New Dx - woe is me

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I got a new diagnosis today

OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder. Seems to be fairly mild though. When someone's not doing something to my specifications like mopping the floor like normal people mop the floor, I have to take over and mop the floor the way the slats are going or when I'm at a lobby of some sort with cards be it business cards or brochures and they're messed up, I have to straighten them or if a picture on the wall is crooked, I really have to go straighten it.

I'm not Monk by any means. I don't think anyone really is in real life. I just thought it was me being fussy.

What else is wrong with me?

This f-ing sucks man! In my thirties I'm only now being diagnosed with this crap. Why couldn't they hove found out these things when I was a youngster? I could have done something with my life with the help I could have received!

No wonder my mother gave me to the state!

I have to straighten up cards to, and I won't even do the dishes until they are neatly stacked. I haven't got an OCD diagnosis though. Do those things really affect your life? My problem in school was concentration and comprehension, which I think really impacted my life. I don't have a ADD diagnosis though and was diagnosed with AS just recently.
I also would have liked to be diagnosed earlier, so many things went wrong in my adolescence, because teachers just gave up on me. I know how you feel but there's no use complaining about something you can't change.

I though I had it bad.

I too got a diagnosis of OCD along with "mood disorder not otherwise specified". I suspect the latter is cyclothymia which you could think of as being "baby bipolar". On top of that I might have either asperger's or schizotypal personality disorder. Oh, it all sounds like so much fun! (And yes, I know that I'm being sarcastic. And no, I don't expect a star.)

I still understand where you're coming from. I didn't really get the help that I needed until I was in my mid twenties and I'm currently in my late twenties. I haven't really dated and I'm in grad school because of some freak accident.

Don't worry man. They're still tacking things onto me.

First it was Anxiety
Then Catatonia
Maybe ASD
Maybe Tourettes
Maybe a plethora of other things.

All while I slowly walk towards my late 20's.

If it makes you feel better I'm also quite the comorbid person. I just got back from my first consult with my new psychiatrist today and I have to say that I am quite the ****ed up guy. Granted I didn't find out anything that I didn't already know but going through the screening with this woman was sort of a reminder as to how many things I've got wrong with me. To make a list:

- Depression
- OCD
- Teurette's Syndrome
- AS (though on this site that's probably a given)
- ADD

Plus a few others that I don't care to list, on top of some that I ceased to have after childhood and perhaps a couple more that I could possibly have but haven't bothered to bring up or get checked out.

ThisUserNameIsTaken,

You got diagnose with Tourette's just recently? How old are you? What country do you live in? I had tics my self but I figured that if I was not diagnosed with Tourette's when I was young, I probably didn't have it.

I also think I might have ADD but again I figured I would have been caught when I was young.

-Seizure Disorder

-Major Depression Disorder

-Anxiety Disorder


I've often wondered if mine didn't come hand in hand with aspergers especially anxiety. I think my depression could've been both a disorder and reaction to the frustrations I had with making friends, pursuing relationships, and lack of progress in other areas of my life besides self-absorbed interests.

I firmly believe I will receive an AS diagnosis, but I also believe there is the possibility of Tourette's, OCD, and ADHD to be diagnosed comorbidly. I'm 28 and I wish I would have received these diagnoses earlier in life as well, because perhaps I would have made better grades in school and been able to go to college for a change. I always wanted to be an architect, yet all I can be is a mere designer. And not even a licensed designer.

Hmm....I suppose they'll get me for OCD as well . I too want everything straight. I always thought it was everybody else being sloppy. I think nobody noticed because back in my schooldays things were a lot more regimented (1957-1969), and then I got a science job where meticulous attention to detail tends to be seen as an asset.

I do let some examples of disorder go, because I don't have the time to get everything perfect, but I hate having to see the results of that. I really don't understand how "ordinary" people can tolerate all the unseemly chaos they create. To me they seem to have poorly-disciplined minds, or they've set their standards way too low. Perhaps I'd have done better in Germany, if there's any truth in the cultural stereotype of precision?

birth

years of confusion and hell

Bipolar Dx - 17 yrs of age

years of confusion and hell

and finally

PTSD Dx
Avoidant Personality Disorder Dx
and AS Dx at 29 yrs of age.

i understand how frustrated you are. it's no fun when it takes years to get an accurate diagnosis that actually helps. i know someone said it on this thread already but whoever it was is right, there is always time to start fresh now that you are better informed about yourself. i'm doing it now. i try to think of it as an adventure that i'm now finally prepared for because i have the knowledge i need about myself and my past to succeed at what i apply myself to. (btw sadly all of those dx's are accurate )

I'm bipolar, have severe social anxiety & am 96% certain I have Asperger's, though I haven't yet been diagnosed. I think that's why I've always had such problems with social situations. I wish to God I didn't have any of them.