It all makes sense now

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Hello all. I have been living in a private hell for most of my life. In the back of my mind, I always knew there was something wrong with me. Not wrong in the sense of bad but wrong as in very different from everyone else. I watched people go on about there daily lives and looked on with a mixture of envy and contempt. I'm 36 and finally, my search is over. When I was in the process of separating with my wife the one overriding thing in our relationship was the fact that I just could not understand social situations. they made me nervous and uncomfortable. I would say or do things that would make people stop and star at me. and here I am, not understanding that I have done anything out of the ordinary. That and many other things have been the bane of my existence. After we separated she sent me papers on asperger's and I totally disregarded it. that was 5 years ago.

about six months ago I came across an article in wired about asperger's and was immediately struck by the parallel's of the people in the story and my own life. I took the test and was shocked to discover that most of the test questions in one way or the other completely mirrored my life and and experiences. in a way, it was like all the pieces to the puzzle suddenly fit together. I was immediately struck with relief and some sadness.

I have yet to be diagnosed but I suspect it will be a mere formality. I will get tested though and soon, I have to. My 8 year old son has been having major problems and i suspect that I have passed it along to him. his diagnosis thus far has been early onset bipolar but now, knowing what I know it's clear to me now that this is not the case. even the doctors have said that it's very hard to diagnose someone his age that exhibits such odd behavior.

Regardless, just knowing that there are other people like me out their (20 million!) is an immense relief. It means that I am not as alone.

Welcome to WrongPlanet! - hope you'll feel at home here.

My son is 8 and also an Aspie - unsurprising really (I am diagnosed with AS, my wife recently self diagnosed)... it makes it a lot clearer to put the picture together for 'professionals' if they know the background I think, if they weren't looking for AS it can be hard to spot (then is fairly obvious when identified, lol).

Likewise. Thats why I spend so much time here

Dunc

Welcome to wrong planet

Mel

Welcome...

Have some chips and dip... made out of Matrix Code...

%^#$ $#@

I remember the day I was diagnosed. I felt WONDERFUL knowing what it was, knowing I wasn't crazy, and knowing I wasn't alone!

Welcome, I believe you will like it here! I sure do!

Welcome not_my_real_name! I just learned about Asperger's and very quickly self diagnosed myself 11 days ago. My whole life now makes sense. You are not alone. I'm so happy you were able to find us.

My son is 10 and was diagnosed with AS 5 years ago. He is doing well at school. largely because there is a wonderful special ed teacher that has done anything and everything to help him. So scholastically he is doing well, but socially he does very little. He basically spends all his time at home in front of the TV watching the cartoon network or playing PS2.

He is in 5th grade right now. I am worried about what will happen when he changes schools in 7th grade.

It is 2:09pm on Feb 1st here in st louis (USA). I just noticed that my other post is for Feb 2nd at like 6:00am. Where is this site?

You need to change your time settings foo - you can find those on your profile page.

Dunc

Howdy not_my_real_name! My own experiences and timescales are eerily similar to your own (errr... except for the getting married bit anyway )

What is it with you and the @#%$@*!& Matrix Code?! (That wasn't it, BTW).

Sorry but iv'e been eating so much MXC food nowadays... it's making me start to miss real food...

Welcome to WP!

Archmage