Disorders similar to ASD

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27 Dec 2013, 2:31 pm

I suspect that I might not have ASD.
* I can read social cues
* I don't have sensory issues unless I'm already tired or have a headache
* I enjoy socializing, it just exhausts me too much for me to socialize for too long.
* I hate following a routine. I actually feel happy and alive when there is a change to my routine.
* I am good at abstract thinking
* Most people don't think I'm on the spectrum despite my quirky behaviors
* According to other people I have normal eye contact
I do have a lot of mental exhaustion and social anxiety. I also have special interests. Is there any disorder I could have that is not ASD?

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27 Dec 2013, 2:39 pm

You don't have to have all of the symptoms to have an ASD. Why don't you go through the diagnostic criteria item by item and see if you have enough symptoms to fit it?

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* I am good at abstract thinking

I'm not sure how ASD became connected with being bad at abstract thinking, but it makes no sense. People with ASDs are also somehow connected with math, science, and computer science, all of which require a great deal of abstract thinking.

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I do have a lot of mental exhaustion and social anxiety. I also have special interests. Is there any disorder I could have that is not ASD?

That sounds spot on ASD to me, but mental exhaustion with socializing is also reported by introverts.

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27 Dec 2013, 3:35 pm

Borderline personality disorder?

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27 Dec 2013, 4:03 pm

ADHD
Non verbal learning disorder

I can't think of any others that would mimic ASD behaviors or share the same symptoms.

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27 Dec 2013, 4:11 pm

League_Girl wrote:

ADHD
Non verbal learning disorder

I can't think of any others that would mimic ASD behaviors or share the same symptoms.

ADHD seems more likely than NVLD. I think I meet the criteria for ADHD better than ASD or NVLD. I doubt I have NVLD because I don't get lost more easily than the average person.

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27 Dec 2013, 4:15 pm

starkid wrote:

That sounds spot on ASD to me, but mental exhaustion with socializing is also reported by introverts.

I don't just get mentally exhausted with socializing, pretty much everything makes me mentally exhausted. Especially getting ready in the morning, cleaning my room and getting schoolwork done. My mental exhaustion seems to be a more general problem.

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27 Dec 2013, 4:18 pm

Here is the WebMD link to Social Anxiety Disorder. See if you measure up to that.

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guid ... y-disorder

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27 Dec 2013, 4:51 pm

It hugly depents on your symptoms you DO have.

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03 Jan 2014, 4:21 am

DevilKisses wrote:

How WELL do you read social cues
Whether you enjoy socialisin is irrelevant, its how effectively you socialise
Routines can be substituted for procedures. Do you need to follow certain processes when working
Check whether you're actually looking at people's mouths or between the eyes, this can give the illusion of good eye contact

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03 Jan 2014, 7:17 am

You can check differential diagnoses of ASD or Asperger's at Medscape (If you can understand it).

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03 Jan 2014, 3:20 pm

Schizotypal PD and ADD spring to mind

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03 Jan 2014, 4:32 pm

A lot of disorders can mimic ASD under some circumstances. I really don't think it makes sence to write in here half of the psychiatric disorders who can mimic ASD under some circumstances without having enough information about your current problems.

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05 Jan 2014, 6:18 pm

doofy wrote:

Borderline personality disorder?

This. Despite what people think, BPD is scarily similar to an ASD, particularly Aspergers.

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05 Jan 2014, 7:42 pm

Sounds like giftedness to me (gifted individuals, like those on the spectrum (and some other 'conditions'), also experience overexcitabilities/oversensitivities).

http://architectureofmeaning.com/gifted ... /qualities
http://gifted-adults.com/characteristic ... ve-adults/
http://borntoexplore.org/overexcite.htm
http://nswagtc.org.au/information/gener ... ifted.html
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/general/fac ... males.html
http://gilbertgifted.org/faq.html

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05 Jan 2014, 7:48 pm

Otherside wrote:

doofy wrote:

Borderline personality disorder?

This. Despite what people think, BPD is scarily similar to an ASD, particularly Aspergers.

A whole bunch of disorders can look similar to ASD under certain circumstances.

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05 Jan 2014, 7:58 pm

ASD is more like a cluster of various diagnoses than a discrete illness in its own right. I think that it wouold be far far better for it to be a neurotype. The only autistic symptoms which are unique to the spectrum are the various processing quirks/social dysfunction. These stem from the architecture of the autistic brain however. Specifically the way in which autists process inputs.

So if you take a pre diagnosis aspie you might identify 5-6 different mental illnesses as well as some uncategorised processing differences. Note differences as opposed to dysfunction.The sensory regions of the brain are profoundly distinct from the neurotypical brain and if this is wht marks autism out as unique its clear that its a neurotype and not a neurodisorder

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