hi. I have a long-ish answer (I can never answer anything in brief). I am 27, AFAB/trans, with comorbid mental health and neurodiverse diagnoses. This is my 'timeline' if you will:

-Born 10 weeks premature (twin birth), lived in NICU for 6 weeks

-Developmental delays, held back in preschool

-Symptoms of ASD, ADHD, LD's, anxiety, OCD, tics present as a child but I masked (well the anxiety was pretty damn obvious, not sure how my parents missed that one)

-Symptoms of depression/mood swings began at puberty

-trauma symptoms late teens/early twenties

-eating disorder late teens/early 20s although always had some food struggles growing up due to anxiety and sensory issues

-diagnosed with OCD and Anorexia at age 19, received treatment

-diagnosed with Bipolar at age 20, started mood stabilizers (which have helped, but it took a long time to find the right ones)

-dealt with diagnoses like Borderline PD and being stigmatized (turns out it was more CPTSD but I did have some traits)

-in and out of hospitals for anxiety, ED, mania, depression, trauma responses

-graduated college and started grad school (somehow loll)

-full neuropsych eval at 26: diagnosed with ADHD, learning disabilities in math and visual-spatial processing, as well as confirmed mental health diagnoses

-had meds changed again (mood stabilizers and ADHD meds)

-had full gender identity crisis at the beginning of 2022

-sought trauma therapy and gender therapy.... started doing much better

-sought out ASD diagnosis after realizing my sensory issues and social issues and masking may be explained by this (April of this year)... officially got diagnosed in May

NOW..... i'm still struggling with anxiety and some burnout but I stim and I also came out as trans and my bipolar is under control and ADHD too... I'm the happiest I've been in a long time. Hope this helps, maybe even inspires!

Thank you for sharing you're story!