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nettiespaghetti
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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Officially diagnosed today |
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I'm not sure there is much point to this post, I guess I just wanted to share that I was diagnosed today. The psychotherapist said I am on the higher-functioning end since I can hold a job, etc. He said he does have another aspie patient who had to have services, special ed in highschool, etc so he thought I was doing well except for my anxiety and depression. That is definitely a major issue, I have trouble going to work lately because I feel like everyone dislikes me, but I know I have to get past it and move on. I'm trying to think of what I said that led him up to the diagnosis. Like for example, I tend to watch the same tv episodes and movies over and over. Especially figure skating and things like that. I hoard my little ponies (my secret obsession) horrible in social situations and making small talk, etc. etc. Anyone out there diagnosed with high-functioning aspergers? Just curious, if anyones wants to share anything that's cool, if not, that's ok too 
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poopylungstuffing
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Location: Super Happy Fun Land, TX
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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I am happy for you..(as I would not mind being told whether or not I have it myself)
I was about your age when I was first told by somebody on another forum about the austistic spectrum and that that they thought I might be on it based upon the symptoms i described...which spurred my obsession with the notion that I actually might be...(before that I was addicted to various ADD message boards...and thought that maybe I was slightly brain damaged or something...
I have anxiety, depression, difficulty getting/keeping a job, um....mild face blindness..I can't drive a car due to issues with overtimulation and also depth perception..., i walk on my toes, I have certain particular items that I obsessively hoard (raggedy anne and andy dolls...(over 50) socks (possibly in the thousands), auditory processing difficulties, mild dyslexia, dyscalculea, a certain level of rigid black-and white thinking....historic troubles with empathy in the traditional sense (but not a complete lack thereof)...um...I am very repetative with my actions, have exectutive dysfunctions...(an extremely hard time with organizing and prioritising)....am very slow in terms of emotional development (i am a 32 year old teenager)....but have a somewhat higher-than-average iq...
Left to my own devices, I would watch the same movies over and over (and did so when I lived alone)...Shek, La Stada, the Perils of Pauline....etc...and I have always listened to certain music on repeat play for hours...
My main "NT" trait is that I have no difficulty being in relationships...I have seldom been single since I hit puberty....and I can be social as long as I am drunk....in fact I am somewhat extroverted sometimes, to a certain extent...I do have difficulties with holding friendships outside my relationship though.
on one hand it would be nice to be diagnosed (if I qualify) because maybe I could get some assitance in finding a job, and were I ever to go back to school, perhaps i could get some sort of accomodations...
on the other hand, it is my understanding that alot of health insurance companies won't carry you if you are on the spectrum.
It could be that I am just a particularly undisciplined ADDer.
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t0
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Officially diagnosed today |
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| Congrats on the diagnosis. Does it make you feel differently? |
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Alea
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i'm not good at saying stuff but i can say my room is a mlp explosion, long live mlp haha
 
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nettiespaghetti
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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One thing my therapist told me is that if I was mainly diagnosed with aspergers the insurance wouldn't cover it. So he diagnosed me with generalized anxiety, with a sub-diagnosis of aspergers. I am really grateful that he did that. I feel blessed that out of the many names I was looking at on the blue cross website I seem to have gotten a very nice therapist. (I felt very blind trying to find someone because the names on the aspergers website either weren't taking patients or didn't take any insurance).
Yes I have problems with empathy, but it's not like I don't have any either. I am the most empathetic towards underdog people, children and animals. Although to be honest I never even thought I liked children until I had my son and I feel like I was sent an angel, he's the most important thing to me in this world. I have problems learning to drive, so much stimulation I'd almost hit people and somehow the wheel felt very foreign to me and I was a very slow learner, but I do think that my fear of never learning forced me to go down back roads until I have gotten better at it, although I know that some people simply can't and I don't want to sound like I'm suggesting "just practice and you'll get better". But I will still try to get out of it if I can, especially since I'm horrible with directions and getting turned around. I think my job is definitely where I have the most problems. I've worked at various locations within the same company and always feel out of place, and the worst is when my boss awhile back told me she found it very odd that I wouldn't make eye contact with her and didn't trust me. It's a shame that when you're quiet and awkward people automatically think you're shady and can't be trusted  Just another thing that adds to my anxiety.
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nettiespaghetti
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It's kind of a strange feeling really, a mixture of relief but strangely a tad depressed because I feel like it's confirmation that I'll always be different  But one thing my therapist was telling me, that in school even though he got along with everyone, he tended to like the underdog people and that's why he became a therapist. But the point of the story was, he thought I definitely could find a friend because there are some very nice accepting people out there.
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Norah_W
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Officially diagnosed today |
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| Congratulations! |
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poopylungstuffing
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