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Autism with depression and anxiety

Stacey
over 2 years ago

Hello,

I am a 41 female who has recently been diagnosed wirh autism after being in the Mental Health system for over 12 years.

I feel very relieved that I can finally begin to put my finger on how I have been feeling since being a child, why I struggle with lots of things and also meeting like minded people.

However, although the diagnosis is a relief, it still does not explain the severe anxiety, depression and regular suicidal thoughts. Does anyone else suffer anxiety and depression with their autism and how do they manage it? I was on 200mg of sertraline for years but the physical side effects aren't good so I have weaned off it. Would prefer not to be medicated 

Thanks in advance,

Stacey

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  • over 2 years ago

    There are some good threads here on this, including one I started which might help: https://community.autism.org.uk/f/health-and-wellbeing/26018/anxiety-stress-vs-depression 

    But also:

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/26691/autism-vs-anxiety

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/26624/anxiety-or-autism 

    The Autistic wired brain would've been brilliant in a tribal setting. When the Values of society change, it tends to marginalise various groups. Currently, extroverted theatrics which NeuroTypical individuals tend to possess due to how they're wired / programmed (more in their language/semiotic lobes), is a Value to the economy. So Adverts and communities are created and built around and for them. Never in history has the sort of media fame been 'valued'. Add NTypical brains aren't as intensely impacted by sensory input, so not only do we reason, perceive and communicate different, but also pick up an extraordinary amount of external information intensely. Being marginalised from society, even if you only sense this as a sub(merged) conscious afterthought, is depressing. It can also create anxiety due to the financial impact it has on our lives. 

    I needed a lot o help identifying factors that I was responding to due to language issues. I'm still always trying to find the word to identify a thing, a mysterious exchange, an object, a definition. 

    I've personally found understanding how the world operates, how NTypical society is navigated, what autistic strengths and limits are, have created ease. The 2 most difficult things to deal with have been unresolved matters and being misrepresented. Many of us here have suffered a good deal of injustice. x

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  • over 2 years ago

    There are some good threads here on this, including one I started which might help: https://community.autism.org.uk/f/health-and-wellbeing/26018/anxiety-stress-vs-depression 

    But also:

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/26691/autism-vs-anxiety

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/26624/anxiety-or-autism 

    The Autistic wired brain would've been brilliant in a tribal setting. When the Values of society change, it tends to marginalise various groups. Currently, extroverted theatrics which NeuroTypical individuals tend to possess due to how they're wired / programmed (more in their language/semiotic lobes), is a Value to the economy. So Adverts and communities are created and built around and for them. Never in history has the sort of media fame been 'valued'. Add NTypical brains aren't as intensely impacted by sensory input, so not only do we reason, perceive and communicate different, but also pick up an extraordinary amount of external information intensely. Being marginalised from society, even if you only sense this as a sub(merged) conscious afterthought, is depressing. It can also create anxiety due to the financial impact it has on our lives. 

    I needed a lot o help identifying factors that I was responding to due to language issues. I'm still always trying to find the word to identify a thing, a mysterious exchange, an object, a definition. 

    I've personally found understanding how the world operates, how NTypical society is navigated, what autistic strengths and limits are, have created ease. The 2 most difficult things to deal with have been unresolved matters and being misrepresented. Many of us here have suffered a good deal of injustice. x

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