≡ Topic: Aspergers or Alexithymia?

Aspergers or Alexithymia?
16.06.2020 by Ted_Queen

Greetings, I have a few quick questions.

Is there a way to rule out Alexithymia?

Are these results worth asking my therapist, psychiatrist, and psychologist about or would I need a much stronger "hint" at Alexithymia?

Would this problem be exacerbated by medication? I'm currently taking some medication for ADHD (buproprion and buspirone) and we may try stimulants soon if I don't improve much.

Basically I'm trying to figure out if my emotional blindness or confusion is Aspergers, which my psychiatrist unofficially diagnosed me with (waiting for official test), which I feel fits me REALLY well in almost all areas, or if I possibly have Alexithymia or both.

I scored 146 on this test, with 100% full on problematic interpersonal relationships, difficulty describing emotions, and vicarious interpretation of feelings and "high" on the others (65-85%)

I found Alexithymia first after researching affective deprivation disorder and Ongoing Traumatic Relationship Syndrome, which I've read can happen to spouses of people with ASD/Aspergers and also people with Alexithymia. My wife and her MH team are thinking she might be suffering from OTRS or affective deprivation disorder.

22.06.2020 by User25660N61

From everything I've seen so far it seems like for alot but not all of cases, Alexi seems more of an underlying accompanying condition. Like a symptom and not a cause. So take that into account. Also for a long time I did believe I had aspergers. I mean there are alot of similarities so not too suprising to misdiagnose especially since we dont know how to always reiterate our feelings or what we're thinking in a correct mannner, as part of Alexi problem. Because of Alexi my doctor didnt realize i needed depression medication for months and then proceeded to apologize and blame himself but I know its because I couldnt describe what I felt and it was mostly physical symptoms. My only real advice I can think of to give you though is you're going to have to do alot of introspection and definitely figure a way to let your counselor know. They'll most likely have a better idea on what to do.