07 Jul 2012, 4:45 am
Verdandi wrote:
... I hear you about the hypochondriac thing. I've got FM, AS, ADHD, and MDD. I've also been diagnosed with BPD and PTSD, but both of those were removed after more thorough evaluations.
It sounds as if you've had a rough time getting to a diagnosis. Do you feel that everything has been identified correctly now?
After reading about it on WP I have a sinking feeling that I may also have ADHD...but I'm putting it aside for now. I was only diagnosed with AS in April, I've got to get my head around that first. If – once I've separated out which issues are AS-related, which are sensory processing disorder-related and which are ME/FM-related – there's anything left unexplained, I'll explore it further. I'm rather hoping there won't be, but that may well be a triumph of hope over experience!
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07 Jul 2012, 4:53 am
Moonpenny wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
... I hear you about the hypochondriac thing. I've got FM, AS, ADHD, and MDD. I've also been diagnosed with BPD and PTSD, but both of those were removed after more thorough evaluations.
It sounds as if you've had a rough time getting to a diagnosis. Do you feel that everything has been identified correctly now?
I think I do. It's possible I have other issues, but I have no idea how to identify them or separate them out from what's present. I also have an anxiety diagnosis, but I don't have a way to make it an acronym.
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After reading about it on WP I have a sinking feeling that I may also have ADHD...but I'm putting it aside for now. I was only diagnosed with AS in April, I've got to get my head around that first. If – once I've separated out which issues are AS-related, which are sensory processing disorder-related and which are ME/FM-related – there's anything left unexplained, I'll explore it further. I'm rather hoping there won't be, but that may well be a triumph of hope over experience!
All of those can create ADHD-like effects, too.
07 Jul 2012, 6:09 am
Verdandi wrote:
I also have an anxiety diagnosis, but I don't have a way to make it an acronym.
GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)?? Or is that not specific enough?
Verdandi wrote:
All of those can create ADHD-like effects, too.
Yes, indeed – and I'm actually hoping that the symptoms are an artefact of the other conditions, rather than a whole new issue. It may take me quite a while to sort it all out, but I'm in no hurry. It's taken me until age 53 to get this far in clarifying everything...
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07 Jul 2012, 6:38 am
Moonpenny wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
I also have an anxiety diagnosis, but I don't have a way to make it an acronym.
GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)?? Or is that not specific enough?
It's more like "anxiety, not otherwise specified." It's also been less of an issue since I started Zoloft.
Moonpenny wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
All of those can create ADHD-like effects, too.
Yes, indeed – and I'm actually hoping that the symptoms are an artefact of the other conditions, rather than a whole new issue. It may take me quite a while to sort it all out, but I'm in no hurry. It's taken me until age 53 to get this far in clarifying everything...
That's understandable. I've been applying (and appealing) for SSI and I need to have my impairments documented properly, so I've been in a bit of a rush.
08 Jul 2012, 8:13 pm
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08 Jul 2012, 10:03 pm
Just fibromyalgia. In both my calves and in my left shoulder, though I am suspecting my left wrist (which really sucks). I inherited it from my mom. My sister didn't. 
So I have to be the one with all the issues in the family.
