ASD co-morbid disorders, associated conditions & YOURS!!

Post Reply New Topic

I am trying to put together a list of all the Autism spectrum co morbid disorders, associated conditions etc..

Here are just some, can you think of any more and what ones do you have ?

Speech impairments, Dyspraxia , Dyslexia, ADHD, ADD, Sensory problems... these are just a few many more. And some of the other related Autism spectrum conditions, often more medical: Tourettes, Fragile X Syndrome, Seizures, Tuberous Sclerosis, Anxiety, Mood disorders, OCD, Phobias, depression, bipolar, mental retardation, Personality / Eating Disorders.....

Sensory Integration Dysfunction (^ as you mentioned, sensory disorders)

That's a big one for this Aspie, particularly when I get around people using fragrances, which make me desperately ill. And super-angry!

Verbal tics such as echolalia and palilalia (which I have).

Was going to say Auditory Processing Disorder . Other than that I think you have them all.

Although I wonder how many of these are also associated with being left handed. I think I saw a poll here were 35% of the people in it were left handed here. I know left handed people are more highly represented in individuals with autism and also I believe with a lot of these comorbid disorders.

Mine are hyperlexia, synaesthesia, echolalia, social anxiety, and sensory processing disorder.

The ones I have had/have, have been diagnosed with, or that ones say I may have are:

ADD, SPD, CAPD, Non Verbal Learning, Anxiety, OCD, depression, bipolar

Co morbids>
general learning disability.
multiple learning disabilities [like MR,but with less equal difficulty]
visual perception difficulties.
Self injury.

My youngest son was also diagnosed with a global developmental delay, including a cognitive delay. I don't know how common that is for ASD, though.

As Sora said, some of those are standalone disorders, i.e., Axis-I (you can't have more than one PDD for example). And also, some of them come under Autism/Asperger's (usually the former), so the added diagnosis is superfluous.

OCD, but it's nothing special; it's just how my anxiety manifests [sometimes].

I was totally misdiagnosed, but O well, these things happen.

I have Epilepsy, SLIGHT Dyspraxia, Hypermobility and am slighty an imsomniac.

I have Alexithymia - I can't perceive emotions rapidly and intuitively. Instead, I have to explore and question the experience using intellectual analysis in order to understand it. This takes time and sometimes means that I can't register experiences such as tiredness or anxiety, with the result that I often fail to deal with these experiences effectively. I see this as part of my AS, though, rather than in addition to it.

Additional problems I have are anxiety and depression, developed, I believe because my life has been very extremely difficult.


Magliabechi.

Executive Function Disorder/Executive Dysfunction

Face blindness
General clumsiness
Auditory processing problems
Sensory issues (taste, smell, touch)
OCD in some areas
Mood swings (possibly BPII)

Mostly all pretty mild. Plus a few things I can't recall the technical terms for, including some problems with spontaneous speech.

I might have an ASD, the things I have for sure are Bipolar, Anxiety (they didn't say exactly what, probably GAD) and paranoia.