Am I an aspie?

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I am 20 and have never been to different from other people my age until recently.

I choose to spend almost all of my time inside on the computer partly because I work from home. As I have gotten older I have stopped socializing with my friends because they seem to be into different things now such as drinking. I have a lot of problems with my sleep patterns and I will often be up all night and sleep during the day. I get exhausted very easily whenever I go out. I don't like socializing with people I don't know or making small talk. I can socialize just fine if I want to but sometimes it feels like I'm just putting on a show. When I'm working on personal projects or something I'm interested in I tend to get very focused and forget about other areas of my life. At times I am very sensitive to light and noise and I have trouble with eye contact.

I just took the Autism-Spectrum Quotient test online and i got a 24 so I guess I don't have it. Maybe I'm just an introvert

Be happy that you are not, there are definite drawbacks.

Try this too

http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

I'm not a doctor, but...

...NO.

I don't know - without more information it's impossible to say. Anyway, you know yourself best. If you do some quizzes, and read some books on AS, you'll soon know if it truly fits you or not.

Thanks, smilyme, for the link to the test.

I'm still not sure about my own condition after taking it. For me it says:

Your Aspie score: 140 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

I've always known that I was different in some weird ways, and it's only now that I'm 44 years old that a friend suggested Asperger's after I told him I had this problem recognizing people, especially women, by their faces.

I was surprised that during the test, a lot of the question seem to target me directly.

I guess I have a lot of reading to do. (^,^)

Well, possibly. You may think, "Hmm, some of this sounds very familiar..." and other parts you just may scratch your head in puzzlement because that doesn't describe you at all.

It's very likely in many "borderline" cases (such as myself) that we wouldn't actually be diagnosed were we to seek a professional answer today. I have many of the AS traits lightly (taking people literally, obsessions, clumsiness, stimming), some I used to have much more severely as a child (hypersensitivity to sound), and some I've never had (anxiety / depression). Even in people with diagnosed AS, some / many of the traits don't apply, either. It's a confusing world of imprecision, really...

It doesn't particularly matter to me whether or not I am "official" because I don't need professional help. I get the impression that I can get by in social situations much more easily than many others here. If you think you need professional help, I would definitely seek it from a practitioner qualified in assessing ASDs.

Being "an Aspie" has no prestige; it is not a trophy. No one on this forum will look down on your opinion for not being "an official Aspie." If you can relate to what people say here, then you are welcome.

get a professionals opion