Comorbidity of aucorigia (ASD/PDD/NVLD/SCD) and OCD

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I am interesting how common is OCD among people with (my neologism from words "autoconstrast" and "originality") aucorigic disorders like ASD (autism spectrum disorder), NVLD (nonverbal learing disability) or SCD (social communication disorder). I suppose that people like we may have OCD many times more often than general population.

I was diagnosed with OCD first time in 2008 or 2009, but I had symptoms much earlier. I started to get medications for OCD in 2008 and use it still (earlier I did not get it regularly).

First compulsions appeared when I was about 7 years old and it was waking up during pleasant lying in bed or touching door (or its handles - in it might be magical thinking).
When I was about 12 - 15, I had many controlling compulsions associated with magical thinking (like touching ground six times in the purpose of preventing something bad). This type of OCD was reduced due to religion (that compulsions were like magic, sorcery, witchcraft - something bad, sinful).
When I was about 16, I started to have "religious problems". My praying might be in certain cases compulsive, being a symptom of OCD. I developed some sort of scrupulosity, when I was about 16 - 18 I committed about 10 - 12 general confessions (from my entire life), it was very difficult.
When I was about 22 - 25 years old, OCD associated with cleanliness started to be present. I wash (especially with soap) my hands and clotes or other items relatively often. When I was few years younger, I had not these symptoms. This sort of OCD may be pretty problematic (crippling, disabling, limiting) for me.
When I was about 25 years old, I started to have obsessions and compulsions(?) associated associated with promising and taking oaths, swears (Polish: przysięga). Now this sort of OCD is very common in my case. It is bad and I want to stop it.
I had also other obsessions (like thinking about doing something very evil or blasphemous, vulgar thoughts) last time.

Does anyone else here suffer with false memories caused by OCD?

Despite having OCD, I don't have rigid routines and rituals associated with the need of sameness and predictability. I do not have that need, I would say that I am not on one spectrum with children described by Leo Kanner. It could be said that I have other sort of autism, not "bookish", "classic" one.

When I was about 4 - 5 years old, I had strange custom of not going into Wartburg car or bus with logo "Blue Star" on it. I was "ashamed" of that things. I had also "shame" of concrete mixers, my grandmother took me to bioenergotherapist (it was evil, occult, bad - maybe I have OCD due to it?) due to, like she said, "fear" of them. It was not malicious and not associated with fear. It was also not like an OCD symptom, it was not like compulsion. When I was about 7 years old, I did not want to say word "serso". It looked "ugly" to me. Maybe it was a sign of NVLD? I read once that people with NVLD pay (special?) attention to words or its sound. In elementary school I did not want to use some words like "wkradły" ("they had crept"?), "natrętny"(?), "wstrętny" (I do not remember it so good). "Inadequate shame" was present even when I was about 17, when I did not want to say name and surname of pedagogue. When I was younger, I avoided using of colloquial words.

Now I have also another phenomenon which may look like OCD or rigid ASD thinking. I want as high temperature in my country as possible. For example, I do not want in that month any days with maximal temperatures lower than 20 degrees C or minimal temperatures lower than 10 deg. C. I may be "harmed" due to occurrence of a day with so low temperature, it may be "painful" mentally for me and it could have quite negative influence on my mood, psychical well-being.

OCD appears to be quite common in individuals with ASD or similar disorders. I do not have need of sameness and may have problems with imagining having such a need. I may like changes, doing things in different ways. I may say that I have OCD but not have ASD-related rigid rituals, routines. I have relatively flexible thinking and doubts if I have ASD.

I remember that I did not use elevators during four years when I studied. I walked on stairs always.

I was diagnosed with OCD in 2014, but was later told that the diagnosis had probably been wrong and that my OC behaviours were a result of my Asperger's alone.

It used to revolve around cleanliness; it's now more about moral scrupulosity and fear of inadvertently hurting people by things I say and do. I suppose also around fear of vulgarity and blasphemy, like yourself, which is bizarre given that I'm actually an atheist.

I'm diagnosed with OCD but that's cuz I told my GP I had it & she asked me afew questions about it in the past. I take the med Neurontin/Gabapentin for it which helps a lot but I also have Aspergers related routines & rituals too. I've had problems with OCD all my life but the themes changed & varied alot at times.

I don't have OCD, but I do check certain things frequently. I check to see that I have my purse with me at all times when I go out. I have very sound reasons for doing so.

No OCD for me.

I've had to work, over the years, on being less of a slob LOL

My assessor said my OCD aspects are ASD related but I'm convinced I have Pure O

I remember that when I was about 10 - 12 years old I drew maps on which all juctions and road signs associated with them had to be in one locality. I don't think that it was associated with OCD.

When I was in preschool age, about 4 - 6 years old, I did not want to go to Wartburg car or to bus with advertisement of Blue Star because I was "ashamed" of them. It was strange custom. I rather did not feel fear or anxiety associated with these vehicles. But it was also not associated with need of sameness and predictability.

I have OCD, Asperger's, and NVLD. When I tried CBT for OCD, the therapist suspected I also had Asperger's, so that's how I ended up getting diagnosed. OCD is definitely the worst of the three and causes me the most distress. I've had OCD since about age 3-4. It got really severe around age 11 1/2. I do have ASD-related routines/rituals, but those are enjoyable and calming. My main OCD compulsion is confessing, and that isn't enjoyable. It is necessary to stop panic attacks from my obsessions. The main type of OCD I've had all my life is moral scrupulosity, involved with morality and right/wrong and good/bad. I've had to confess anything "bad" I've said, done, and/or thought since age 4.

I don't have OCD, but I can think of one person in my extended family who I think probably does have OCD but not ASD. This person doesn't have a diagnosis for either, but the OCD traits seem very obvious.

I have heard that ASD, ADHD, and OCD do tend to all run in the same families - that if one person in a family has any one of the three, it increases the likelihood of having all of them for the rest of the family.

What ASD-related rituals or routines do you have? Do you have the need of doing it the same way?

I have OCD symptoms since being about 7 years old, it was well-developed when I was about 13 - 15 years old.

I have Pervasive Developmental Disorder.


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