Newbie here (undiagnosed)

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Hi , I am new and just wanted to say hello and thanks for having me here.

I'm Rab from Scotland. I am undiagnosed aspergers and the reason i came here is to learn about autism/aspergers because my son displays the exact same behaviours and characteristics as me. He was diagnosed with aspergers through his speech.

I am a bit wary to attend the doctors regarding myself. I know I was born with a different mindset from a lot of other people and given my history of struggling with feelings and emotions of others and also my passion which is coding , networks , radio comms and complex systems. I feel i fit the bill and my son may have inherited his condition from me.

Again I thank you and am grateful for having outlets such as these to educate those who don't really understand the processes.

Best Regards

Rab

Welcome!

It is very common for females to be undiagnosed as it presents differently and doctors have a male bias and don't take females seriously.

Good luck!

Hi there thank you for replying i had not set the profile 'gender' correctly I am male. I totally agree with you though about the bias , there seems to be a lot of that within these institutions.

Thanks for replying .

Rab

It would seem entirely your choice whether or not to seek a formal assessment.

If you want formal support for your "condition" then you likely need a formal diagnosis.

But a formal diagnosis may or may not create problems for you. Will your employers require you to disclose the diagnosis to them? Will it create any problems for you at work? Will it create problems getting hired in the future?

The older you are and the more secure your circumstances then whether or not to seek a formal diagnosis could be a matter of personal preference. I got my diagnosis when I was 65...the diagnosis would not affect my work because I retired when I was 56 (retirement is nice!). I was just curious.

Sigh. I have since figured out one possible advantage of the diagnosis. I'm getting old and see various doctors for various things more and more often. And I will blame Autism for how little good it does to have the doctors tell me stuff. I need it in writing or I will forget it. So, I tell them I've been diagnosed with Autism and that just telling me things about my medical care is useless because it will not register. I need it in writing.

And they still don't take me serious and it is still hard to get stuff in writing. Even though my Autism diagnosis is in my medical record!

But, the formal diagnosis is good justification for having an interest in the topic...like being on Wrong Planet!

Ahoy-hoy.