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Personality disorder vs Asperger's

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I was recently assessed and told I have high functioning autism, not allowed to diagnose it Asperger's anymore i was told, however, i was wondering could hfa be confused with having a personality disorder? And could a person have both of these? I have taken online tests and always scored as a high candidate for personality disorder, does anyone have any insights on this?  

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    Theoretically it is possible to have Aspergers AND a personality disorder. Aspergers itself is not a personality disorder but a developmental condition. Personality disorders come in many flavours, one example being paranoid personality disorder. One could also have several other things in parallel to these, such as Anorexia and OCD and Depressive disorder and Anxiety disorder. Theoretically one could have a cornucopia of behavioural diagnoses, what the medical gurus refer to as comorbidity.

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    Theoretically it is possible to have Aspergers AND a personality disorder. Aspergers itself is not a personality disorder but a developmental condition. Personality disorders come in many flavours, one example being paranoid personality disorder. One could also have several other things in parallel to these, such as Anorexia and OCD and Depressive disorder and Anxiety disorder. Theoretically one could have a cornucopia of behavioural diagnoses, what the medical gurus refer to as comorbidity.

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