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This #AutChat is on mood disorders.

This includes major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, cyclothymia, dysthymia, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and any other mood disorder.

Q1: Do you have or suspect you have a mood disorder? Say as much or as little as you like. #AutChat

Q2: Does how you experience (or express) your autistic or neurodivergent traits change with your mood disorder symptoms?
#AutChat

Q3: How do you manage your mood disorder symptoms? Does being autistic/similarly neurodivergent affect how you cope? #AutChat

Q4: If you have sought diagnosis and/or treatment for your mood disorder, has your autism/similar neurodivergence affected interactions with healthcare providers? #AutChat

Q5: Has your autism/similar neurodivergence affected interactions about your mood disorder with other people too? #AutChat

Questions for this chat were written by @theoriesofminds and @endeverstar.