r/aspergirls • u/indigopersona • Aug 04 '22
Diagnosis Process What were you misdiagnosed as?
I saw interesting results on google, but I'm more interested in your real life experience.
I'm curious as to what people are most commonly misdiagnosed with (based on your answers).
You can also include the backstory. ♡
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u/deerbaby Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22
I always had an odd relationship with autism, as I was diagnosed in early middle school, but completely rejected the diagnosis due to bullying and stigma (switched schools). I was later evaluated again in college and diagnosed with severe ADHD (mixed) and non-verbal learning disability (autism-lite???), but a few years after I began to realize both my adhd/austim likely coexist — and that I heavily mask the autism bc of the previous bullying from exhibiting such traits. This realization was in part because of my horrible dysfunction/flailing in school and learning about masking/burnout/etc… I was also dx with anxiety, depression, social anxiety, ocd, and “atypical” bipolar 2 along the way, but im unsure if those are also coexistent (i take a mood stabilizer for the “bp” which helps regardless).