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7th December 2016, 15:39
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ASD and schizotypal,similar or not?
Had my 6 monthly review with my nurse practitioner. Really opened up for the first time re aspergers/autistic traits. She said there is not much available in the area but didn't dismiss me out of hand as she gave me a print out to an Aspergers site.
What she did say however was that several things could also be explained by schizotypal. I was wondering what other posters views were on the ASD vs schizotypal connection. 
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7th December 2016, 17:17
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Re: ASD and schizotypal,similar or not?
^ Thanks. It is hard for me to tell. One of the problems for me is the artificial exclusion criteria of the DSM/ICD whereby you can't have one disorder if a certain other one is present. Yet I have come across quite a few people who fit the criteria for both diagnoses.
I know that social anxiety can be a part of both ASD and schizotypal. Mine developed as a reaction to bullying as a teenager due to being physically and socially awkward. It seems the ASD symptoms(traits?) came first and the paranoia and social anxiety was a reaction to negative peer responses stemming from that .
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