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Any other autistics who have never been depressed or on meds?

Hope

I feel like I'm the only one!! Life is hard, I get stressed, I have severe anxiety and many phobias, as well as a degree of OCD. But I'm not depressed and my mood is mostly stable. I have had meltdowns (we just called them tantrums back in the day), but they blew over and I recovered quickly. I just follow my routine and interests and keep on an even keel. I don't work, which probably helps, and am single. I was diagnosed before my sense of difference really hit me, and I was late to develop awareness, or really care about being different.

I receive a lot of support, which helps. 

  • Hi Hope

    I would say that I've never been depressed.  I have occasionally been asked by others if I think I am depressed but having familiarised myself with the symptoms of depression I would say that I don't identify with it.  So no I would not say I have been depressed.

    However, I have had severe anxiety with panic attacks, phobias, OCD.  I was at some point diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder.  I have since noticed that some of the 'lists' for things to look out for misdiagnosed Aspergers is a previous diagnosis of generalised anxiety disorder.  So with my 'aspie epiphany' that made a lot of sense.  

    I was offered meds for anxiety but I have always been sensitive to meds, have trouble with side effects and had to stop taking them.  So I went for CBT but that seemed to just make me worse.  Then I was signed off from the adult mental health services for no reason other than they didn't know what to do with me.  I eventually had to resign from work instead as I had become too anxious to continue working there!

    I think our feelings can manifest in different ways.  Some people will be depressed, some will be anxious, some will have a mixture of both, etc etc.

    So, no you're not the only one.  Everyone on here will have backgrounds with some similarities and some differences.  Though the same could be said of the whole population as no one person has the same mix of experiences.

  • I suffer from severe depression in and off.

    I've had plenty of medication for other conditions.  But I've never taken anything for depression.  I often suffer unwanted side effects and if these are worse than the original problem then what's the point?

    I also don't trust doctors.

    I've been offered anti depressants.  Anti psychotics, sleeping tablets.

    I've had suicide attempts with tablets (paracetamol).  So is it sensible or safe to offer me sleeping tablets.

    I've been falsely threatened with prosecution for claiming free prescriptions.  That did wonders for my depression!!!  If the prescription had been for anti depressants that would have made the irony complete.