Autism and OCD

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How many of you exhibit strong OCD traits and/or have OCD that runs in the family?
I have both.
And to give this thread more substance, here is an article
http://www.neuropsychiatryreviews.com/o ... 0_ocd.html

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Yes, that and a strong sense of order. I am anal (ystic, too!!).

I have a strong sense of disorder and come from a family of hoarders...

OCO and OCD topic

Interesting. I find I must order and line up everything, and yet there is the disorder thing. Two sides of the same difference!

I am anal retentive to the MAX!

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I have a few compulsions, but nothing I couldn't handle. I also do not have the O in OCD.

Benign compulsivity topic

Sora is fortunate. Knock out the the D. Benign Compulsion. No obsession. No disorder.

am have never been diagnosed with ocd,but was made to believe the ocd like traits am have were part of having autism rather than a seperate condition-there is supposed to be more allowance for it in autism/classic.
am seem strongly ocd like in some ways but dont have the same reasons/causes,or enough of them to really make the point of being a seperate condition.
no one else in family is OCD or OCD like....apart from Biscuit maybe.

my dad had OCD, he was also the one carrying the autistic genes. I don't have it myself, unless slight ODD might be considered as a compulsive disorder (I guess it could, but it's nothing I couldn't handle).

I've read that article, and yeah, OCD is related to Autism, just like OCD is related to Schizophrenia.

It's all bits and pieces, and that's why no two people are alike [for the most part]. Someone can have Auditory Processing Disorder for example, and APD is a part of Autism, but the former individual needn't have Autism to have APD.

My psychiatrist told me that all of my need for routines, sameness, order and structure, and whatever, in my Autism is just OCD, and that the social problems I have is the actual Autism part.

For example, they say that if someone with OCD has his or her routine broken, they'll feel anxiety (the feeling of something bad happening is just anxiety); this is no different than if the individual with Autism becomes anxious when his or her routine is broken.

O, and here's the DSM's take (which is really saying the same thing, but comparing the OCD behaviour compared to the all-encompassing interest of AS):

^^ok that makes sense, I guess I might have a slight case here then (more of a "my way or the highway" sort of thing though)

I have yet to be diagnosed with AS, because my psychiatrist seems to be avoiding the issue and I am thinking about switching so I can get a fricking assessment! I just want to KNOW.

But I have been diagnosed OCD, TS, and Bi-Polar. But I still have the other issues... the social issues, the extremely intense special interests, some stimming behaviors, meltdowns, sensory issues, the lack of empathy, and as a child I lacked the ability to play with other kids if they didn't play with toys the right way.

In short I KNOW I have AS, despite the lack of a diagnosis. But to answer your question, yes, I do also have OCD.

My b/f who is not officially diagnosed with AS but whom I feel a very strong strong hunch that he is can be very OCD. I am not AS but OCD myself, and two OCD partners together can be a blessing and a curse at the same time! LOL

ONe of the blessings is we DO have a very CLEAN house! LOL A curse is we don't always know when to stop obsessing and finally go to bed so we end up staying up til 1 and 2am habitually!

big difference between autistic and OCD (you can have both)

autistic rituals and repetitive behaviors are functional--serve to calm, entertain, or in the case of routines help overcome executive dysfunction

OCD rituals are meant to alleviate anxiety, and are technically functional in that sense but do not "work" permanently because the anxiety always comes back, and the rituals must be done again, and the intensity usually escalates

OCD can be helped by controlling anxiety and easing into not doing rituals

autistic rituals can be utilized to your benefit, especially if you can build a routine that is flexible enough to allow you to cope with unexpected things; having things in order can help you think better

I accidently read this topic as Autism and LSD..... Very different from what it is.... I don't have OCD as far as I can tell, I don't really obsess about anything, apart from special interests, but I am an optimistic pessimist if that makes any sense.