Co-morbid Diagnoses

NAS22414 said:

I'll put this in a separate post because it is a different dx.  One condition that does have a significant degree of comorbidity and is not often mentioned is gender dysphoria.

This might be better in a new thread - I'll wait for advice from the mods ...

This is of huge interest to me and one i was discussing with my daughters psychologist last week, she is currently undergoing assessments and having just scored 12 on her ados test along with school observations and parent interview its looking highly likely she is about to be diagnosed with autism, she also has quite marked sensory processing disorder, theyve said also definite attachment difficulties (she is adopted) and possible adhd.

However she is now 8 and for the last about 4 yrs she has said how much she wants to be a boy, we didnt really take much notice until the educational psychologist brought it up during a chat with her and randomly talking about other things and totally off topic to what they were discussing, she told her that as soon as shes 16 shes shaving her hair off and becoming a boy, this has now progressed to she has her name chosen and in the last few weeks has told me that as soon as her 'boobies' start to grow shes having them cut off.

The hospital have said at this stage there isnt much they can do with regards this condition however they will need to monitor her as she gets older to ensure she isnt cutting anything off or struggling, they havent said it is that, i guess its one of those wait and see things, sorry for the ignorance i have no idea really other than i have kind of already prepared myself that this may be a possiblity and am accepting that this is/who she is/maybe.  The doctor said its common in a lot of her autistic girls and some she said dont even look like girls anymore, my little one struts along in a boy walk and wears nothing but boys clothes. Would be really interesting to hear other peoples experiences

NAS22414 said:

I'll put this in a separate post because it is a different dx.  One condition that does have a significant degree of comorbidity and is not often mentioned is gender dysphoria.

This might be better in a new thread - I'll wait for advice from the mods ...

This is of huge interest to me and one i was discussing with my daughters psychologist last week, she is currently undergoing assessments and having just scored 12 on her ados test along with school observations and parent interview its looking highly likely she is about to be diagnosed with autism, she also has quite marked sensory processing disorder, theyve said also definite attachment difficulties (she is adopted) and possible adhd.

However she is now 8 and for the last about 4 yrs she has said how much she wants to be a boy, we didnt really take much notice until the educational psychologist brought it up during a chat with her and randomly talking about other things and totally off topic to what they were discussing, she told her that as soon as shes 16 shes shaving her hair off and becoming a boy, this has now progressed to she has her name chosen and in the last few weeks has told me that as soon as her 'boobies' start to grow shes having them cut off.

The hospital have said at this stage there isnt much they can do with regards this condition however they will need to monitor her as she gets older to ensure she isnt cutting anything off or struggling, they havent said it is that, i guess its one of those wait and see things, sorry for the ignorance i have no idea really other than i have kind of already prepared myself that this may be a possiblity and am accepting that this is/who she is/maybe.  The doctor said its common in a lot of her autistic girls and some she said dont even look like girls anymore, my little one struts along in a boy walk and wears nothing but boys clothes. Would be really interesting to hear other peoples experiences