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Hello everyone,

My name is Carl and I'm about to hit 30. My life's been a bumpy ride and I would like to figure out what is wrong with my control unit....so I'm curious about Asperger's. I would like to know what I would "benefit" from being diagnosed with the syndrome (or phenomenon as some of you called it). From my "first impression", It seems to me that if I am a case of Asperger's, there isn't much to be done about it, other than just live with it...

As I have a big problem with seeking help from others, I have never taken my problems to a psychiatrist. At one very low point, I went to see my local doc about depression. The doc prescribed me some anti depressants (seroxat) and I went my way. I took the pills for a couple of months and the depression went away for that time...I'm not sure if it was the mental or physical effect of the pills, but I think they helped me get through that period of depression. That was about 10 years ago...since then I haven't taken any drugs or sought any professional help regarding my mental problems. For the past couple of years, I've been realizing that the reason for my depression periods in the past has always been a result of my inability to deal with people problems.

What causes me to consider that I may have Asperger's is mainly my social incapability and lack of understanding for "normal people" and their behavior.
As my parents have said, I've always had a problem showing or dealing with affection.
When I need to confront people that I don't know well, I usually spend a long time to plan my part of the conversation before I engage. I don't do well working in a team and it is often impossible for me to seek the help of other people on matters that I cannot solve on my own. If I am excited or frustrated I tend to speak very loudly or yell at people without realizing it myself. Generally I get very tired from dealing with people. I have a special "social front" that I have somehow created for using in situations where I need to make a good impression but I can only put that front up for short periods of time as it drains my "energy" very fast. I have a number of very bad cases of depression in my past, where I would lock myself inside my apartment and not answer the door or phone for weeks or even months, only because I was unable to confront someone about a problem (usually a small problem that grew in my brain). I am very talented and hard working and have always been very well appreciated by my employers in the past, at least until the point where I lock myself up and disappear.

All comments are appreciated, positive and/or negative.

Welcome to the WP, TwobyFour.

Well, your symptoms certainly sound consistent, from where it stands. In terms of what benefits you get from getting diagnosed - I think it varies from person to person, and has everything to do with you own particular experiences.

Taking me as an example, I'm unofficially diagnosed, and I'm debating trying to get it "official." But, tracking specialists that can give a proper diagnosis is both a trying and expensive and time-consuming experience, for most anyway. So, you'll need to factor that into the equation.

For me, in the meantime, I'm content with "unofficial" because I'm pretty well certain it fits the bill... and for me, understanding that I sit somewhere on the autism spectrum opened up a whole floodgate of opportunities for self-discovery, self-improvement... and a hell of a lot of relief! It's much more helpful than a vague idea that "I'm weird."

I hope my input adds a little perspective. And again, welcome!

Welcome to Wrongplanet

Nice to meet you, Carl.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome Carl!

Welcome to the forum, Carl!

Hi Carl, welcome! It sounds like you'll fit right in here with us I hope you find what you're looking for.

Welcome to WP!

Hello everyone and thanks for the warm welcomes.

It took me about 4 hours to create that newcomer post and by the time I submitted it, I had been up for 20 hours and I feel that it shows....

There are a lot of things about myself that I'd like to share with you people, in order to get your feedback ...but I at the same time I think I'd be better of seeking professional help. There is probably more help for me in just reading posts from others than telling everyone my life story, causing everyone else to run for cover from boredom

I usually don't share my personal stuff with people, because I have not yet met a person in RL that understands my problems.

I feel strongly about this community and all you people...I lack the words to express my feelings at the moment.

...I've been editing this post for about an hour now. I just deleted the most part of it.

Thanks again.

Hi TwoByFour welcome to the "right" Planet..