anyone have similar symptoms?

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-difficulty reading facial expressions
-poor motor skills
-excessive drowyzness
-depersonalization/derealization
-alexithymia and limited emotional range
-adolence onset hand tremors
-impulsivity
-difficulty paying attention
-poor comprehension with reading and understanding what people are saying
-visual illusions and occasional auditory hallucinations
-awareness of extra dimsions
-presistant static vision similar to a tv screen
-poor short term memory
-difficulty expressing what I am thinking and phrasing things properlly
-frequent de ja vu and other odd expierences
-difficulty relating to other people
-shifting levels of conciousness such as energy levels and different states of mind
-annoyance with other people
-savant ability with composing music

there are a few other things but thats all I can think of at this moment. this does not fit any known diagnosis. Most of this doesnt bother me either except the drowysness and cognative problems. Other than that I actually like some symptoms and benifit from some of them. Im just curious if there are other people who are similar.

I actually had most of these things before. I've been diagnosed with lots of contradictory stuff. Some of this sounds like AS & some sounds like when I was suffering from a depression(possibly psychotic) along with AS years ago. I don't have all these things now but I was on meds for like 5years.

Ive had diagnoses before that people would say are contridictory but I dont think its impossible to have any cluster of symptoms or diagnoses. Theres really no such thing as contridictory really. I guess it wouldnt make sence however to have 2 things on the same spectrum though.

Apparently a bit.


A bit below average.


This would not be an ASD related issue unless it were from sleep disturbances or epilepsy.


No, consider Schizotypal Personality Disorder.



No, consider Schizotypal Personality Disorder


No, see a neurologist.


No.


If it's boring!


No.


Sometimes. It depends on the situation.


No, consider Schizotypal Personality Disorder.


Knowledge of possible existence as someone in a scientific field, yes, perception of, no, consider Schizoptypal Personality Disorder.


No, consider migraine or epileptic aura or visual hallucination.


Depends.


Always.


No, consider epilepsy.


Depends.


No, consider Schizotypal Personality Disorder.


Sometimes.


I can't read music.



For the drowsyness and tremors and static I would see a neurologist/
For the more unusual beliefs combined with the AS type traits I would suspect schizotypal personality disorder.

I get a few of the ones that you mentioned but I have schizoaffective along with Autism. They are:
I'm always tired (but this might be related to the lack of energy associated with depression
Depersonalization/ derealization
Lately I have been having the alexithymia, but usually I am able to express and tell people what I am feeling, just not in the last 2 weeks
My comprehension and reading skills fluctuates hugely. It can be up to scientific medical level or I am almost like dyslexic and things look weird
I have both visual and auditory hallucinations even though the visual happen more often which is highly unusual in a psychotic disorder
My short term memory also fluctuates wildly, it can either be perfect or I barely know who I am
Sometimes I mess up in the phrasing of things and express what I think but not other times
While I have some friends, I do have a difficulty relating to people because most don't understand my point of view of the world
I have a savant ability but not with music, mine is with art
Those are the main ones that are related to your symptoms

-difficulty reading facial expressions: Yes. I know what basic facial expressions should mean in theory, but if you put them into a social situation then i miss most of it except for the really obvious and exaggerated.

-poor motor skills: Sort of. I have good enough balance, but i fumble with things, i'm not very athletic, and i tend to bump into things(that may be due to inattention, also have ADD).

-excessive drowyzness: Yes, i get tired often and like to take naps. I don't know why.

-depersonalization/derealization: Yes, often, especially when stressed. But sometimes it's not because of any kind of stress, and it seems almost zen-like, like i understand existance and how simple and logical everything in the world is. Hard to explain.

-alexithymia and limited emotional range: Somewhat. I have difficulty making sense of complex emotions and expressing my feelings. I think that is common with AS.

-adolence onset hand tremors: No. I'd see a doctor about that. I do have upper body twitches that randomly happen, usually starting in my back and neck area, though. Lately i've also had a sort of involuntary head-turning that happens.

-impulsivity: Yeah, i think so. Maybe an ADD thing.

-difficulty paying attention: Definitely. Unless it's something i find really interesting, my mind will wander or i'll end up finding something else to focus on.

-poor comprehension with reading and understanding what people are saying: I can comprehend the written word well usually, but i do have problems keeping my attention on it.. So, unless it's something very interesting to me, i end up having to reread in order to understand. With what people are saying i often have trouble. Firstly, because accents and background noise sometimes make it hard to make out their words. Secondly, because my mind might go off on a tangent while they are talking to me and i forget to listen. And thirdly, because i often end up not taking things the way the speaker meant them. Most of that is less difficult when it's someone i'm used to talking to, like a family member, though.

-visual illusions and occasional auditory hallucinations: No.

-awareness of extra dimsions: No.

