Autism/Aspergers or...

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(1) Autism - aspergers OR

(2)
Generalized anxiety disorder +
social anxiety +
OCD +
sensory issues +
detail oriented thinking +
literal thinking +
alexythimia


what would you see as being the differences?

thx

To clarify - (1) or all of (2) together.

Whichever it is, its not fun, but it seems to me like trying to build a tower of anything-but-autism-because-you-cant-possibly-have-that is not helpful if it is (1).

Excuse name for being snide but, Asperger's or most traits of asperger's there is no difference.

Asperger's is a syndrome, which means it's a collection of symptoms, some of which can be co-morbid. You can list those symptoms separately or lump them together and give them a name, but they're still the same.

I don't understand the original question.

I don't know, but maybe the difference might be in the actual brain wiring, seeing as brains with Asperger/ autism are different from NT brains in brain scans.

I think having a lot of different disorders that together looks like an ASD is possible, but I would think that likelihood is that a professional would give you an ASD diagnosis rather than a plethora of diagnoses.

The only way you can know for sure is to get assessed by a professional who is knowledgeable about ASDs.

Hi Skil!

I'm sorry, I see I was really unclear.

Apparently I am (2) and if I can just address the anxiety and my behaviour, then my social skills, sensory issues and all the rest will improve. But I've been trying for so long to change, and I'm worn out.

They seem pretty similar. With Aspergers, there's difficulty with real time social processing.

I am sure a doctor might give a diagnoses of ASD to someone if they had all those components because it's easier than carrying all those labels making it look like you have lot of stuff wrong with you or because you need the same amount of support an ASD person needs and all those other labels alone will not give you the help to a degree you need. I do hear you need to have a enough components for have an ASD and I do think ASD is a list of conditions anyway. But they might not need autism therapy, only therapy for anxiety and OCD, occupational therapy, and stuff like that to improve their symptoms and just as long as there is no anxiety, the ASD is "gone." The rest that are associated with ASD might be part of your personality because they wouldn't cause you any impairments unless there is anxiety. I guess the bonus here for all this is you don't have to worry about any autism treatments and be expected to change but the con part of it is your symptoms wouldn't matter and you would be expected to get over it and stop it and be expected to control it at all times and you are expected to be NT or else they might think you are trying to be AS. But then again even some ASD people also struggle with their symptoms because they are also expected to be NT and their symptoms also wouldn't matter if their family is in denial or not understanding because you look normal and seem normal.

Now my question for everyone here is, do you think these people can still attend an ASD group or would that be harmful to the others with it?

Thank you all.

I have been trying to get over it for so long. And yet I can't. people are just so hard to understand. I cannot understand any facial expressions. they mean nothing to me. Apparently because I am so anxious that is getting in the way of me connecting with people. I try to explain that i am anxious because I can't tell whats going on. But apparently I just need to calm down and it will come right.

I do think I need a diagnosis.