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Aurore
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 Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: Officially diagnosed, and randomly at that |
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I went into the doctor's office with sensory issues and a problem with migraines, came out with an Asperger's diagnosis-- even though I didn't mention it was on my list of suspected problems, or my autism-heavy family history! He put it on a form and handed it to me! I already knew I was Aspie but it's nice to have it confirmed!
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Congrats? At least you didn't get a random "Maybe" like I got from my doctor. That's frustrating!
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lionesss
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I am sure in a way it gives you a sense of relief. Because I have a history of significant speech delay my psych said I cannot have AS at all, just PDD-NOS.. its pretty silly if you ask me. I am thinking of getting a second opinion because I am hearing mixed things about getting an AS dx regardless of speech development history.
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I was told that I have PDD-NOS and ADHD- in other words, mild AS with a history of speech delay. I personally think its best to say that I am just plain under the spectrum! |
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| Angnix wrote: | | Congrats? At least you didn't get a random "Maybe" like I got from my doctor. That's frustrating! |
maybe you should kill your doctor  |
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ghouna
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I don t really know if i should go to see my doctor, to ask him..
I dont think i could tell him "i cannot be touch, i have a lot of obsession, i need list, schedules in order to do things..etc . what is wrong with me? " I dont know.. because i dont think it is a problem...
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Angnix
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| ShawnWilliam wrote: | | Angnix wrote: | | Congrats? At least you didn't get a random "Maybe" like I got from my doctor. That's frustrating! |
maybe you should kill your doctor |
Na... that would be too messy. I never brought up my obsessions to him before very much, maybe if I show him This, he will think there is more going on with me than Bipolar. 
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ShawnWilliam
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| Angnix wrote: | | ShawnWilliam wrote: | | Angnix wrote: | | Congrats? At least you didn't get a random "Maybe" like I got from my doctor. That's frustrating! |
maybe you should kill your doctor |
Na... that would be too messy. I never brought up my obsessions to him before very much, maybe if I show him This, he will think there is more going on with me than Bipolar. |
what kind of obsessions?.. i obsess quite a lot... i obsess over my art and i think of it as a blessing in desguise.. although, it can also be misleading..
for example these recordings ive made, i will mix them and obsess over it, but then come back to it later and mix it again.. but each time I learn so much more.. I always learn the hard way  It's like my brain was wired to learn EVERYthing the hard way by doing it to the extreme, and then backing it off a little, so to find the perfect balance and skill.. |
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lelia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Congratulations! And I hope your migraines go away. |
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Aurore
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| lelia wrote: | | Congratulations! And I hope your migraines go away. |
Thanks : ) I do too.
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Sora
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| lionesss wrote: | | I am sure in a way it gives you a sense of relief. Because I have a history of significant speech delay my psych said I cannot have AS at all, just PDD-NOS.. its pretty silly if you ask me. I am thinking of getting a second opinion because I am hearing mixed things about getting an AS dx regardless of speech development history. |
Well, some doctors just disregard speech development...
Officially, it's simple:
The DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 say that Asperger's can only be diagnosed if no abnormal speech delay was present.
That means that:
1. single words have to be used by at least age 2.
2. Communicative phrases by the age of 3.
Important to know: Normal speech development is faster than that. Asperger's allows a typical (=small) speech delay. Some non-autistic children are slow and only use communicative phrases by age 3.
| DSM-IV-TR wrote: | In contrast to Autistic Disorder, there are no clinically significant delays or deviance in language acquisition (e.g., single non-echoed words are used communicatively by age 2 years, and spontaneous communicative phrases are used by age 3 years) (Criterion D), although more subtle aspects of social communication (e.g., typical give-and-take in conversation) may be affected.
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| ICD-10 wrote: | Diagnosis requires that single words should have
developed by two years of age and that communicative phrases be used by
three years of age or earlier. |
Meet that = officially warrant for AS.
Otherwise it's... well, classical for some parts of Europe and PDD-NOS (or autistic disorder) for the US.
Doctors may diagnose any way they like though.
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lionesss
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Thanks, that actually helps a lot! Well, I don't have AS then, because I didn't use single words and some phrases until I was 4. But my son likely has AS, he used single words by 2 and phrases by 3. He is still delayed at 4.5 but uses a lot of sentences.
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