-presistant static vision similar to a tv screen: Yes, it's everywhere. I thought that was normal?

-poor short term memory: Yes.

-difficulty expressing what I am thinking and phrasing things properlly: Yes. I have trouble getting my thoughts through to other people... People take things i say the wrong way all the time.

-frequent de ja vu and other odd expierences: Not frequent.

-difficulty relating to other people: Very much.

-shifting levels of conciousness such as energy levels and different states of mind: Not really, except for the depersonalization stuff. I kind of go into a different state of mind than normal when i'm having a meltdown though.

-annoyance with other people: Yeah. People are annoying alright.

-savant ability with composing music: No.

Ive already been diagnosed several times because everytime I go to a different doctor they want me to get a new evaluation. Ive had an EEG and there was no signs of epilepsy. Ive also had CT scans, a sleep study, a karyotype test, toxicty tests, and every kind of blood work imaginable. Karyotype, toxicity test and blood work have all been normal. CT scan showed a small subarachnoid cyst. Sleep study showed REM dysregulation. No signs of sleep apena. No health problems. Some symptoms may or may not be due to the subarachnoid cyst which I am going to go to a naturopathologist soon and get advice on some herbs I can take to make it go away. I heard from someone that this works and was sucessful and it can go away within a year. I guess Ill see what symptoms persist once its gone. The other symptoms not related to it seem to be genetic and I have family members with similar symptoms. It does seem like a hodgepodge of things. I was just wondering which symptoms are due to which diagnosis. Most of them are obvious but some Im not sure. This is my guess from seeing my evaluations and what I know about these things

-difficulty reading facial expressions -aspergers
-poor motor skills -aspergers
-excessive drowyzness -narcolepsy, possiblly due to subarachnoid cyst syndrome
-depersonalization/derealization -schizosomething
-alexithymia and limited emotional range -aspergers/schizosomething mix
-adolence onset hand tremors -catatonic features due to aspergers vs. subarachnoid cyst syndrome
-impulsivity -adhd
-difficulty paying attention -adhd
-poor comprehension with reading and understanding what people are saying -aspergers/dyslexia mix
-visual illusions and occasional auditory hallucinations -schizosomething
-awareness of extra dimsions -schizosomething
-presistant static vision similar to a tv screen -schizo vs arachnoid
-poor short term memory -schizo vs arachnoid
-difficulty expressing what I am thinking and phrasing things properlly -aspergers
-frequent de ja vu and other odd expierences -schizo
-difficulty relating to other people -aspergers/schizo mix
-shifting levels of conciousness such as energy levels and different states of mind -bipolar feature due to schizosomething?
-annoyance with other people -aspergers/something everybody probablly does
-savant ability with composing music -aspergers/schizo mix

I say schizosomething because Im not sure if im schizotypal, schizoaffective, or schizophrenia, or something else. Doctors never could agree which one.
I just went to the neurologist last week too. I think Im starting to confuse them. I thought of other things that arent on this list too like I have a mild tic with clearing my throat and coughing and I figit with my hands alot. Im not even going to list everything though. Too many little things that I already know what their due to.

You sound textbook schizotypical to me.

I guess my answer probably won't help you much since I only share two of your features but I thought I'd be polite and answer anyway since I read the post.

I have mild alexithymia (I think). I often don't know what I'm feeling and even confuse extreme opposites of emotion like anxiety-happiness. I can only describe my feelings by being very verbose and analytical.

Difficulty paying attention : yes, when people are talking social nonsense or a lecturer spends to long explaining his points. I almost fall asleep actually. I also don't hear people talking to me if I'm involved in some activity I enjoy, but that's not really an attention problem I think, more a processing problem.

Holy crap! I had no idea there was a word for that! Thank you so much ahahahaha. Now I know what to call it... I have that as well, though my boyfriend definitely has it to a greater degree than I do. I'll tell him about it

Posting again because I like this idea:

I'm no expert on subarachnoid cysts but having something that presses down on your brain and can mimic the effects of brain damage (http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/ ... how/296570) is not a good thing. I would recommend seeing a neurologist. A naturopath probably wouldn't hurt, but I don't see how taking herbs would directly affect a cyst, either.

Some of these symptoms could come from a lot of different things--for instance, excessive drowsiness (depression, ADHD, lifestyle habits, a sleep disorder), problems paying attention (depression, ADHD, lack of interest or motivation, a sleep disorder, auditory or visual processing problems). Some have a huge situational component, like annoyance with other people or difficulty relating to other people. I mean, NTs can have that too due to personality clashes and/or poor choice of friends. And some of these, like the "shifting levels of consciousness" one or the "awareness of extra dimensions," seem vague to me and could mean a lot of things. Maybe you could tell us more about your symptoms so we can understand what you mean?