Asperger's Severity: Part 1: Co-Morbids

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I've lived on my own without assistance for about 17 years. I even had a decent job and a career once. Back then I confused myself with a perfectly sane and normal person, silly me Luckily, everyone else knew better and treated me like the weirdo that I am, until my anxiety got so bad that I couldn't work anymore.

Anyway, even though I manage to get by on my own, the severity of my condition is not mild by any means. I barely manage to go shopping once or twice a week, and often have a meltdown when I'm back home. Other than my social phobia / anxiety, I suffer from bouts of depression and a variety of physical conditions. I consider myself severely disabled in terms of social interaction, to the point that I have no social contact at all.

I think with the right assistance I can "upgrade" to mild, but I feel currently feel moderate with comorbids. ADHD, social anxiety and depression. Maybe a few others, I'm no professional.

I've never tried living independently, so I'm not sure if I'd be moderate or severe. I picked moderate.

And I have one comorbid which doesn't overlap with AS at all (PTSD) and probably impacts on my functioning almost as much as AS. (Though it doesn't impact as much overall - counting both positive & negative effects - because it only has negative effects.) My biggest areas of difficulty are meltdowns/stress sensitivity (which is mostly PTSD, though AS changes the flavour of it) and executive dysfunction (almost purely AS, but occasionally exacerbated by PTSD). I do have sensory issues, motor coordination problems, and a smattering of other things, but those really don't impair me much. My PTSD is currently mild, but has been worse in the past (though never really severe). Mild, of course, does not mean insignificant...

I picked moderate. I can't live on my own atm. I have no income and I have trouble forcing myself to do tasks around the house such as cleaning. I also have trouble with paperwork.
I have more than one co-morbid, but I have listed them before so I won't repeat them.

Although I technically wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's, I would probably be classified as 'mild' Asperger's with a comorbid of ADD/ADHD since I had lived on my own while at college (keeping up with my schoolwork, remembering to get up early enough so I can shower, brush my teeth, take care of any other important morning stuff, and get to class on time, etc.). As of today, I am still living on my own while taking care of my 68-year-old father with a heart condition and trying to juggle that with graduate school and taking care of my house.

Oh crap I put severe with co-morbids, but I am not entirely incapable of living on my own....well financially I am, but if I did have my own little apartment for intance I am sure I could manage to keep it clean enough, feed myself and shower or bathe myself though maybe not as often as I should. But I feel pretty severely effected and it does interfere with a lot of things.....even interaction with people close to me.

But yeah the main reason I don't require weekly assistance or anything at least not in a formal sense is I've tried therapy in the past and it didn't help so I see it as kinda pointless to try and aqquire that kind of thing. I do have a close friend and some family members who are somewhat helpful but outside of that I don't have any hired help, couldn't afford it anyways so luckily those people are there to help me some. But other then that I try to deal with it myself...maybe not always in the best ways but I don't have a lot of options when no therapy has ever helped.

Moderate with assistance from mary or pills or pop.

Mild AS with co-morbids. I have anxiety, a lot milder than it used to be but it's still there.

Did have PTSD but doubt id still meet the criteria so I said mild/none.