How old were you when you were diagnosed with Asperger's?

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age 40 August 6th, 2010 Better Late then never!

March of this year and I'm 24!

I am in my late 20s. I was having one of my breakdowns a couple of months ago. I had just assumed that all of my problems were a source of my social anxiety. I didn't see the point in subjecting myself to anything for that because I had tried to be normal in the past & felt that if it was a social problem that sort of immersion of dealing with a lot of people would have "cured" me.

Then I found out about this. I read a ton of stuff and thought back on my life. I know this is my problem. I then started seeing a therapist. She says that she is going to get tests from one of the psychiatrists that she works with to test me but the whole thing is taking too long (I'm very impatient).

When I figured this out I had a long talk with a trusted family member. I don't think that being diagnosed as a child would have been great because I went to a bad public school. I remember seeing all of the disabled kids in their special trailer that they learned in. Yeah, their classroom was in a trailer in the grassy area behind the school. I think that I would have been grouped in with them and not learned all of the things that I have. I think that if I had found out after high school though I could have tried some coping stuff. Right now I'm just so disgusted with (most of) my life post high school as well as during school. What really upsets me is that I kept thinking that whatever was wrong with me (depression, social anxiety, etc) would just go away one day (I also tried lots of "remedies" to no avail). Knowing that I will never be the same as everyone else makes me feel sick.

Classic autism at age 21.

I am pretty sure I was 16. Why isn't this a poll? it could be nice if it was.

However, I always knew I had something. I knew many of the symptoms, but I wasn't sure whether it was autism or not. In the old days, only severe autism was really seen as emblematic of anything of signifigance. I also blamed my parents. I was ashamed that they were intellectuals. I felt that the World hated people with education. I felt it everyday. Also, the total lack of community. I wish I was born in a close knit community, and that I never moved one block from it. I never wanted to be an intellectual. I hate the fact that I think too much.

Suspected for years, finally diagnosed at 27.

My daughter was diagnosed at 8, after 3 years seeking for help and getting wrong diagnosis. My husband found out he had AS when our daughter was diagnosed, at 39. I read somewhere that the media is 11 years-old.

im 34 and got my diagnosis about 2 months ago

figured it out myself about a year and a half ago

highly suspicious that something was "up" since teens...but when you're a teen...everything is weird, so i made the mistake of trying to ignore it