Are you really messed up in the head beyond aspergers?

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First, many people will say having aspergers is not "messed up in the head". These people either enjoy their aspergers, or use positive thinking as a coping mechanism. Well, we all have had different experiences with it, so let's get past that now.
Beyond aspergers I also have:
Schizophrenia (medicated)
OCD
mild Tourettes
possible ADD
Also lol, my wife just "diagnosed" me with general anxiety disorder. Hm.

I voted as "yes". I don't have any diagnosis besides Asperger. But at the same time my social problems seem to be a lot more severe than the problems most ppl on the board have. At least most of you guys are complaining about specific social situations, which assumes that at least you guys have circle of friends or at least aquitance. In my case I am completely socially isolated I don't even know anyone's name. But at the same time Brina Siegel told me my Asperger is "mild". In fact she said I am milder than 99.5% of aspies. Well, by comparing myself to others I just don't see myself as mild, I don't see why she said it. But if I am really desperate to agree with her and call myself "mild", then I would be hard pressed to say I have issues besides Asperger. Such as for example being an only child raised by over protective parents didn't exactly help my social skills.

I have been diagnosed with Asperger's. But I have not been diagnosed with two other things I suspect I have---OCD and Executive Dysfunction. I didn't vote because the only one of the three things I mentioned that I have been officially diagnosed with is Asperger's.

I voted "yes", but not sure that I should have. I've lived with a yearly cycle of Clinical Depression about 50 years now, and knew that I was Depressive long before I knew anything about Asperger's. However, my Asperger's is definitely mild, and my Depression is reasonably well-controlled with the modern antidepressants. In the summer I'm close to normal in terms of Depression.

I have anxiety, ADD, learning difficulties, obsessive thinking (OCD), cognitive thinking problems, language processing disorder, does that count? Sometimes I do feel messed up because I had hearing loss when I was an infant and I didn't get my hearing back until I was almost two so after nine months of being deaf, I was speech delayed and developmentally delayed and I wonder how I would have turned out if I didn't lose my hearing like would I still have AS or be more NT with aspie traits (since it runs in my family along with language problems or communication and anxiety) or have AS anyway. No one will never know. No one will know if I would have still have a speech delay anyway and stop babbling without hearing loss.

I think it is possible to have mild AS and have very bad social skills and/or be incredibly naive. The AS overall may be mild while the social impairments may be severe.

Yes. I have pretty much gone through everything at some point in my life apart from depression, which i'm happy not to be afflicted with.

Yup. Depersonalisation disorder. It's crazy. I have episodes where I just have out of body experiences, usually during times of change, like an unfamiliar situation. It's usually not good, because I generally can't focus on anything, speak in a very different way, and speak a lot less, this usually occurs at parties, when it's raining, or late at night when I would usually be in bed.
It can be good, sometimes, however. An example of this is when I am doing a performance (I do a lot of acting/drama, representing my school *brushes shoulder*). These episodes come about during most performances, and I just simply do the performance, totally seamlessly, without having to think consciously of anything. So this is really strange because I find myself thinking of errands I have to run, or even something like video games, and the performance still goes just fine. The words just come out of my mouth, and even though I'm thinking of something different, everything just fits together.
That is really the only benefit of a depersonalisation disorder, and the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, so I'd definitely rather not have it.

Oh, and I've also got an anxiety disorder, but that's not really worth mentioning, because a lot of (if not most) people on WP have one.

I sometimes getting the eerie suspicion I am, though I haven't been diagnosed... yet.

I wasn't sure how to answer that. I'm not officially DX'd with Aspergers so I probably don't count anyway. I do have recurrent depression, but have only had two really major episodes with the others being much milder and not affecting my ability to hold down a job etc. I have some anxiety issues, but again, other than at the time of my major breakdown a couple of years ago they are liveable with. I am not currently depressed or anxious. I do have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder from my breakdown, but I am convinced it is a misdiagnosis and even professional opinion is pretty divided on that one. I am pretty convinced from looking at my life as a whole that AS plus gifted with some depression seems to be the best overall fit but I don't have the option to get an official evaluation of this sadly.

Yes. I have depression (long-term, severe, treatment-resistant), anxiety, possible ADD, extreme issues with sleep. I was bullied to within an inch of my life at school, generally had a hard time growing up and I'm also a survivor of domestic abuse in my first marriage. It messes you up for good, I've found.

I also have physical issues. Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue. It's not a happy combo.

Besides Aspergers, in the past I have been diagnosed with all sorts of muscular, coordination, and spatial awareness dysfunction. Plus, major depression, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar 2, and Narcolepsy. Self diagnosed OCPD.

This year I've basically lost it, I'm up to my third consecutive psychiatrist, and nobody can figure out what the f*** is wrong with me.

Now that I've been diagnosed I understand exactly what my issues have always been. Taking the ASD into account I think I'm probably more sane (as opposed to 'normal') and mentally balanced than a great many NTs I've known throughout my life.