Hi. I don't know where I am on the spectrum. Oh, I'm new too

Post Reply New Topic

Hi everyone.

The forum topic said this was the place to start, so... hi.

How do I know whether or not I have Asperger's? I've taken some self-assessments and I tend to be a point or two above the "threshold" for being an Aspie "officially." I can kind of read people -- I mean, I feel like I am *ABLE* to understand how my actions make others feel or be empathic or whatever -- but sometimes it's really difficult and takes effort. It's just challenging. I was diagnosed as ADHD when I was younger, but I just read an article about some folks affiliated with this site (Kirsten and.... Jack?) where they were misdiagnosed. I have many friends that are either officially or more than likely Aspies, and I feel more comfortable around them than other people at times.

I'm not looking for an excuse, I would just like to know why some things are so damn hard for me sometimes, so I can work on ways to cope and fit in better. My marriage failed because my ex-wife says I just wasn't affectionate enough for her. I have two kids (4 and 2) and I think I do ok with them.

So anyways. How do I know? What can I do to suss out this information?

Thanks in advance, and thanks to this board for existing.

Welcome to WP!

Hi Tim, Thank you

I know this won't directly help you but the biggest reason that I think I have asperger's is that Me and my mom both think I do (I had not told her that I thought i did a year before she thought it could be a possibility, both of us arrived at the same conclusion seperatly). I have not been diagnosed yet but will be tested soon

I had always known that I thought differently than most people, I had just thought that it was cause I was smart until I saw the symptoms of asperger's. Doesn't change that I am smarter than a lot of people, Amazing memory... but awful short term memory (i also have add) here's a quote off a site I found-

For all types of autism and Asperger's syndrome, demands on short-term working memory must be kept low.
if I were a computer, I would have a huge hard drive that could hold 10 times as much information as an ordinary computer but my processor chip would be small. To use 1999 computer terminology, I have a 1000 gigabyte hard drive and a little 286 processor. Normal people may have only 10 gigabytes of disc space on their hard drive and a Pentium for a processor. I cannot do two or three things at once.

Ok, I took the Aspie Quiz

Your Aspie score: 103 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 117 of 200
You seem to have both Aspie and neurotypical traits

It won't let me post the Aspie quiz image because i'm so new, but I saved the image and will upload it next week.

Welkome to WP

Mick

Thanks Mick.