Question: How do I know if SCD is the right diagnosis for me, should I care if it isn't, and how do I stop caring?
I was recently diagnosed with SCD, but I question the diagnosis. Since I'm a 'gifted' adult female, I realize that I fit all the categories that increase coping skills and make diagnosis more difficult (not to mention the psychologists involved specialize in children). It is nonetheless frustrating to me that I feel I relate to most of the aspects of Asperger's and no one else can see it. I also have a compulsion to 'get it right' and the whole category of SCD just seems ill-founded to me (i.e. If it's a spectrum, why distinguish two disorders? If it's not a spectrum, what distinguishes two patterns when they share the same symptoms? I know the 'ritual and repetitive' part is supposed to not be SCD, but they said although I met ASD cutoff for that, it is through 'giftedness' because related to my interest, not autism). Am I being unreasonable? Should I just drop the issue? How?
(I realized my first post was too long so I am reposting as separate questions.)
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