Hi... I'm Jonny, and I'm an Aspie...

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30 Mar 2007, 4:58 pm

Figured I might as well throw up a flag and see if anyone salutes. I'm a 46 year old man, who's been "different" all my life... but only a couple of years ago, through the help of a couple of friends, did I start to discover why. It was quite a liberating experience, finally being able to put a name on the "thing" that had haunted me all my life. And once I knew that, I could - and did - start learning to work around the problem.

I haven't actually been diagnosed with Asperger's, but I talked to my doctor about it and he said that my self-diagnosis was very likely correct. (Especially after I showed him all the research I had done on the subject, lol.)

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30 Mar 2007, 5:00 pm

Welcome to WP and all that. Do check out the Dino Aspie cafe, that's where many of the older ones hang out. Be prepared for some loooooooooonnnnggg posts, however ...

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30 Mar 2007, 5:07 pm

Hi welcome to WP
Your intro sounds like an AA intro :lol:

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30 Mar 2007, 6:55 pm

Hello, welcome to WP!

I'm SamuraiSaxen, I hope you enjoy WP

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31 Mar 2007, 12:56 pm

Hi JonnyBGoode, and welcome to WrongPlanet.

Your story sounds a lot like mine. I was about your age when I discovered Asperger's, a couple of years ago. It is a relief to find out what the 'thing' is isn't it?

I hope you enjoy your time here.

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31 Mar 2007, 1:01 pm

Welcome

I selfdiagnosed too, then went to a doc.
Its great to finally figure why I ´ve been different all my life

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31 Mar 2007, 1:10 pm

Welcome! I hope you enjoy yourself here!

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31 Mar 2007, 2:11 pm

hi welcome to WP!

i'm self DX too... i go to school and work at a neuro lab at a uni... which is how i found out about AS

and is how i wound up here at WP

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31 Mar 2007, 2:23 pm

Hi, Jonny!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

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01 Apr 2007, 4:24 pm

Raph522 wrote:

Hi welcome to WP
Your intro sounds like an AA intro

Quite intentional, I assure you.

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01 Apr 2007, 4:28 pm

do you live in a log cabin made of earth and wood?

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01 Apr 2007, 6:35 pm

Welcome! Isn't it good to finally be able to know why you've always felt different? My experience echoes yours... self dxed myself a couple months ago. Great to have you here.

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02 Apr 2007, 7:54 pm

No to the log cabin... though this apartment I'm in right now isn't a whole lot better....

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04 Apr 2007, 5:37 pm

Welcome! I just joined recently myself, having found this site after googling Asperger and going through a few pages. I was initially self-diagnosed (about a year ago); the perspective I found as a result helped pull together a lot of things for me. My psychiatrist was initially resistant to applying the AS diagnosis, but later he says he sees merit in that diagnosis -- I'd already been diagnosed bipolar and ADD anyway.

Anyway, I think you will find a lot of sympathetic people here.

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12 Apr 2007, 6:09 pm

G'day Jonny

(unusual spelling - for here- short for Jonathon?)

Seen you around so thought I should say Hi.

Have you posted a pic yet?

one of me here:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... start=1980

Belated welcome to WP.

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12 Apr 2007, 6:11 pm

Short for nothin. Picked it off the song. My real name is John, though...

Haven't posted a pic yet.

And thanks for the welcome.

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