Similar disorder/syndromes

[DesertRose]

I've read that Avoidant personality disorder, and Asperger's are very similar.
My question is, what are some other, if any, disorders, syndromes, or illnesses, (or possible combinations) that are similar to Asperger's / ASD?

 

[Iamnotarabot]

This is also what am looking for.

I guess ASD is like the starting point and then depending on how your life is you get other funny stuff.

At the moment I am digging into borderline because I dont know if the impulse and lack of sense of self is related to asd or something else, but its just because I always have a feeling that I still dont know everything about me yet so I keep searching, I guess its a waste of time.

 

[Streetwise]

I've read that Avoidant personality disorder, and Asperger's are very similar.
My question is, what are some other, if any, disorders, syndromes, or illnesses, (or possible combinations) that are similar to Asperger's / ASD?

Brain damage ,lack of socialisation ,schizotypal disorder ,borderline personality disorder For women bipolar disorder as is the previous disorder .

 

[Sloth]

A couple days ago when I saw my new psychiatrist he demonstrated the relationship between the many conditions by drawing three intersecting circles labeling one as Focus/attention, another as mood/anxiety, and the last as psychosis. The place where all three circles overlap is what he labeled as autism. He then put a bunch of the related conditions in the various parts. For attention: ADHD, for mood/anxiety: depression, OCD, GAD/SAD, and PTSD and for psychosis: shizoid and narcissism. He then put stuff in the places where two circles intercept like Bipolar where mood meets psychosis and borderline personality. From what I've seen on these forums, I think that this was a very neat way of putting it and that these indeed are all conditions that seem like they can be related to and often comorbid with autism.

 

[pamelaperejil]

No diagnosis yet but, until recently, I thought I had BPD. Then I was on another forum where someone was talking about possible autism, and I kept agreeing with her and saying, 'No, that's BPD, right?' And everyone else said, 'huh?' I still don't know for sure, but the things that seem in common are: impulse control problems, problems with emotional regulation, substance abuse, paranoia, fear of rejection, feeling like the self has been invalidated in childhood, obsessing, problems with empathy, depression/anxiety, low self esteem, solitude, a naive and childlike outlook. Idealization. The tendency to catastrophize. I was told my direct and somewhat tactless style is classic aspie.

 

[Judge]

Might be easier to simply identify known comorbid conditions to Autism Spectrum Disorder. Though not all necessarily reflect autism per se.

Other comorbid conditions may classically reflect ASD such as social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditions_comorbid_to_autism_spectrum_disorders

 

[SusanLR]

This is also what am looking for.

I guess ASD is like the starting point and then depending on how your life is you get other funny stuff.

At the moment I am digging into borderline because I dont know if the impulse and lack of sense of self is related to asd or something else, but its just because I always have a feeling that I still dont know everything about me yet so I keep searching, I guess its a waste of time.

I'm the same. I always keep searching and enjoy the learning even though it may not be a comfortable
issue. Borderline personality, GAD, social anxiety or antisocial with some, attention deficit, OCD, all very common. It will be different from person to person.
I don't consider it a waste of time, just a learning experience of interest.

 

[zylon]

I've read that Avoidant personality disorder, and Asperger's are very similar.
My question is, what are some other, if any, disorders, syndromes, or illnesses, (or possible combinations) that are similar to Asperger's / ASD?

Yes. My condition includes similarities to Asperger, at least enough for me to have a firm official diagnosis of Asperger, but it has a different core. My condition is not found in any classification book; I guess it is unknown. My name for it is "Brain in a Jar Syndrome".
My main point here is that not every condition is in the literature, and such people are just filed with Asperger because they have to be classified somewhere.
If you or anyone here is lumped into Asperger because their real condition is unknown to current psychology, I would like to hear about it.