Hello my name is John

Knight3000 · Emu Egg Joined: May 24, 2012 Age: 32 Posts: 7

Hello, I am John. I am 31 and I suspect I am an Aspie. I was diagnosed as ADD/ADHD at the age of 4 and have been to numerous psychologists/psychiatrists since that age but have not been to 1 since I was about 15 and we moved to Mississippi. I saw the movie Temple Grandin (about the same woman) when it first came out on HBO and I could relate to alot of what was portrayed in the movie so I started researching.... and researching........ and researching some more.

I have come to the conclusion (albeit an unprofessional 1) that I was misdiagnosed as a child and I am infact an Aspie. The difficulty I am having is finding anybody in my area (Columbus, OH) that works with Adult Autism/Aspergers patients... so far the only people I have been able to find deal with young children and adolescents. I have also been in contact with OCALI and the local office of Autism Speaks but I am not having much success.

I also have been in contact with the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities and they were USELESS!!!!

A little more of my past history.... Relationships have sucked, I never have had more than 2-3 friends, I don't like socializing(Proms, Dances, parties, even family get togethers... I tend to hide in a corner) I am EXTREMELY Mechanically oriented....Engines are easy for me as is most car stuff in general. I am also Extremely interested in Precision Machining Particularly Gunsmithing and manufacturing. My employment has never been very consistent the longest job I held was a towing job where I was on call 24/5 (24 hours a day 5 days a week) and did not have to be at the shop all the time.

I do know I do not have the Hyper Sensitivity issues that are typical of ASD... But I have what I consider to be an Abnormally high tolerance to pain Particularly in my arms, which I would assume is a Hypo-Sensitivity issue and have had this most of my life not sure if it means anything but seeing as it is sensory relate it seemed relevant. I also seem to have a Slight colorblindness that is related to dark blues dark greens and black.... they all look black to me. OH... And I am HOPELESSLY Obsessed with Woodland Pattern Camouflage to the point I even painted my truck in Camo.

I Also have had numerous Academic difficulties... I spent most of my elementary and Jr high years in Special ed type schools and only 2-3 years in Mainstream classes. I have very little problem with any math up to PreAlgebra as well as Trigonometry and Geometry but there is something with Algebra I CANNOT seem to understand it. I also have alot of difficulty with English... mainly with Grammar, Sentence Structure, and Punctuation.... Between High School and College I have managed to fail English a total of 5 times.