#disorder and definitely a delusional disorder and need someone to talk to abt it and have the ppl who r meant to help you be like

[glitchydyke]

medical professionals on their way to suggest cbt and going for a walk when a mentally ill autistic person walks into their office 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

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I hope my last ask (adding to the delusional ocd ask) sent tumblr is being confusing idk I’m sorry. but besides that.. since u have adhd and are autistic I was wondering if u knew anything abt executive dysfunction, avolition, flat effect, and catatonia. (and also if u believe in a difference between avolition and exec dys… some say it’s that avolition includes not being able to do things u love while exec dys it for things that are like work and hygiene etc) basically! Both adhd and autism can cause executive dysfunction, autism can cause flat effect and catatonia, and other mental illnesses like depression for ex can cause avolition. Schizophrenia/spec can also cause these things. so my question is basically .. how does one differentiate what is caused by their autism/adhd/depression vs what is maybe caused by schizophrenia/spec since they are experienced in both? do they present differently in the disorders or the same? especially if one has delusions but not really hallucinations (which can be the case in schizophrenia/spec!). to be dx with schizophrenia u need two of the five main symptoms with at least one of them being delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech. The rest would be grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms. (Negative including avolition). and then that is also adding delusions caused by ocd into the mix. so then you technically meet this criteria but don’t know which symptoms actually belong to which thing. would ocd delusions be unique in the way that they are obsessions and also follow with compulsions despite being delusions? vs compulsions to the delusion not being present in schizophrenia/spec? is that the difference between the delusions experienced in each? also people have told me before that “if u can do something to alleviate the thought and make it go away then it’sn not a delusion” but ocd delusions get followed by compulsions which may help but not cease the delusion to exist? and it’s still a delusion?

this is very confusing I’m sorry but basically my question is that … when u have multiple disorders that causes similar/same symptoms what are tips on how to differentiate which symptoms come from each thing? and also if there is a difference between how those symptoms present in each disorder despite both disorders having those symptoms? I hope this doesn’t come of as asking u to dx me bc I promise I do not want to but that on u I kinda just wanted to talk? about this with someone? idk! get thoughts out and see if u have any thoughts on it as well I guess

And maybe how to tell if something really is a delusion or if it is not

I don’t feel comfortable saying anything for certain in this specific case, as I do not have schizophrenia or a schizo-spec disorder. I do have psychotic OCD, but yeah… I don’t feel equipped to get into the specifics of comparing a disorder I don’t have with a disorder I do have.

generally speaking, my advice for separating out symptoms is the following step-by-step guide

spend a couple weeks (or longer) journaling or otherwise keeping track of symptoms and traits

write a list of the most common/frequent symptoms you experience

write down or print off a checklist of each the disorders you think you have (or already know you have)

cross-reference the two lists, colour-coding the symptoms you experience relating to the symptoms of the disorders

if there’s anything on the list that could ONLY be explained by the disorder you think you have, AND you meet all the criteria for that disorder, you may have reason to suspect that you have it

if possible, take these lists to a doctor. especially with experiencing delusions or other psychosis symptoms… it is crucial that you make sure that there’s not another medical issue going on

it takes some time, but eventually it becomes easier to untangle what symptoms are coming from which disorder.

one last thing I wanted to say (if it helps) is that executive dysfunction definitely applies to things you want to do as well as things you have to do. it’s an issue with how the brain works, not an issue with motivation.

I wish you all the best in sorting things out, and I hope you find the information you’re looking for regarding delusions and schizophrenia