and newly diagnosed at that, at time of writing this I was diagnosed with, "High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder"(Asperger's syndrome according to the DSM-IV) I think I prefer Asperger's, sounds less clinical and cold...
I'm trying to navigate this new discovery, I always knew I didn't quite fit with the majority, that something was wrong. It was chalked up to anxiety my entire life, medications doctors etc to no avail. Finally an Aspie friend of mine, upon meeting me in person for the first time, brought up the subject within the first 10 minutes of physically meeting me. It was a little odd, and the I took the thought seriously and researched when I got home. I spent over 1 year(met her 9/2013) trying to get a doctor to even see me, was turned away or sent all over the place for a while, FINALLY found one whom took me serious a month ago. Got my ADOS done and came up as Autistic, something I'd confirmed to myself the entire year prior.
At this point I'm stuck with nothing more than when I started, other than the definitive answer, more questions even. I work overnight at a grocery store 18 hours a week... how can I live, where can I go etc, are all questions I'm trying to answer and boy for an adult, the system essentially wants to brush you aside. I don't drive, live at home.. and just want to be okay. If anybody has any ideas on where to begin this, let me know please!
Onto the happier stuff, I am mostly into videogames! jRPG's are my area of expertise, but I also like turn based strategy games and the like. Very much looking forward to Dark Souls II on my PC this month! No friends, at least not that I see on a regular basis. I have very few interests outside of video games but I am trying to broaden myself.
Nice to meet you all and proud to officially call myself an Aspie with the rest of you.
03 Apr 2014, 1:29 pm
