Hello, I'm Mark from UK

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Haha, clever.

Thanks

Last edited by MarkUK30 on 18 Apr 2007, 6:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Thank you for letting us know!

Feel free to open up to us anytime you are feeling strange!

lol I feel strange whenever I'm in a strange place or with strange people.

Last edited by MarkUK30 on 18 Apr 2007, 6:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Wow!

Interesting!

I started off taking 5-HTP and St. Johns wort first, I didn't want to start taking prescription anti-depressants but eventually I decided I needed them.

Nowadays I take Zoloft, Bupron, 5HTP + B6 & Omega-3 and it does help me a lot.

I've just done the aspie test again, but this time I thought very hard about each question and these are the results.

Your Aspie score: 145 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 69 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

I didn't think I chose many answers differently from last time, I'm a bit surprised by the results

The first time I took one of the online tests, I didn't really understand the question. After I'd read more on Asperger's, I realised why I didn't understand the question, and didn't answer it with my "fake" answer, but a more genuine one. Does that make sense?

Yes that makes some sense.

When I was lying in bed last night, I realised some of the answers I put down were not right. I had more of a tendency to choose the middle answers because I didn't know. Some of the questions I didn't understand and others I didn't read properly, some I think could be worded better. I've also editted my posts because I realise they were not very 'appropriate' and to fix some grammar. I've also realised emotionally I don't really care about a lot. I don't show much feeling towards my close family members. A lot of what I follow is just protocol. I am emotionally detached but I try to pretend I care to other people when I really don't because that's what I've learnt myself to do. I just do what I have to when I have to because I know it is the accepted norm from analysis, but it takes me some time to work out what I have to do. Also how quiet I am, the way I prefer to observe rather than participate.

The more I think about, the more I think I have 'high functioning autism', set apart from aspergers by my language delay as an infant. I am very analytical with everything I do. Although obviously there are some variations amongst people who are classified. I struggle to get anything done without working from lists.

Thanks for your help with this matter.

Best regards

Mark

Last edited by MarkUK30 on 19 Apr 2007, 6:33 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Sounds a bit convoluted, but, the best way to learn about yourself is to try to learn about yourself.

It sounds as if you're doing the latter, so you'll probably achieve the former.

You might be in for some surprises, but they'll all be pleasant ones.

lol Thanks, convoluted is my middle name. I'm trying my best to figger it out, there is something not quite right with me and I want to know what the term is that describes it. I'm going to go and get myself a doctor and ask him to get me evaluated so I know whether it is High Functioning Autism, Aspergers or some other pervasive development disorder. I hope there are no surprises due, I like to know what's coming. I'll continue my self-analysis in the meantime to see if I can arrive at some definate answers regarding my peculiarities. Anyway, I don't think it's me that's not normal, it's everybody else, I'm very logical, I'm just a of a nervous disposition and get frustrated really easily.

Tell me about it!

On second thoughts, don't.

lol No I best not, it involves a lot of frequent swearing & cursing.

All I will say is I can never find a pen anywhere, that really pisses me off.

At work I used to have to get about 5 pens a day out of the stationery cupboard, I don't know where they all used to go. I think somebody must have been stealing them.

That would be the Pen Sprite. At least you haven't run into the Verruca Gnome.

That would explain a lot of things, is he like the sock sprite?

I was thinking, when I get chance I'm going to write some sort of document analysing the questions and my answers on the aspie test. I think some of the questions are a bit silly, I need some clarification on what they actually mean. If I explain my own answers properly, or at least write them down in an organised fashion it would be a good starting point for further analysis and to ensure I'm doing the test properly.

Great introduction!

I'm going to have to take that Aspie test and see what it says about me. As you mentioned in my thread, you and I may be half Aspie. My only concern is that you say you want to know what's "wrong" with you. You sound great to me! Your reluctance to start a new job certainly strikes me as "normal." (Of course, maybe that's because I'm also an Aspie. ) I think it takes most people a while to get settled into a new job, with new duties, cirmcumstance and people. So I think most people will understand if you're a bit nervous in the beginning. Don't let it get to you; you know it's just a temporary condition (the nervousness) you have to get through.

Good luck!