Introducing myself

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Well, I tried posting this already, but I had included a link to my blog, not realizing I needed more posts under my belt first. Hopefully, this doesn't end up being posted twice. :p

I haven't been here in a couple of years. My previous username was Justthatgirl101, but I lost my password and it was recommended that I just stick with this new username, so I am.

I have undiagnosed AS. According to the Aspie Quiz, I score 172/200 on the Aspie part and 41/200 on the NT part. I have 2 children on the spectrum, also. One with dx'd AS, one is borderline (though she was tested, they did not give her a dx), and I have a 3rd child who is not on the spectrum, but he does have sensory issues.

A little over a year ago, I sought a diagnosis but the doctor I had at the time refused and instead dx'd me with bipolar disorder and ADHD. I'm hoping to find one who WILL diagnose me, correctly.

I live w/ my non-spectrum husband and my friend who is also an aspie. We live in Texas.

I am working on writing a book about Asperger's Syndrome and I blog. My blog is called Parenting With Asperger's Syndrome. (No link this time, so hopefully my intro will go through!)

Last edited by AspieCarrie on 01 Feb 2012, 1:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Welcome back to WP! I remember you with your previous name.

Hi Tim! How are you? It's been a long time!

Hello there. I can't say I remember you because I am a newbie lol.

Well, HI, MusicIsLife2Me. Nice to meet you.

I am doing great. I graduated from Texas State in December 2009, moved back with family in Houston while I looked for work. I was very briefly employed at El Paso Energy last year before being let go because the contractors hired way more workers than they needed. I have been volunteering at two museums in Houston to fill the void while looking for more work.

What about you?

Awesome! Museum work sounds kind of interesting. What do you do there?

I've been blogging and writing. We moved out of Texas in November 2009 but we live in San Antonio again, now.

Nice hair, AspieCarrie ! I would say Fuchsia.

Thanks! It used to be purple & brown, then the purple faded into a pinkish, and this image was edited to look like it does.


This is what it usually looks like:
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I've often wondered, but I've just started reading "House Rules" and recognize so much of Jacob in myself, although no where near as severe. I just took this an autism spectrum test and scored 32, which, from what I can find online, is about the high end minimum of the spectrum.

I wonder what I would have scored as a child though. I am 45 years old, and I know that over the years we learn to fit in, and get better at reading people and mimicking what is considered "normal". I also know that if you "lie" often enough, you can convince yourself, eventually, that it's the truth. So, those things considered, I can't actually say that all my answers were completely accurate.

I CAN say for a fact that although I am very good at showing the proper expected emotion at the proper expected time, I very rarely actually FEEL the appropriate emotion. I am also VERY much a creature of routine, and if my routine is interrupted, it is disturbing and it takes me quite a while to get back on track. I am very OCD on a very few things, but I don't have the rituals or the feeling that something horrible will happen if I don't repeat an activity a certain number of times, as OCD people tend to do. Also, I'm a sloppy housekeeper, which would probably drive a truly OCD person insane. But I compulsively count EVERYTHING! It's such a routine that I do it without even noticing, mostly. Also, I haven't read anything about this, but do you guys constantly get songs stuck in your heads? I can listen to a song a few times and know all the lyrics, I almost constantly have a song stuck in my head, and sometimes as many as 3 songs at once, blending in to each other.

I am actually very well liked at work, but I'm not really very close to anyone. I can always make people laugh, but I recognize that I can also make people feel uncomfortable and be rather blunt about certain topics without really realizing it until later when I'm obsessively replaying the conversation in my head. I don't have any family that I'm close to, but it doesn't really bother me. I don't really like people that much. What I DO love is animals, and I devote every ounce of love and energy to their safety and well-being. Actually, that's the topic that gets me going at work every so often that makes me so blunt and makes people uncomfortable.

I am very functional, but I'm faking it, and if I didn't drink myself into a state of calmness a lot of times, I'd probably lose my mind.

Probably this post by itself is proof enough that I'm on the spectrum....

I think you are right.

You got me ! I really thought you had that bright colored hair.


Ah ok so it's more a double color. I can see you inspired your pink girl...

Welkome to WP

Mick

Yup. She likes pink! LOL

Hi! Thanks.