Multiple-Complex Developmental Disorder

[Mckey]

Anyone ever heard of MCDD (Multiple-Complex Developmental Disorder)? There is little information published. There is some information on wikipedia, and diagnostic criteria and co-morbidities on mcdd.webs.com, but little to no information in studies or cases, that I have found anyway.

To be general, it is an Autism Spectrum Disorder to which the Autistic Child develops the thought and symptomology patterns of Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia. It also has affective symptomology, ranging from mild depression to mania. It is strongly co-morbid with Epilepsy, Tourettes, ADHD, Learning Disorders and anxiety.

My story is, I was diagnosed with Communication Disorder unspecified at age 2 because of a Communication Delay and other autistic-like symptoms. As a child I experienced paranoid delusions starting at age 3-4, which included me believeing people were trying to kill me and people could read my thoughts. I then developed hallucinations at age 12. I have tics, and seizures, raging anxiety, Discalculia, OCD, ADHD, SPD, CAPD and other symptoms since I was a child.

I see my Neurologist on the 22nd and my Autism Specialist in a few months. I am sure being this disorder so unknown I will recieve a diagnosis of PDD NOS, as many people with MCDD do.

Any thoughts on this disorder?

[Mckey]

Can you not edit your own entries? Maybe I missed something?

After I submited my above, I realized this post should have been posted in the "More of the Spectrum" forum. Move if you like, although I might get more responses here.

Either-which way.

[hyke]

Hi McKey,

Welcome to Spectrumites.

You can edit your posts for a short while. After that they are fixated, and only a mod can change them. I think you have about 15 minutes to edit it.

If you would like this thread to be at another place. we can relocate it for you.

Interesting topics you bring btw.

[hyke]

Where I live, the diagnosis MCDD is usually given in a combination with a PDD-Nos diagnosis. Not as a diagnosis on it's own, partly, because it is not an officially recognised diagnosis yet. And to make clear that it does belong in the autistic spectrum.

A boy in my street is diagnosed PDD-Nos/MCDD.

[aliengirl]

I've come across this before - but literally just that - I know very little about it and generally rarely even hear/see it metioned.

I did suspect that this might apply to me (trying to see of there was a more 'over arching' diagnosis for myself) and it was in typing all my diagnoses into google that I came across it. (And yes, that is woefully and shamefully unscientific.)

The only thing is that I don't have the psychotic symptoms at all.

I do not know enough about it to know if the psychotic symptoms are an absolute necessity for diagnosis, and if they are then clearly I'm ineligible.

I would be interested to know more about it and similar conditions.

[Mckey]

Where I live, the diagnosis MCDD is usually given in a combination with a PDD-Nos diagnosis. Not as a diagnosis on it's own, partly, because it is not an officially recognised diagnosis yet. And to make clear that it does belong in the autistic spectrum.

A boy in my street is diagnosed PDD-Nos/MCDD.

The only book that I have come across, besides Encyclopedias of Pervasive Developmental Disorders, about MCDD is called "Jordan" (I found it on Amazon). And the subtitle says "...Autism AND MCDD". Your post, hyke, explains that, thank you. I understand that MCDD is not a confirmed diagnosis, but it is still considered to be an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Thus it is curious to have two ASD's that are so close.

In MCDD the psychosis are an important diagnostic criteria, aliengirl.

Thank you hyke for the welcome.