Interesting.
I'd say, just self-dxing here, that I'd have AS traits and some McDD. Of course, one can never be certain, can they?
... McDD. Sounds like McDonalds, dude. *laughs*
Some of it almost looks like Bipolar II, a little, because of the inconsistency of mood/activity in the regulation of affective state.
yeah i agree, it looks like borderline disorder a little too.
I also agree, it fits me exactly and I have Borderline PD.
Never heard of this... I fit seven of them, or did when I was younger.
Hello everyone,
When looking around a bit I saw this thread and just couldn’t help but respond to it. I myself have been officially diagnosed (in the Netherlands) and it says: pdd-nos(multiplex). In other words, yes, I have been diagnosed with McDD.
If you're wondering about what it is and if you have it and stuff, I'll share a little of what I know... In the past people thought autism was child schizophrenia. It seemed best fitting. They kept to themselves, were scared of many things, etc. And indeed, some really developed schizophrenia later on in life. Now, after more research this disorder became known as autism. Most children fitted in, all problems solved, right? Not completely, this small group of children showing triads of fear disorders and the like, which totally didn't fit in with autism, remained. And that is what McDD is, it is the name they thought up for this group.
Let me explain it a little more spectrum based. You know of the autism spectrum, you could kind of draw it as a big circle. Asperger and the core autism could be drawn as smaller circles in this picture, pdd-nos would float around in the spectrum without any solid group. Then, there are other disorders like ADD. Autism isn't a distinct disorder, it overlaps. So to draw ADD we'd draw another circle overlapping autism a little. And schizophrenia is also like that, it has a small overlap with autism too. And this overlapping area we call McDD.
It means you have autism, with symptoms that fit in with anxiety and schizophrenic disorders. People with McDD can suffer from things like paranoia, a lack of control over their feelings meaning they can have outbursts of fear, anger, aggression in some cases... Many demand a total solid pattern in order to feel safe. People with McDD tend to have a lot of fantasy, so much they can lose hold on reality. They can suffer from hallucinations, hearing voices, stuff like that...
Yes, it sounds awful. Do all people with McDD have all of the things I named? No. Do they all have it so severe? No. It's a spectrum disorder; it's just like 'normal' autism. There is a list of possible symptoms and there are those that have it severe and those that have it less severe.
The reason I say this is we can easily fit ourselves into everything. We all have moments we are afraid or periods in which we find it hard to control our anger. But, as an example, you're riding home on your bike. Someone else is taking the same road you're taking. He makes the same turns you're taking, twice! You get afraid. Is he looking at you? Following you? You can’t look back, he’ll notice you’ve noticed he’s following you… It is things like this, on a regular basis, that distinguish McDD. (Also, I mentioned some of the more extreme, emotional related symptoms, because a lot of the problems these people have come from their incapability to control and understand these emotions.)
Alaira
Hey Alaira,
thanks for posting that, I do believe McDD describes my son and I incredibly accurately. It is very interesting!
By the way, Welcome to AFF!
Thank you
And it could very well be that you and your son have it. No matter if you have or don't have it, glad to have been of some help to you. I wouldn't worry about it though. It doesn't realy matter what you have I think, but how you deal with it.
Ohh, and that
http://www.mcdd.be site is pretty good.
I have serious anxiety and some paranoia, but I note a lot of people here--even some stereotypical Aspies--also exhibit these traits.
I think a lot of my unusual traits for someone with AS come from ADHD... I tend to "notice everything" and that makes me overreactive to things, rather than underreactive.
I do constantly worry what others think about me, though. However--why would that be unusual for plain ol' Asperger's? It could be from theory of mind deficit.
I do constantly worry what others think about me, though.
It's called being human 
I do constantly worry what others think about me, though.
It's called being human
What about excessive paranoia, though? Common in Asperger's, without necessarily being McDD...?