What are you also diagnosed with besides ASD?

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I'm diagnosed with ADD in addition to Asperger's, and I take 54 milligrams of Concerta for it. I hate taking this medication because it numbs my social skills even more than they already are, causes my heart to race, causes occasional chest pain, and sometimes keeps me awake at night.

Aspergers, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and something a neurologist Dx'd recently having to do with dizziness - can't remember the name but I faint a lot.

Generalized anxiety.
ADHD
Sensory processing.
Learing disabilities.
Mild schizophrenia.
Severe dyspraxia.

Greetings. I was diagnosed with ASD - level 1, along with:
-Generalized anxiety disorder
-Social anxiety disorder
-"Specific" learning disability (diagnosis is NOT under DSM-V, but under the Ontario Learning Disability Association criteria) in memory, fine motor control, executive functions

I am unsure if I'm diagnosed with OCD and/or panic disorder, but do affect my life a lot. Both were brought up with my old psychiatrist. I checked OCD off anyways. When I saw my old psychiatrist for the last time, she said mild OCD, so maybe it's there? I'm unsure.

I was diagnosed with Aspergers, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Bipolar. But the Bipolar was a misdiagnosis.

In addition to ASD, it's ADHD, schizotypal personality disorder, major depression, and gender dysphoria.

thanks all, again, for the great responses. it's really helpful and interesting (I think), to learn a bit more about the scope of what we're experiencing and some of what we struggle with.

I'm wondering if we could make this a sticky?

I think it might be useful to have some idea of how old our Dx's are. For example, in 1968 I was Dx'd with Hysteria by a psychiatrist who was old enough be around in Freud's day. Asperger's wasn't in the DSM until 1994 and now, a few years later, it's been lumped in with Autism - so maybe there is no more Asperger's? The doctors keep moving right along and I think we should try to keep up with them. A diagnosis is not a stickie.

great idea. "Hysteria" - you know they used to perform hysterectomies in some women with mood or personality disorders? How horrific. I expect that I'll yield out as ASD level 1 if I do indeed get a diagnosis. But I still see practitioners advertising they assess/treat Asperger's, and it's still listed in tons of materials. So I don't know what the heck I'll get. I don't know that the APA has uniformly abandoned the old nomenclature. Someone here probably knows.

All of the above but not all at the same time and certainly ranges from day to day, i'll describe a typical week as follows and also I would be speaking from personal experience of working in an office - as short as possible:

First and second days at work is something to be anxious about after a weekend of relaxation. Late night from weekend means bad sleep or interrupted sleep and wake up with anxiety (1) (8), feeling of being rushed to get to work with only a small snack for breakfast, energy levels low and tired to do work in early hours, as day goes on 'office' is busy and takes its toll on my senses (7).

My 6 hour sleep improves to 10 hours and see myself improving my workload but then my intelligence gets in the way of the work, i may be intelligent for the job but i still fall at the basic hurdles, e.g. not 'getting' how office politics work, how to hold a conversation (4) (6). Being in the office environment had been taxing on my sensory integration, and had to take a breather by asking to go to the toilet but had to do so once per hour to not arouse suspicion, never told any staff.

On the weekend we do our weekly shopping for food and other necessities, where 1 in 4 weeks on average I put on a blank face and don't talk for a while for no reason, maybe down to depression or not looking forward to the future who knows (3).
Day-to-day at home, I see things others don't like dirty plates or utensils that other people insist are clean so I have to clean until not a spot is seen (5).
1 out of 7 days I would be overwhelmed by depression, a feeling of hopelessness, a realisation of leading a pointless life, made only worse by not finding employment and given no help to find it when I am fully capable of working (2).

(1) Anxiety
(2) Depression
(3) Bipolar
(4) ADD
(5) OCD
(6) AS (an umbrella term really which should include most of these)
(7) Sensory integration
(8) Sleep issues (sleep apnea, insomnia)

(9) Other = Diabetes, (symptomatic but not proven) IBS, one or the other may impact my weight or impact me in a variety of ways.

These things are very real, but my doctor hasn't personally seen it nor do I have anyone to trust to help.

I don't have any other diagnosis, but I suspect that I have both a little bit of generalized anxiety and social anxiety. I don't plan on getting diagnosed because I can see a therapist for these issues without a diagnosis. The other services I need can be accessed because of my autism diagnosis.

I though I had OCD as a teenager, but I don't think so now that I know more about it.

I have Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis and Insomnia ad well as ASD.

When I think about all the crap I wasn't "diagnosed" with because either I hid it or my parents hid it, it boggles the mind.

Mentally, I have several things going on.

thanks again, all, for the responses. I've found it very insightful and helpful. What I'm wondering now is kind of in line with an earlier post - were you diagnosed with ASD first, or the other diagnoses? I know my own anxiety and depression have been recognized for years, but I only began suspecting ASD for myself a couple of years ago. How about you?