Are you really messed up in the head beyond aspergers?

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I didnt vote cause I didnt know what to put. Other then aspergers, I have a mild learning disability, OCD and social anxiety. Tho I feel with the social anxiety, the reason why I have it, is cause of the aspergers.

See Asperger's consists of 2 categories in the DSM, the 1st is more social, the second is more more repetitive behaviors and interests. Why do you define yourself as mild, because you dont have some of the symptoms that other people with aspergers have except for social? Such as meltdowns, sensory issues, motor problems, executive functioning problems. You just have very bad social skills? I think the social part is half of aspergers. If you claim to have severe social problems but very mild other aspie symptoms, perhaps if you add it up, your moderate aspie.

Im a mild aspie, in the second catagory of the DSM, I almost dont have except for the obsessions. My problems is all social tho my social problems are mild to moderate.

Thank you for the explanation. Under that definition, I do not have OCD because it doesn't distress me and I'm not obsessed with death and germs. What I do a lot of is counting stuff and rechecking doors to make sure they're locked, but I'm not distressed by that. I kind of forgot about the executive dysfunction falling under the Asperger's traits.

do you mind if i ask how it is you are diagnosed with schizophrenia and AS at the same time? i thought you couldnt have Schizophrenia and then be diagnosed with AS.

Aspergers (Official Diagnosis)
ADD (Official Diagnosis)
OCD (Self Diagnosed)
Social Anxiety (Official Diagnosis)
Hypo Mania (Suspected)
Insomnia (Always had this)
Sleep Paralysis (And sometimes random episodes of exploding head syndrome)
Dyscalculia (Official Diagnosis)
Dyspraxia (Suspected)

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Yet I feel as though theres nothing the matter with me.

First - "messed in the head" is an asinine and totally unhelpful characterization. My initial reaction is to tell you to F*** OFF A** HOLE.

After I get over the fact that you are showing ignorance (maybe willful, maybe not) it is not an irrelevant topic as co-morbid issues are very common.

For me:

Moderate to severe executive functioning issues (ADHD?)
Mild to moderate dyslexia
Life long depression (mild to severe)

yes

Also, forgot to add very mild Synesthesia.

I'm not diagnosed with anything yet though I'm pretty sure I have something. It would be worthwhile to check after the last session of my evaluation that is due on Friday and compare what the psychs will say with what I write here (and wrote when I joined WP). I think I basically have ASD plus some traits of other disorders, like ADHD, some kind of learning disability (mostly verbal), social anxiety, schizoid or schizoaffetive, executive dysfunction and OCD. Fortunately I don't have severe issues with anxiety and depression, though I have some anxiety that I can deal with well most of the time. Autumn weather and winter light deprivation certainly has negative effect on it.

Beisdes AS, I have been diagnosed with OCD, GAD and PTSD. I think I am mildly depressed, but never diagnosed. yes. I feel messed up.

I'm just theorizing, but wouldn't it be possible to have aspergers and then develop schizophrenia later in life? Since last I checked schizophrenia doesn't usually show up till late teen/early 20's while aspergers is there from day one...

It's possible, though I think in many cases, it might be more accurately a form of "prodromal schizophrenia" with a period of onset of 20 to 30 years rather than "aspergers", neurologically speaking. Of course, the actual difference between that type of prodromal schizophrenia and a certain type of aspergers might be incredibly small as to make the distinction meaningless.

Not really. I think that I'm very down to earth when it comes down to it. I have had depressions in the past and I'm scared of social situations but that's about it.

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At first, you seemed angry at my thread, then you posted a contradictory reply saying "This is what's wrong with me". That's weird, even for an aspie.
Admitting to my weaknesses does not make me an ass hole.

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I have Aspergers and high levels of OCD but I think I have been suffering from a major depression for years and it has caused me to do some things I have regretted. I was recently diagnosed with depression after I attempted to kill myself and was sent to a mental hospital for a few days. One of the reasons I can tell I have depression is that despite how nice and friendly I try to be, I find that everything abut people disgusts me and makes me upset inside. It's really hard to deal with people because I keep thinking to myself that everyone is a bad person deep down and that if I let my guard down for just a minute they will pounce on me.

Did you actually read my post? I started it by telling you of my initial reaction to your choice of words. I was very blunt. Sort of an Aspie quality, no?

Then I took a rational tact (another Aspie thing) in recognizing that underneath your poor choice of words existed a valid concern. So I chose to overlook your specific words and provide information that might be useful to the conversation. Also an aspie thing - seeing beyond the surface layer to the underlying details.

What is weird here is that you seem to not see the aspieness in my response.

"messed in the head" is a very poor choice of phrasing. It promotes a negative stereotype and suggests that we are flawed on some existential/spiritual level. Maybe it doesn't mean that to you, but in common usage, telling someone they are messed in the head is not a compliment. Talking about yourself in such terms belies problems with self image.

Thats definately a possibility.

Also back in the old days, autism was called childhood schizophrenia. So if the individual is older, they could have been diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia first and then had it updated to autism, when the term came into existance.

It could also be a misdiagnosis. Hallucinations can occur as a result of severe anxiety. I suffer from hallucinations from time to time. However, I am told my hallucinations are from severe anxiety and not schizophrenia.