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Has Anyone Ever Been Misdiagnosed As GAD OCD MDD SAD And Then Had It Changed To Autism?

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Nebraska City, NE

I have never felt I fit in anywhere. Yes I've had high extreme anxiety. Panic attacks like no other. Hate the winter months. Agoraphobic more now than ever. I constantly need to make lists. I am extremely smart but only in certain things, the rest I don't even remember. I've been treated with about every medication possible. Combinations of them and nothing ever worked. Some in fact made me to not want medication. Now I'm not taking anything because I had a terrible Effexor experience and almost… read more

June 7, 2017
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A MyDepressionTeam Member

My friend wasn’t diagnosed with autism until she was 50.
It is what it is, it’s just a name remember that.... you are who you are. A unique individual 😊

December 26, 2019
A MyDepressionTeam Member

treated diferently, its best to have all the answers

June 15, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

yes i am diagnosed with OCD, GAD, MDD, and used to be elements of SAD, and my parents did't know better. Autism shows differently in Girls and often is diagnosed as an adult. I still believe I have the other conditions but Autism is what the cause is, maybe...

June 9, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

it means you need to be trested differently.

June 15, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

It's just a different feeling but everything seems to fit now like before it didn't. I wonder what that changes if anything

June 13, 2017

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