10 Jun 2010, 12:58 am
Hi all, I am new to Asperger's and Autism but I have been obsessively researching for the past two days. As I can already see, this forum and accompanying literature often becomes very absorbing once we find these forums! I took the "Aspie Quiz" and scored 154/200
A little of my story: I am a 25 year old female graduate student. I am currently finishing my master's thesis and am looking for work. I've been diagnosed with depression since I was 14, and OCD since I was 23, but despite medications and therapy haven't been able to figure out why I always have trouble with so many aspects of my life. Last night my mother called me and, fearful of setting off one of the inexplicable rages (meltdowns!) that keep happening to me lately, suggested I may be autistic. She was relieved to hear that I had suspected it before, but never said anything (because I thought she and others might laugh, or think I was just looking for attention).
I asked her why she believed this and she said she'd been doing some research about things that always struck her as odd about me:
1. I unconsciously walk on my tiptoes in socked/bare feet;
2. I have always had problems making and keeping friends because I often say things that they think are rude but I just think are common sense;
3. I have strange eating habits - I eat almost exclusively fast food or certain frozen/prepackaged foods because I like how it always tastes the same. I absolutely hate it when things taste differently from how I am expecting they will taste;
4. I have stims such as rocking side to side, twisting particular sections of my long hair into "dreadlocks" and twisting them around themselves, biting my nails;
5. The obsessions - me being obsessed with certain music artists, TV shows, books etc. have puzzled, intrigued and irritated everyone around me for as long as I can remember, especially because I ramble on and on about whatever my latest obsession is;
6. Perception problems - I dislike most fictional movies, unless I know the plot ahead of time so I can figure out who the good and bad characters are. Otherwise, they all look the same. This extends to being terrible with names too;
7. Being touched - sometime around the time I turned 10, I began to tense up and squirm away when family and others reached out with a hug or kiss unless I was expecting it.
At the current time I am going through a lot. What has driven me to this point is a series of meltdowns that have my family and friends concerned. I am on Zoloft 50mg for OCD and am seeing 2 counselors. I have an appointment with a psychiatrist for the end of June. I intend to raise the possibility of having AS with him.
Looking forward to catching up the forums, and getting to know you all 
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10 Jun 2010, 4:41 am
Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.
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10 Jun 2010, 3:59 pm
To WrongPlanet!! !
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12 Jun 2010, 10:43 am
Thank you to all for your warm welcomes I have been enjoying reading many posts by you all when I'm reading through old threads I've learned so much through your experiences and am finding out how great it is to learn that I'm not the only one!
