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jec6613
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28 Aug 2010, 10:15 pm

Hi, I'm a 28 year old male from New England.

I went to a boarding school for high school, so was not exposed to my parents sufficiently for them to send me somewhere to be evaluated any time after the DSM-IV was published, and they had avoided a diagnosis when I was younger. Therefore, shortly after I turned 18, I made the decision to see somebody about why I was the way I was. I was diagnosed with AS in 2001 and spent the next several years learning additional coping mechanisms to enter the labor force. I am actually employed full time and have been for more than 5 years. Since the field I am in is also my primary special interest, I'm very fortunate.

I stumbled across this site as over the last several months, my compensatory habits started breaking down and people started noticing me acting more, "odd," than usual, and I could no longer pass as a quirky NT to those people who I have more than casual contact with. So I'm here to find the answers that I don't have, and hopefully my own experiences can help somebody else find their own answers.



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29 Aug 2010, 1:14 am

Welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, jec6613.


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29 Aug 2010, 7:29 am

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29 Aug 2010, 7:33 am

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29 Aug 2010, 6:49 pm

Welcome to WrongPlanet. :D


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30 Aug 2010, 3:06 pm

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30 Aug 2010, 3:30 pm

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30 Aug 2010, 5:00 pm

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31 Aug 2010, 11:45 pm

Hello. :)



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01 Sep 2010, 1:54 pm

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01 Sep 2010, 2:04 pm

Hi, jecc6133! I'm pretty good with this kind of stuff, so I could help figure you out. It could be PDD-NOS or Asperger's, but I'm pretty much unsure...sorry for trying to diagnose you right off the bat. It's something I'm working on. :)