Autistic meltdown or something else?

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Hi,

For those who don't know me, I'm a 25-year-old woman with autism and mental

health problems (dissociative identity disorder and PTSD). I can have terrible

meltdowns, but sometimes I wonder whether they are autistic meltdowns or related

to my other mental health conditions. Like, today I threw some objects and

banged my head for a long time. The reason seems to have been that the staff

were going to be in a meeting and would be not easy to reach for a few hours.

However, it also felt like anohter personality of me had taken over, someone who

is severely autistic. I am diagnosed with Asperger's so technically you

shouldn't expect such severe meltdowns from me. At least that's what the

stereotype tells me. I also was very emotional, which I don't know whether it's

common with autistic meltdowns. Any input on how to sort this out and how to

find stratgies to prevent this? I'm already on medication which normally works

quite well.

Astrid

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