Question for those who might be able to understand

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Joined: 5 Jan 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Posts: 3

06 Jan 2011, 8:50 pm

Hi, I'm a new member. I'm 28 and I feel like I may have Asperger's. I've talked to my therapist about this and her daughter is an Aspie as well. We do have many similar traits and she believes that I may be an Aspie. She's known me for almost 2 years though. As I became older I feel like I've adjusted my social habits to better cope with social interaction, both at home and at work. I've seen a psychiatrist, but everytime I want to talk about it, he just brushes me off and says I'm ADHD. He gives me vyvanse and zoloft. Now I'm slightly able to comprehend subjects that had no interest to me before, but am super super focused on things I love to do, losing hours at a time.

No one else in my life seems to think that I might be an Aspie. I read people's stories about their lives and feel like I am reading an autobigraphy. Has anyone else come across this problem?

ksuther09
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Joined: 29 Jun 2010
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Posts: 154
Location: Fort Collins, CO

06 Jan 2011, 10:39 pm

Well, I haven't had the EXACT problem, but I've had friends that don't believe I'm on the autism spectrum because I have learned enough social skills to get by. I just explain that I do still have traits that are on the spectrum, even though I don't have full-blown autism. I was diagnosed with PPD-NOS though. Ask your psychiatrist if he or she has heard of the ADOS or know someone that can administer it. It's a measure of autistic traits & is very good & reliable. Also, there's some Aspergers behavioral checklists that can be filled out by friends & family.

alex
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