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I stumbled upon the forum while I was researching whether or not I have Asperger's. I'm still not positive, but I do feel fairly certain about it. I know that I've read some of the posts here and some of them I could have written myself because they describe my experiences and feelings to a tee.

I just turned 40 years old a few months ago. For my entire life I have known that I was different from other people and not in the way that everyone has their own personalities. I am different in a "hey let's all pick on this guy" if I'm in a group kinda way. I've never handled it well either. Up until a few years ago I always thought that people were just a-holes and it was them with the problem. After so many years and jobs and friends gone by one has to ask themself, "Is it me?" In my case I now know that it is me and not everyone else that has a "problem", because you see, after all these years of what I can only describe as torture I am fairly aggressive in defending myself now.

I have dabbled in trying to find out what is wrong with me a few times over the years. I have tried different meds, talking to several different family doctors, etc.. Up until recently I have never sat down with an actual mental health professional and told them my story. I had let myself go to the point of being very over weight and depressed and not seeing much of a future for myself. I had gotten to the point recently where I didn't really care if I lived or died and had started thinking about what it would be like to die certain ways and if it would hurt or not. It was then that I knew I had to do something and at least try to get my life back on track.

So after seeing a psychologist a couple of times he put me on a drug called bupropion. I have to admit that I think this little pill is some sort of miracle drug. Although it hasn't cured my anxiety it has brought me out of depression in a big way. At least now I feel like there is hope and I can maybe fix things in my life. In a nutshell, that is my story and that is what brought me here. I don't know if I will participate much or if I will just lurk or what, but I hope that this website will help me to understand myself a little bit more.

hello, SW,

glad you're beginning to feel better. welcome to wrong planet.

Welcome.

Welcome. You have a home here.

I just joined too. Honestly the majority of the people I have met are the ones with problems and not us. I'm not sure about you, but I consider myself to be very successful and plan to exponentially grow now that I don't have bad people holding me back due to taking my time away etc. It just took me some time to figure the solution to the problem and its definetly not me...i.e you.

I could be wrong...I'm definitely not a psychologist, but quite honestly if I knew a community of people like me in my local area I would be living a "normal" life similar to the "normal" people just with better people like me.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welkome to WP

Mick

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you all. Thank you for the warm welcomes. I look forward to reading through the posts here and possibly particpating a bit. It's a huge relief to finally be on the right track to figuring out why I am the way I am.

Welcome to WP!