What's your diagnosis?

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So, what's your diagnosis? Please choose. For multiple DXs, go with the one which describes you the best.

Other may include:
- Childhood disintegrative disorder
- Rett syndrome
- Bipolar
- etc.

Those with self-dx or unsure, I ask your patience please (although you're welcomed to write your opinion).

Feel free to comment!

I didn't vote in the poll because I am still awaiting a diagnosis for ASD.
My current psychiatric diagnosis is chronic dysthymia.

Other: HFA

Other: AS/ADHD combo.

Ok, but which one describes you better?

I am diagnosed with Social Anxiety but I suspect there is more going on than that. As I have never really been tested for anything I cannot be sure. I merely told my dr I had social anxiety many years ago as I was searching for the answer to my life long social problems and they just accepted it and went with it. I had not heard of Aspergers back then though!

Autism and ADHD. Autism describes me more though.

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Developmental Disorders:

Autistic Disorder
Asperger's Disorder
(Both describe the same thing, so choose whatever)

Anxiety Disorders:

OCD
Panic Disorder
PTSD
(Got them all, so they describe me in their own way)

That's quite a strange thing for them to do. I'm the opposite, the doctors have their own ideas and are reluctant to listen to mine - I'm currently being told I have Social Anxiety even though I never mentioned it at all and don't really agree. I struggle to get doctors to look for the underlying cause of my issues and instead they label me with something else related but more symptomatic than causal.

Dyspraxia and psychotic depression.

I Was diagnosed at age 7 with having some form or "slightly autistic"
This was back in 1997 of course Girls were not screened for AS back then where i lived especially where i lived.
I am now waiting to take up with a new lady psychologist in teh new year for a diagnosis of aspergers or some other form of ASD but having already being diagnosed as slightly autistic i say theres a high chance of me having AS.

Also I was never raised as an Autistic child cause my father does not believe in such a thing so i was forced to live in an NT household with a father who refused to budge and life was really hard for me.

I think it is because I appear nervous in certain situations. I do get some social anxiety in some contexts but there are problems underlying that that I never really get a chance to discuss. They don't really give me long enough to cover it all! Plus I am slow to think up my replies to their questions and have trouble getting my words out when speaking in situations where I am anxious. Drs appointments make me anxious, so they see the anxiety and go with it lol.

I did tell a therapist at 16 that I could not mix with people, meaning more than just 'I am nervous around people' but she pretty much ignored it.

Plus I am not sure I want a diagnosis of Aspergers. I tend to find that people already treat me like I am a bit slow, and whilst I wouldn't treat someone who had Aspergers as though they were slow because I know they are not, I know what people can be like and how judgemental they can be. I don't need to encourage them to treat me even more slowly than they already do. It is bad enough as it is.

I thought about that. In the end, my answer is still the same. I'm as logical and in need of routine as I am impulsive and hyperactive.

Perhaps writing down your thoughts and handing it over (I did it) or just using it as a draft during sessions might help your issues with anxiety and slowness at thinking.

People are usually judgmental IMO, but keep in mind I live in a different country. A diagnosis eventually worth it only if you get the desired help, accommodation and services. I'd allow only a few people to know about my DX in real life, anyway.

I voted for "Asperger's Syndrome," because that is the choice on the poll that best describes me, but I also have OCD and NVLD.