[koutabex]

theres a link between ptsd and Aspergers -for sure.....6 years ago i experienced a traumatic event and still have ptsd....since then ive been bounced around to countless shrinks - who want to add another condition on top of the ptsd - like bipolar, adhd....i know i dont have these conditions ....i kept telling them they should create a new mental condition and call it "a bit odd" and diagnose me with that instead....getting nowhere with treatment for ptsd - i started looking for a technical terms or descriptions that i could reference that would sum up the type of person i am - personality traits, thought processes and perceptions ive always had, the ones that disappeared and new ones since the ptsd. Im a bit odd/quirky, my view slightly askew - being a misfit is something i like about myself - not many got me, which i also liked until i got ptsd and had to be assessed on a regular basis & treated - then it became a big problem...it was only by a weird chance that i came across an article on women with Aspergers - it was a big a-ha! moment...in my case it was like the traumatic event somehow bought to the surface alot of the Aspergers traits and characteristics that had been dormant up until that point or had been not as intense as they are now, so weren't noticed...i just know theres a link between the two ...im not saying in anyway the symptoms are the same or there are any similarities between the two conditions...what im saying is the traumatic event changed who i am ...its like 2 different people, the "after" person has alot of traits associated with Aspergers and also has PTSD whereas the "before" person had no detectable signs or obvious symptoms of Aspergers. Seeings though Aspergers is something you are born with - Ive always had the condition - but had it not been for a traumatic event, there would not have been any knowledge of its existence. So the link i guess is between traumatic events and Aspergers ....and nothing to do with the condition (PTSD) that develops as a result. i think, in my case anyway, as far a research and studies go, it needs to be consider from the reverse angle. Would love to get my hands on any info that relates.

[leejosepho]

Originally Posted by koutabex

it was like the traumatic event somehow bought to the surface alot of the Aspergers traits and characteristics that had been dormant up until that point or had been not as intense as they are now, so weren't noticed...the "after" person has alot of traits associated with Aspergers and also has PTSD whereas the "before" person had no detectable signs or obvious symptoms of Aspergers.

I would think it is more like the traumatic event dissolved the masks previously hiding the Asperger traits and characteristics.