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ADHD, GAD, Depression, & PTSD don’t seem to match all of my symptoms.

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I have ADHD, GAD, depression, and PTSD. I have tried to really look into all of these diagnoses and this is what’s left that I still can’t assign to any one of these in particular so maybe y’all can help?

I genuinely can’t understand cues, I can’t regulate emotions, I have a hard time engaging with friends and making friends, I literally only want my routine and order, I feel like a little kid having a tantrum or a meltdown when change of any degree occurs, and I feel like I’m a burden or annoying for it all.

I’m really bad at reading facial expressions and body language, if I “read the room” I’m probably wrong. I don’t understand cues socially either, if I’m not clearly invited to our every day lunch with friends I assume they meant to leave me out and when I become sad and ask if I’m allowed to come, they all get quite confused on how I didn’t understand that I was invited without them saying. When plans change I freak out, it’s no longer predictable and same and that’s super upsetting and I’m not sure why. I like things to be the same all the time and I have a hard time understanding that life includes change.

Does anyone else experience any of this? How do you deal? No one else with my diagnosis seems to really relate to all of this and at this point I’m wishing I could take literal sedatives all the time because I can’t regulate my emotions on my own.
 
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I have ADHD & PTSD, and relate to about half.

The only people I know, personally, who relate to all also have an HFA / Aspie diagnosis instead of an ADHD diagnosis.

One of the (many) key differences/distinctions between ADHD & Aspies is the reading of cues. Aspies struggle to see even the most overt of them, or read them “correctly”; ADHD people generally read too many, and spend most of their childhoods working out “which” to act upon, in “which” situations, as A+B = C through Z… it is keeeerazy complicated, especially as most people lie almost constantly.

The emotional monitoring & regulation that both ADHD’ers & Aspies have to learn manually? Get drop kicked out the window with PTSD. Meltdowns on the nuclear scale. It means stress cup stuff has to become a way of life.
 
Imma be honest there was more to the rant that had to do with the title but I ended up editing it out, definitely forgot to change the title, my b
 
Does anyone else experience any of this? How do you deal?
Tell my friends I have difficulty reading cues and need clear communication to tell me I'm welcome.

If you feel really self conscious maybe figure out a hand gesture to ask or for a friend to tell you you are welcome.....

Sometimes the best way through is the most direct.
 
I have ADHD, GAD, depression, and PTSD. I have tried to really look into all of these diagnoses and this is what’s left that I still can’t assign to any one of these in particular so maybe y’all can help?

I genuinely can’t understand cues, I can’t regulate emotions, I have a hard time engaging with friends and making friends, I literally only want my routine and order, I feel like a little kid having a tantrum or a meltdown when change of any degree occurs, and I feel like I’m a burden or annoying for it all.

I’m really bad at reading facial expressions and body language, if I “read the room” I’m probably wrong. I don’t understand cues socially either, if I’m not clearly invited to our every day lunch with friends I assume they meant to leave me out and when I become sad and ask if I’m allowed to come, they all get quite confused on how I didn’t understand that I was invited without them saying. When plans change I freak out, it’s no longer predictable and same and that’s super upsetting and I’m not sure why. I like things to be the same all the time and I have a hard time understanding that life includes change.

Does anyone else experience any of this? How do you deal? No one else with my diagnosis seems to really relate to all of this and at this point I’m wishing I could take literal sedatives all the time because I can’t regulate my emotions on my own.
Last year was finally diagnosed with high-functioning autism and your comments about regulating emotions, hard time engaging, making friends, and routine I relate to my Autism. I'm a routine fanatic, and don't adust well at all to change. I'm in sensory overload from moment I awaken I'm very much into everything remaining the same so I insulate myself from as much change as I can. Yes, I relate to your post here. Thank you for posting.
 
I have ADHD, GAD, depression, and PTSD. I have tried to really look into all of these diagnoses and this is what’s left that I still can’t assign to any one of these in particular so maybe y’all can help?

I genuinely can’t understand cues, I can’t regulate emotions, I have a hard time engaging with friends and making friends, I literally only want my routine and order, I feel like a little kid having a tantrum or a meltdown when change of any degree occurs, and I feel like I’m a burden or annoying for it all.

I’m really bad at reading facial expressions and body language, if I “read the room” I’m probably wrong. I don’t understand cues socially either, if I’m not clearly invited to our every day lunch with friends I assume they meant to leave me out and when I become sad and ask if I’m allowed to come, they all get quite confused on how I didn’t understand that I was invited without them saying. When plans change I freak out, it’s no longer predictable and same and that’s super upsetting and I’m not sure why. I like things to be the same all the time and I have a hard time understanding that life includes change.

Does anyone else experience any of this? How do you deal? No one else with my diagnosis seems to really relate to all of this and at this point I’m wishing I could take literal sedatives all the time because I can’t regulate my emotions on my own.
I have the same symptoms as you I have PTSD, GAD and ADHD. However I also have autism. a lot of the problems your describing are the same as my autism symptoms. I have meltdowns at the slightest Change of anything. I freak out when plans don’t work out. I’m unwilling to except change. I have trouble regulating my emotions. I have difficulty understanding social cues. If my routine falls apart, I fall apart. I can go on but it really sounds to me like you have undiagnosed autism.
 
I have meltdowns at the slightest Change of anything. I freak out when plans don’t work out. I’m unwilling to except change. I have trouble regulating my emotions. I have difficulty understanding social cues. If my routine falls apart, I fall apart. I can go on but it really sounds to me like you have undiagnosed autism.
PTSD more than amply explains all of those symptoms.
 
PTSD more than amply explains all of those symptoms.
Yes it could be but a lot of people with autism have PTSD because of undiagnosed autism so it could be autism or ptsd. If this person was getting help for PTSD and it wasn’t working it might be worth looking into.
 
Yes it could be but a lot of people with autism have PTSD
There is a thing called Executive Dysfunction that has symptoms that are common across autism, ADHD, and PTSD.

With PTSD you get your own "special blend" of Executive Dysfunction symptoms, at varying severity from person to person. Working Memory, Impulse Control, and Cognition are affected. How affected varies from person to person. So when you take off your glasses to clean them so you can see where your glasses are? yeah.....
 
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