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Autism and co-morbid conditions

LJ51125

Hi, I’m new here and feel a bit nervous about posting. I have recently been diagnosed with Autism, C-PTSD and am suspected of also having EUPD. 

Although a lot of the symptoms overlap I have had some unique ones between the 3 conditions. There is so much I don’t understand and a lot to try and take in (I’m awful at trying to retain information).

I’m having a difficult time processing it. I feel lost and don’t honestly know where to begin trying to get my head around it. I was curious if anyone here with co-occuring conditions felt the same way or had any potential helpful tips on how to process it please?

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  • I think my co-occuring conditions are pretty common ones. I also have ADHD and a few lovely anxiety based diagnoses. They were all diagnosed at different times and when I first started the process I've getting diagnosed I got pretty obsessed over what caused what. There was some importance to this as autism alone did not account for all my difficulties and I felt I needed the other conditions to be diagnosed to feel how I was made sense. 

    But I've also learnt that there is no point in getting too caught up in what part of your brain/which condition you have causes different elements to your personality/behaviours. You are just you and this is the part that we have to learn to accept.

    For me I spent a lot of time researching the different conditions and I think this was important for me at the time. However it took up a lot of my head space and I have since learnt to just let me be me. I don't need to understand every detail of my conditions. Just how to manage how I am.

    As someone else suggested, reaching out for professional help may be a good idea. They may help you to understand your conditions and how they affect you and how you can manage that. With somebody knowledgeable explaining it to you, that might make it all feel a bit less overwhelming than trying to sift through the vast amount of information out there on the internet.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Thank you that makes a lot of sense. I found myself questioning the different symptoms and wondering which condition is responsible too. I’m trying to understand what conditions I have to help me determine what the best course of therapy I need to focus on. 

    I do have a specialist team who I am seeking support from. Sadly it’s a long waiting list for everything I’ve requested so far (emotional regulation coaching, counselling, CBT, DBT).

    It does sound helpful to have someone to help me break down the information and to also have that comfort knowing what I am reading is accurate and applicable. 

    Nice suggestions there, thank you. 

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  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Thank you that makes a lot of sense. I found myself questioning the different symptoms and wondering which condition is responsible too. I’m trying to understand what conditions I have to help me determine what the best course of therapy I need to focus on. 

    I do have a specialist team who I am seeking support from. Sadly it’s a long waiting list for everything I’ve requested so far (emotional regulation coaching, counselling, CBT, DBT).

    It does sound helpful to have someone to help me break down the information and to also have that comfort knowing what I am reading is accurate and applicable. 

    Nice suggestions there, thank you. 

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