I just thought this might be an interesting for people to talk about other problems they might have such as ADHD or Aspergers.

Please don't post things on here such as 'I don't think ADHD exists - you're just lazy' or 'people just need to pull themselves together'. I just thought this thread might be useful for people on here to find others on here with similar problems and to discus them

Me? I have:

Definitely:
Gender Dysphoria (well, duh!)
Chronic Motor Tic Disorder with obsessive compulsive behaviour

Possibly:
Synaesthesia
Auditory Processing Disorder

Other:
Disorganisation and poor time management, 'blanking out', high distractibility.

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Well I don't think I even need to mention gender stuff LOL

Social anxiety disorder, severe chronic depression (on meds for the latter and have had a lot of counselling for the former)

Not diagnosed but possibly some OCD (well I should say some OC I wouldn't consider it a disorder since I'm not caused any distress by my obsessively putting things in alphabetical order )

Not seeked help for but [hopefully] overcame:
Abuse of sedatives
Heavy drinking and near dependence on alcohol
Gambling addiction

wow I sound more messed up than I thought LOL

Otherwise: Lazy, procrastinator, too much carelessness

Oooh - procrastination should be added to my list there

I see what you mean about the OC - I have that, but it seems to merge with the tic disorder, so I just say 'chronic motor tic disorder with obsessive compulsive behaviour', although most of the obsessive-compulsive side has gone now, and is more tics instead.

I ahev been having a lot of mental tics/compulsions lately, and when they're persistant and I try to talk, they almost slip out Not good when you've got 'f*ck off' going round one's head

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As with everyone else no need to mention gender stuff, thats a little obvious.

Other than that I am doing pretty good, and don't have anything major. I have had periods when i have relied heavily on drink. Though never on my own, only as a way of socilising, in that respect i was almost completely dependent on it. That is until i realised people can like me even when i'm not drunk.

And i have had brief periods of eating disorders. Think i'm over it at the mo, in fact i'm trying to put on weight. But stress and a need to fullfil an ideal body image meant i really didn't eat in the summer. And what i did eat i threw up (soz i kow thats gross). Anyway i think i'm over it now.

Kenneth, there is a Yahoo group for trans people with Pervasive Developmental Disorders/Aspergers/autistic spectrum disorder some of whom have a symptom profile not dissimilar to your own.

For reasons that are not yet understood, people with autistic spectrum disorders are over-represented amongst FtMs.

The group is here:

TransgenderPDD@yahoogroups.com

Thanks. I don't have a PDD/Autism/Aspergers, but I would like to see the group, but the link is just an email address. Is it supposed to link to a website/web page?

Thanks for the information

Stella Maru wrote:

For reasons that are not yet understood, people with autistic spectrum disorders are over-represented amongst FtMs.

That's really interesting!

emrock wrote:

And i have had brief periods of eating disorders...But stress and a need to fullfil an ideal body image meant i really didn't eat in the summer.

I know what you mean. I don't do anything about it (I love my food too much) but I worry loads about it because I know it'll go straight to the wrong places

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i don't have any disorders. but some of my less-useful attributes would be my lack of concentration, organisation and time management.

i'd need to be locked in an empty room with no distractions to get any work done

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Kenneth, the group site is here:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TransgenderPDD/

I don't know if it is a disorder but my brain does have trouble understanding what people say sometimes. I find that although I can hear what people say to me and I have no problems hearing at all I am quite often asking people to repeat what they have said because I havn't understood them. Also being able to see them speak seems to help, I am absolutely useless at picking up song lyrics too. When I was younger my parents thought that I had a hearing problem but it turned out that my hearing is fine, it's been a mystery to me ever since but as it doesn't cause any great problems then I haven't had it investigated any further.

I have had over 10 years of drug addiction too which I am not proud of at all apart from having the will to give them up.

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Let me see...

Other than being FtM...

I'm slightly dyslexic, although not so's you'd seriously notice, have had some dependance (and still do- *sigh*) on alcohol... Suffered from depression so severe that I hallucinated, although no longer. Anger hijacks in which I can't recall what I did or what happened- controlling that at the minute and it's improving.

Possibly APD and Synaesthesia (Elm wood threes!).

I was once thought to have Asperger's, although I... don't. Lousy shrink.

Eh... other than that, I'm a sadomasochist, which apparently some people think is a disorder.

*Looks up.* Yeeeeah. I'm nuts.

Hi all

Just letting you know that you may find it useful, when looking for people to help you out, to broaden your selection criteria beyond just if a person has the same diagnosis as you.

When a psych is working out how to help a client, they only very rarely base their therapeutic approach on the client's diagnosis. They in the majority of cases tend to look more at things like:
- the history behind the person's distress and difficulties,
- what the client is aware of about themselves, and is unaware of
- the clients coping skills
- the clients strengths
- the clients vision for their future

Additionally, different people can develop different disorders from the same situation. eg some physically abused children will end up with anxiety and post traumatic stress, while others may end up with depression.

What is important in learning to live a fulfilling life (or, to start with, just cope), when you have a particular disorder, is the gaining of:
-resilience
-coping skills
-self awareness (eg how do I tend to react to certain sitautions? how do other people tend to interpret my behaviour)
-knowledge about oneself and social situations

This applies regardless of whether your disorder is biological (ie you were born with it), or whether your disorder was caused by things in your life.

So if looking for others to help you out, you may find it v useful to look for people who have similar causes to their distress/difficulties, and people who have gained skills for similar difficulties to your own. This means that people with other diagnoses can be very helpful!

Cheers
Sparkz

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lets see

other than the gender stuff

im currently being checked out to see whether i have crohns.

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yeah i too have trouble understanding what people are saying. I sometimes think its cos my hearing maybe isn't that good (i used to spend a lot of time while reenacting in close proximity to pyro's and firearms without any ear protection). But most of the time i know i can hear what is being said, i just can't make any sense of it. Lyrics in music are not the same though, i never have much trouble picking up the lyrics to folk music.