New here, and a bit taken back

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Joined: 22 Mar 2012
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23 Mar 2012, 5:00 pm

Hi everyone, my name is Rachel, I'm 29 and married with 3 little kids. I was referred here by someone I know on another online forum so I thought I would check it out.

Just 3 days ago I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (high functioning as my Dr. put it), before then I had never considered such a thing, I knew I was "weird" as I put it, and by that I meant that I was quiet a bit different then most everyone else, and I have always held that with pride lol. I also knew I had lots of "quarks" but again, doesn't everyone? So anyway, when I was given my diagnosis, to say that it surprised me in an understatement, though thinking about it, well yeah that does make since.

So for the past 3 days I have been kind of re learning myself, it seems like so many things I do or think, I realize, or wonder "wow is that part of the Asperger's?" It's been pretty strange, almost surreal!

I'm not looking at this as a bad thing, just as very very new and pretty surprising, but I'm sure I will be able to use this to better understand myself and maybe it will be helpful to me along the way.

I will say that this comes on top of several other issues that I am dealing with and put all together I sort of feel like I'm falling through the rabbit hole, at the same appointment that I received the Asperger's diagnosis, I was also told that I have Executive Function Disorder, that also makes allot of since, and apart from that I am also dealing with an undiagnosed movement disorder, so like I said, rabbit hole!

Anyway I look forward to meeting everyone and learning just what this means for me.

Thanks for reading!

Rachel.

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23 Mar 2012, 6:05 pm

Yay! Congrats on your diagnosis! I, too am a woman that was diagnosed at age 29. It was definitely strange to find out that SO MANY of my quirks were actually shared by my fellow Aspies.

Welcome to WP. It is really great here.

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23 Mar 2012, 6:19 pm

Hello [b]itsymama]b]/ Welcome to WP. Hope you like it here.

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23 Mar 2012, 7:49 pm

Hi Rachel! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the different forums and articles here. They are interesting and helpful. You are among friends here at WP.

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24 Mar 2012, 2:52 pm

Thank you for the welcomes

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