Hi.. I'm new, I would like some advice

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Hi,

I haven't been diagnosed with autism or Aspergers.
Since I was young, I have always been different. I thought and acted different at school. The teachers pointed out that I was different, I did this weird thing with my legs, it's hard to explain.. But it would relax me and 'made me think'. Sorry I can't write more information.. It was kind of like rubbing my legs together and it would totally relax me but I would get really hot during it and sweat and it just wasn't normal. The teachers tried to stop me doing it but I kind of did it automatically. And the kids laughed at me so eventually I went to a new school and I stopped doing it in front of people. but I still do it if I'm really anxious to relax. I know it's not normal.. but that's not the only thing, I just wanted to say that in case it had any relation to autism or Aspergers? I have never heard of any one else who does that.

I have been diagnosed with OCD, Tourette's Syndrome and Agoraphobia, and I'm anxious a lot. Things have to be perfect, but it's not perfect like how other people would see. Like, it has to feel right in my head, or I feel really uncomftable and can't focus on other things.
That could just be my OCD.

Other things are, if I associate something with a bad memory, like a song when I'm going through a hard time or if it reminds me of something, I can't listen to it. I avoid it at all costs and I feel uncomftable when I do listen to it or associate with it.
I always think deeply, into things, like, I imagine all the different ways something could 'be'.. I don't know how to desribe it. Sometimes it feels like there's too much things going on in my mind and my head might explode.
Sometimes I can be talking, but if I hear or think about something else, I have to stop, like I forget what I'm saying - is this an autistic symptom?

I'm a general perfectionist and I do weird things, like sometimes I will just get randomly excited and sometimes I'm just sad.
I find it really hard to communicate with people, I'm much better online, this post might be misleading, in real life I can't talk to people, my thoughts get distracted and I don't know what to say, and I feel weird.

A lot of the time I feel like I'm in my head but not the rest of my body, it's weird. It's like.. what is life? Haha I don't know.. From what I've said, does it sound like I could have autism?

My counsellor has mentioned that she wants me assessed because I am on the spectrum or something lol, but that was a while ago and she hasn't followed anything up.

Should I mention it to her again?

Welcome to WP!

You could get yourself diagnosed never hurts to do so, just don't think you are sick/ill/wrong/lesser/weird or anything similar to that because your not no matter what mental diagnose.

Cheerfully,
Wallourdes

This could be an example of self-stimulation, which is certainly a symptom of autism. It is almost never the only symptom, however.



Although these are not symptoms of autism, they are closely related. In other words, people with autism also experience the diagnoses you just described.



All of these symptoms are common for people with Asperger's Syndrome.



You could very well have, if your symptoms are any indication. Only a professional who is familiar with autism can make a firm diagnosis, however.



That is completely up to you. "On the spectrum" basically means you show many or most of the symptoms associated with the condition. She apparently thinks you have an ASD, and that you might benefit from a positive diagnosis. But a good counselor won't force you into anything. The tests that would be required to make a positive diagnosis aren't cheap, and an honest counselor won't try to push the tests on you for that reason, lest anyone think there might be a conflict of interest.

Since you have so many issues that need to be addressed, I would suggest you ask your counselor to proceed with the tests. A positive diagnosis will help her devise a treatment, or if she feels she isn't qualified, she may refer you to someone else. Best of luck to you, and welcome to the Forum! - LJS

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Welcome. Personally, I think the labels don't really matter. In 50 years or so, they'll all be completely different, anyway.

>>A lot of the time I feel like I'm in my head but not the rest of my body, it's weird. It's like.. what is life? Haha I don't know.. From what I've said, does it sound like I could have autism?

Disassociation/Astral Projection. I can achieve that if I uh "meditate" on that concept for a period of time. It gets scary to do after a period of time and you feel like your spirit is being disconnected....

The leg rubbing sounds like a stim. What you do to calm down. I did the same one as a kid. Also leg shaking was a big one.
I don't really have enough information to know for sure if you could have autism.
Do you hate change? I suppose that could be OCD for you too but with me if I think I'm going to a certain place and it turns out it's not then I will probably become distressed. I'm happiest when everything is the same.
Are you sensitive to touch, light and noise? That's common in autism.
How about your interests? Do you find yourself obsessed about certain things? And do you find you can only be obsessed with one thing at a time?

You haven't really given enough information for me to make an educated guess (and unfortunately a guess is all it would be.). You definitely need to get evaluated professionally, but beware, they don't always say what you might want to hear. My diagnosis used to be the same; Tourette syndrome, OCD and agoraphobia. The latter two just disappeared for some reason... I still don't know how or why. If I did, I would probably write an advice book or something... The only thing I will point out is that ADD symptoms often go with Tourettes, so memory or concentration problems might be caused by your TS. I am now diagnosed with AS and Tourettes.