I would say a good way to tell is to read about what a meltdown is and see if it relates to you.
It means if for some reason you fall into a natural manly thing of fisticuffs and are not from England, or Anglican, they might try to force feed you some ■■■■■■■■. Keep an eye on representative of Wales, Ireland, and whatever the ■■■■ as they argue in Parliament.
That did not clear anything up
If you get into a fight for some reason, policy makers are trying to pass laws in England that will make any deemed with a previously existing mental condition forced to take medication in and out of the hospital.
I totally agree that things are bad for those seeking to see if they are on the spectrum . A 20-24 months wait is not unusual . That is why a good few go private .
I was lucky in that when it was realised I might be on the spectrum things progressed as follows - mid Oct 2018 , 2 weeks after seeing pdoc , letter with appt date for assessment received ; Feb 2019 assessment process started ; May 2019 received diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome . Just 7 months .
It sounds similar to what happens to me but meltdown implies something quick. I have meltdowns that last weeks at a time when things happen
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I have that, that is just schizophrenia. If you dont have meltdowns and are low on the sensory issues thing, you probably dont have it. I would say social issues could be just as bad in sz as autism, but sz is more a withdrawn state to get those issues.
Pre being on regular meds via depot it was not unusual for me to have acute reactions to negative stimuli/when I felt really stressed . They were very intense ,on the spur of the moment, reactions , and not something that I’d thought if I do X I might get Y .
That should have been an indicator that something more than just mental illness was going on , but it wasn’t .
I’ll add that 15-30 mins after the intense reaction I was back to being relatively calm .
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Yoj dont have to have meltdowns to be autistic. You could have shut downs, that’s what I get. Where you turn off in high sensory or stress situations.
But autism does not cause psychosis. My honest bet is if you have autism the symptoms play into your psychosis, whatever label you end up with.
I’ve read autistic people have a higher chance of becoming psychotic but this would inherently mean another disorder is at play. Whether thatd a mood, psychotic, or anxiety disorder.
did you get psychosis or any other symptoms considered sz?
Not directly , but the treatment you receive from your peers because you’re different can certainly increase the likelihood of psychosis
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I’m starting to give up getting my point across in this thread. To find out if you have a diagnosis of autism you have to discount all the symptoms of autism that could have been caused by sz. It is pretty normal to shut down when you have stress, when it is not normal is when it is becuase of taste or smell or noises. Also I would imagine anything that alters your way of thinking has a chance of giving you psychosis.
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I agreed with your point! I just meant that autism doesnt automatically equal meltdowns. And yes shut downs are normal in high stress situations but autistic shur downs tend to be a bit different. I.e. losing certain life skills such as talking and eating.
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Its not autism specific is it though? Lots of szs give up on talking and eating.
I guess j dont know much about that. Do you mean intentionally give up? With autism its unintentional and unwanted
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No its unintentional. You just lose being able to take care of yourself. Its just a negative symptoms thing, every one on here says how they wish they could do the things they are not doing but they feel incapacitated or unable.
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Hallucinations are not specific to schizophrenia ,but that doesn’t stop them being regarded as a positive symptom of schizophrenia .
It needs to be remembered in this thread that none of us with the dx , in this thread , are more qualified than the other to add our input .
Theres so much overlap and more than i initially thought. And what’s frustrating is most therapists cant tell the difference either lol
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69-95% on the spectrum have sensory issues. That leaves 5-31% that don’t .
See https://www.griffinot.com/asd-and-sensory-processing-disorder/