Hello. My name is Aimy. I was diagnoses with Aspergers/AS a couple weeks, and my therapist also wants me tested for ADD and ADHD. I started therapy about a year ago, after I graduated from community college and started at a real university and realized that my social habits and very poorly developed social skills would make it very difficult for me to move on after school, as well as the difficulties I have getting jobs. Also because of the depression from being so lonely. I remember when I was about 12 I told my mom I needed help socializing, and then when I was about 17 I told her I think I might have Aspergers, both times she told me "no, you don't." I also dated a girl who thought I had it. It turns out I do have it. And now that I'm reading more about it, it also seems like I may have ADD or ADHD. It's weird, but I feel like with this diagnosis I don't have to keep everything buried and hidden anymore (my mom was constantly on me about all these do's and dont's when I was a kid), and it almost feels like a permission card to finally put my own needs and concerns out there, and I've felt less pressure to try and fit in and behave like a "normal" person.
I look forward to learning more, and getting to know people here.
28 Dec 2014, 2:56 am
