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24 Apr 2013, 10:14 am
Welcome 
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24 Apr 2013, 12:36 pm
24 Apr 2013, 12:37 pm
Welcome to Wrong Planet!
24 Apr 2013, 1:38 pm
Thanks for the welcome
statistics for autistic people:
one in three manage to leave home
one in six manage to hold a job for more than a year (or was it 5 years, I can never remember)
suicide rates for autistic people are over twice that of nonautistic people
there aren't any pills that help
treatment only works ok if you start at a very young age
and people treat you like you are stupid once they find out. Why would that be great when you might have something that can be treated successfully?
Its not like after being diagnosed I would suddenly be placed into those, or other, statistics. Ive spent my whole life dealing with things that no one else understands, things that make people hate or avoid me. Ive been isolated my whole life beyond what anyone Ive ever met can comprehend.
Finally having answers to all my struggles over the years would be very liberating. Knowing Im not the only person like me would allow me to stop thinking Im crazy, accept things as they are and move on. I don't need a pill. I just want to know Im not a freak, and that my life can still turn out some amount of good.
As to preferring something that can be treated... obviously I would. But what might it be? Do you know of something I should look into?
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24 Apr 2013, 2:21 pm
24 Apr 2013, 4:20 pm
Greetings, and welcome to Wrong Planet! 
24 Apr 2013, 4:37 pm
24 Apr 2013, 7:54 pm
Hello, BirdsInTheRain. You will find some great perspectives on this forum! Be sure to chime in on various topic threads!
25 Apr 2013, 9:20 am
Thanks everyone
Symptoms ADHD shares with Asperger's:
Distractibility
Fidgetiness
Impulsiveness (such as saying things without thinking about them first)
Moving from subject to subject without transition
Difficulty maintaining eye contact
Social awkwardness (when in conversations)
Anxiety
Symptoms Asperger's has but ADHD does not
Clumsiness
Obsessive behaviors
Emotional flatness ( or in some cases, emotional over expressiveness)
Impaired theory of mind
Difficulties understanding abstract concepts, such as time or compassion
if you only have the symptoms or primarily have symptoms they share, an ADHD medication might help.
Thanks , Ill look into ADHD a bit.
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25 Apr 2013, 7:56 pm
25 Apr 2013, 8:08 pm
statistics for autistic people:
one in three manage to leave home
one in six manage to hold a job for more than a year (or was it 5 years, I can never remember)
suicide rates for autistic people are over twice that of nonautistic people
there aren't any pills that help
treatment only works ok if you start at a very young age
and people treat you like you are stupid once they find out. Why would that be great when you might have something that can be treated successfully?
Its not like after being diagnosed I would suddenly be placed into those, or other, statistics. Ive spent my whole life dealing with things that no one else understands, things that make people hate or avoid me. Ive been isolated my whole life beyond what anyone Ive ever met can comprehend.
Finally having answers to all my struggles over the years would be very liberating. Knowing Im not the only person like me would allow me to stop thinking Im crazy, accept things as they are and move on. I don't need a pill. I just want to know Im not a freak, and that my life can still turn out some amount of good.
As to preferring something that can be treated... obviously I would. But what might it be? Do you know of something I should look into?
Tell me about it. Finding out that I have aspergers has been really self explaining upon reflecting on my life. Of course I don't take any pills or anything. Personally give my recient diagnosis I have not really told anyone. I was taken to see the school head shrinker but that's about it on the reaction of others.
26 Apr 2013, 8:56 am
I find that (I'm currently in the process of being diagnosed) When I'm diagnosed, It won't AFFECT me in anyway, but it will allow me to explain aspects of my personality to others without undue Judgement. And just because those are the statistic doesn't mean we'll fall into them.
Personally, Asperger's has shed a fantastic amount of light on me, and I feel better for knowing, and So do quite alot of my friends
Anyway, Welcome birdsintherain, I'd love to have a chat or something on Skype about it, I'm kind of gathering information for myself, PM me if you're interested,
Or anyone really,
Cheers
29 Apr 2013, 10:57 pm
Personally, Asperger's has shed a fantastic amount of light on me, and I feel better for knowing, and So do quite alot of my friends
Anyway, Welcome birdsintherain, I'd love to have a chat or something on Skype about it, I'm kind of gathering information for myself, PM me if you're interested,
Or anyone really,
Cheers
I've witnessed certain individuals with ASD (not you, but people I've met) using their diagnosis to justify all sorts of non-NT, asocial behavior and in some cases deny personal responsibility for their actions, inaction, and dispositions such as rudeness and immaturity.
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29 Apr 2013, 11:18 pm
Sweet greetings to WPea
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