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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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    Martian Tom said:

    I often wonder how many undiagnosed people out there are suffering from mental health problems and being given anti-depressants, when the source of their problems is really autism - in which case anti-depressants probably won't do any good for them at all.

    That was certainly the case with me: I've been through most of the relevant section of the BNF (in many cases more than once, and in some, several times) without much success, perhaps unsurprisingly: most of my problems have probably been caused by trying to live as though I were NT.  Or something like that, anyway.

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    Martian Tom said:

    I often wonder how many undiagnosed people out there are suffering from mental health problems and being given anti-depressants, when the source of their problems is really autism - in which case anti-depressants probably won't do any good for them at all.

    That was certainly the case with me: I've been through most of the relevant section of the BNF (in many cases more than once, and in some, several times) without much success, perhaps unsurprisingly: most of my problems have probably been caused by trying to live as though I were NT.  Or something like that, anyway.

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