AS and Bipolar and she is a very cool unique person. But she wouldn't describe herself in such eloquent ways

-sean-

Welcome!

Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone...imma try my best to answer all the questions asked...if i lose track i'll edit and reiterate ...

i was diagnosed as ADD when i was a child but my mom refused meds for me then

i was diagnosed as an adult:
age 19-OCD(strange ritualistic habits, preferences, and obsessions)

age 19-social anxiety

age 19-dysthymia (fancy word for depression)

age 20- Bipolar(happy and calm, and a "i can do this!" attitude one time then seriously angered or depressed the next)

age 20-PMDD(pre menstrual dysphoric disorder--severe mood swings, sleeping alot,etc,-- it exacerbates my bipolar symptoms as well)

age 20 PTSD - due to my daughter's father trying to kill me numerous times before i finally went into hiding

age-30- Asperger's Syndrome--- most of my anxiety, ocd-like behaviors, etc plus many sessions with an AS expert finally concluded i am an Aspie...i could elaborate but i think i've turned this into a book so i'm going to end this one for now

i had taken numerous anti-depressants, mood stabilizers, and anti-anxiety meds after years of trying to cope on my own...when i was about 27 i realized maybe i should give the meds a try...no one forced them on me, i just wanted help that counselling wasnt quite doing it

Meds that didnt work for me:
trazadone(desyril) i took that first...didnt do anything put put me to sleep (age 19/20)

klonopin-- caused me to "black out but functioned as if i was "there" (i did things while on it and would forget i had done them) (age 27/28 )

straterra-- zombified me (age 19/20)

Meds that work for me:
adderall XR 30-- my mind now doesnt go in random directions and if im interupted in a convo i can actually now hold onto the thought i was going to say-- it gets an A+ from me (age started 25--started at 15mg then upped doses as needed)

depakote 500mg-- calmed me without turning me into a zombie (age started 25, not currently on at the moment)

xanax .05mg-- worked well with my panic attacks for a short time (started at age 31)

xanax XR 1mg-- works very well in controlling my anxiety of crowds and strangers in general (most recent one-started at age 32)

My anxiety includes loud noises or unexpected things like something falling and making a loud noise...even day to day "normalities" such as the phone ringing or someone knocking on the door would send me into an instant panic attack-- only way to describe my panic attacks is like having a major adrenaline rush, i start sweating and shaking like i'm scared half to death, and my eyes start fuzzing out(think of that as a tv with no cable and you cant get a clear picture, you can see it but it's fuzzy) like i'm going to black out

Meds i'm thinking of trying;
seroquel or respidol-- mood stablizers that i'm told may help control my meltdowns


i have BAD meltdowns...i throw things, want to fight, destroy things, and my mind goes into irrational thoughts that i sometimes act on....like the other day i got in an argument with my 15 yr old so i just said "f*** it i,m outta here (we live with my parents) then proceeded to pack a small backpack, bundle up and walked out into ankle deep snow not really knowing where i was going to go...my dad called my cell begging me to come back and i told him i couldnt handle my kid's constant disrespect....after my dad begging me to come home and i kept refusing he finally got in his car and found me walking down a country rd heading into town...i was already 7 miles from home...yeah, i get pretty bad sometimes

i "think" thats it...imma post then re-read everyones posts again and see if i missed anything

i will post my blog i have in another site on a blog here dealing with quirks etc...

To TheWanderer: we may have the same quirk(s) because there is one major one i have yet to find another do except me....

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