autism with other conditions/disorders

KaloJaro said:

Its been almost a year now and thankfully, a fine fuzz has grown back over most of the bald patches, and now I'm at Uni, I've been a lot more happy and relaxed. No one questions the fact I always wear a hat or bandanna, and my classmates actually encourage me to make different hats to wear. 

Glad your at Uni, me too.

I have Childhood Autism (classic). It's High Functioning but I have more issues than someone with Asperger's Syndrome would, so hence I'm not diagnosied as that.

I also have OCD and Generalised Anxiety Disorder [GAD].

Got diagnosied as ASD and OCD at 16 in CAMHS Birmingham, but now revised to the current name.

Now I class Childhood Autism as a physical, neurological, developmental and learning disability.

The last one has helped me get the national english bus pass but struggling to get it renewed  

I was diagnosed with AS and Major Depressive Episode.

When I first got referred to CAHM's, it was for OCD, as I became extremely anxious if anything was moved out of place and I began hording tons of random stuff (like diet coke cans or boxes) just to feel secure. I also had to have everything arranged 'just so' in order to feel as though I could proceed with anything else. At CAHM's however, they found out the cause of my OCD was Aspergers syndrome. Thankfully as the problems cause by my Aspergers were addressed, my anxieties lessened and my OCD became more managable to the point where I only 'need' to carry out rituals like packing my bag for the next day, and can actually spend time enjoying myself.

The downside however, is that having both Aspergers and OCD led to another condition which didn't help. Alopecia. Midway through councilling for Aspergers, I had family issues, and school weren't helping me adapt to the changes, the stress built up until I found my hair was falling out.

Being a tomboy I keep my hair short, so when it started falling out it was blatently obvious. Soon all the hair on the back of my head had fallen off with no sign of regrowth.

Its been almost a year now and thankfully, a fine fuzz has grown back over most of the bald patches, and now I'm at Uni, I've been a lot more happy and relaxed. No one questions the fact I always wear a hat or bandanna, and my classmates actually encourage me to make different hats to wear.

I think the alopecia was a result primarily of my high school being so ruthless and unaccomodating, only because I was diagnosed aged 17. Only a few teachers understood the OCD was driving me insane and did their best to help give me a secure environment I'd feel safe in. Once I left high school for uni, my hair began growing back. With any luck I can make sure I never get stressed enough to go through the hair loss again.

PAIN: GAD (General Anxiety Disorder), IBS, stress response, OCD, Hypochondria/ Morbid, Depression after breakdown, perfectionist, Social Phobia, underpins my Aspergers condition. GAIN: On a good note, attention to detail, high IQ, rational mind and eclectic original thinking.

I think the key for me is safe, secure, nice, quiet environment doing something of positive function without the world on my back. Nature and gardening are my peace zone.

thank you hope for your honesty and allowing us to know that. theres absolutely nothing wrong with 'admitting' these things, tho i know some people think its embarassing etc, ocd is VERY common, los of nts have that as well

I have OCD and a fear of illness/hypochondria, constant OCD related anxiety and foreboding.

I have always been anxious, for as long as I can remember. My obsessions have always been based around the need for perfection, impossible I know, but ever present.

As a small child I would often repeat 'does it matter if I touched it?', and I remember repeating 'my pony tail, my pony tail' incessantly while with my Mum in a grocery store. I was worried that my hair was not perfectly done up.

My OCD , however, properly took off when I was 7-8 years old, revolving around dirt and contamination. When walking to school I was convinced that dog dirt had touched my socks and that I would go blind, after hearing someone tell me about dog dirt and disease. I got obsessed with dirt on my hands, like clay or paint, becoming convinced that I had accidentally eaten some. I also went through a phase of folding my hands all the time, convinced that dirt could somehow travel through the air and onto my hands, from the ground. My hands were always tightly clenched and I became obsessed with washing them until they were sore.

My 7th birthday was blighted by worrying that I had 'messed up' some plastercine I had got for a present. I wanted it to go back to being perfect, as it was before I opened it. I obsessed about it all day.

My OCD cleared up for a few years after starting secondary school, coming in waves. It returned with a vengeance when I was 14, along with other phobias. I have always been scared of dogs and thunderstorms. And if I hear a bad story in the news, I become convinced that it could happen to me. I also worry about getting seriously ill.

I was diagnosed with OCD aged 19, although my obsessive problems were first flagged up by an educational psychologist when I was 10.

I was diagnosed with Aspergers aged 21.

The OCD is far more disabling than my Aspergers, but the two conditions often intersect. I have also had extreme interests too, which have been enjoyable. I am a very obsessive person.