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Female ASD/bpd

Madasahatter

Hi I wondered how many women out there have had a diagnosis of BPD which actually turned out to be ASD?

I'm in my late 30s and around 18 years ago was given the BPD diagnosis. Since then I've managed to hold down two stressful jobs, gone back to college and studied with straight distinction, I have a partner of over 14 years. 

A couple of years a ago I had a massive melt down which had been building up over a number of weeks and resulted in me just switching off, and now rarely leave the house.I have always felt awkward in social situations and have always felt odd, and for want of a better word odd. 

 I fiddle with my hands when I'm nervous, get deeply engrossed in my hobbies and find noisy environments overwhelming to the point of having what I suspect to be a meltdow. Give me a gadget and I'm in my element but ask me to use the washing machine and my brain switches off.

Someone I worked with mentioned being on the spectrum and suggested I do an Aq test which I scored 42.

I have had a look around the site and found the criteria for bpd and don't feel i fit 5 of the  of them, maybe 2. I have looked at a list of female aspergers traits and gone through with a highlighter and it's nearly all highlighted

If there are any females out there who have been given the wrong diagnosis and had it changed, how did you go about it and was it easy?

I see my GP on a regular basis and I'm currently waiting for a psychiatrist appointment and want to go armed with the right questions but also I'm frightened they will shrug it off. 

Thanks in advance

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    mld said:
    Sadly, I can't get the BPD diagnosis off my records. 

    Your medical records should be an accurate record of the opinions and investigations that you have been through. In mental health conditions it seems that doctors consider the primary diagnosis as the most important thing. They should not look at you as if you had BPD and ASD, they should understand that an autism diagnosis supercedes and eclipses the earlier diagnosis. MH is more about trial and error than firm categorical diagnosis because the tests are not based on lab tests where they can find certain antiboides or where they can look at an X-ray and see a fracture. Your diagnosis is just the best opinion that the specialists have arrived at, so far, given the history that has accumulated when you go for a consultation. It may be possible that a diagnosis of BPD might help them to an ASD diagnosis because it is so common for the two diagnoses to occur in that order.

    I wouldn't worry about it (I know that is easier said than done!) but just try and understand it was just one step in the history of your life.

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    mld said:
    Sadly, I can't get the BPD diagnosis off my records. 

    Your medical records should be an accurate record of the opinions and investigations that you have been through. In mental health conditions it seems that doctors consider the primary diagnosis as the most important thing. They should not look at you as if you had BPD and ASD, they should understand that an autism diagnosis supercedes and eclipses the earlier diagnosis. MH is more about trial and error than firm categorical diagnosis because the tests are not based on lab tests where they can find certain antiboides or where they can look at an X-ray and see a fracture. Your diagnosis is just the best opinion that the specialists have arrived at, so far, given the history that has accumulated when you go for a consultation. It may be possible that a diagnosis of BPD might help them to an ASD diagnosis because it is so common for the two diagnoses to occur in that order.

    I wouldn't worry about it (I know that is easier said than done!) but just try and understand it was just one step in the history of your life.

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